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The mistakes of the past will always come back to haunt you
Chapter 20: Flames of Vengeance
The sea was peaceful until it meet the shore of Kakureta Island but the peaceful sea was disturbed as something very fast passed only a few meters above its surface leaving a trail of water behind even if you would have been able to see what caused it you would not believe your eyes.
Just a few meters above the ocean surface was an aircraft flying at over nine hundred kilometers per hour but just a moment later the darkness of the night was partly gone as several massive lights turned on illuminating a runway with a very well hidden airport in the mouth of a massive cave.
The aircraft slowed down even further before dropping its landing gear and started to slowly descent towards the runway until the rear wheels touched the ground and a moment later the front wheel came down as well and a parachute was deployed at the rear of the aircraft to slow it down even further until it came to a complete stop and was hooked up to a small vehicle that towed the aircraft into one of the airports hangars.
The pilot of the aircraft looked around there were several more aircrafts sitting in and in front of the hangars but towards the rear of the airport cave she saw three massive aircrafts with two transport planes and one that seemed oddly familiar to the pilot for some reason.
Finally the plane stopped moving in a hangar and the small towing vehicle made a quick exit and while the pilot was getting out of the cockpit the doors of the hangar closed but thanks to the overhead lights the pilot got out of the plane without problems.
The pilot was a lot smaller than an adult person but many of the people working at the airport knew the reason after all it is not every day that a sixteen year old girl was the owner of a massive Island that no one had known about until they were told and sworn to secrecy.
Akeno was glad to be finally be back home even if she still was mourning the death of her grandfather over ten days ago she had spent an entire week in Tokyo to watch over everything and even took part in the funeral of course the media showed up but Akeno had made it very clear to the guards what was to be done to those who tried to intrude on the funeral without an invitation.
Akeno did not cried as Ikorumas body was burned to ash she simply stood at the front of the Misariutski family with her grandfathers blade on the ground with her hands resting on the hilt fittingly enough it had started raining as soon as the convoy of vehicles arrived at the cemetery.
Many had been crying but Akeno had shed enough tears due to the funeral being a family affair Akeno also meet a lot of the wives, daughters and sons of the men that had sworn their loyalty to Akeno on the day that Ikoruma had died.
Akeno had done her very best to restrain herself through the whole thing and once the burial was over she walked out of the cemetery but someone just had to get in her way as a group of policemen were waiting for her near her car together with the same teenage brat and some of his friends.
The brat pointed at Akeno before yelling "That´s her she is the one who stole my car" but that was the last mistake he would be making in his life if Akeno had anything to say about this.
The brat was smiling smugly at Akeno but as soon as she reached the group every single policeman stepped to the side allowing her to walk to her car but before she could get in the brat did something very stupid as he drew a gun from under his coat and tried to fire it at Akeno.
The word being tried as one moment he was aiming his gun at Akeno and in the next Akeno was right in front of him with her blade drawn it took the boy another few seconds to realize that Akeno had cut off his right hand with a single swing of the midnight blue black blade.
The policemen arrested the boy on the spot and after Akeno cleaned her blade she simply left in her car with no one even remotely trying to stop her.
Akeno had continued to drive around the city until she arrived at the old racetrack her grandfather owned together with a lot of expensive sports cars both modern ones and classics of the old times but even here Akeno felt like she would start crying again.
Akeno also meet with Rex and his three mechanics that had only one job keep all of the cars stored here in tip top shape they of course knew who Akeno was and left her some space as she walked through the massive car collection but in the end she only left her own sports car with them before she started to walk back towards the mansion.
Using the old forest shortcut Akeno took just over an hour to arrive at the mansion but what she found caused her blood to start boiling in an instant there was a group of ten young women in business suits that were screaming their heads off at the guards to let them through to inspect the property.
The guards of course knew who Akeno was by now and that she hated these kinds of vultures like the plague as several people had tried to buy something that was on the property or belonged to her grandfather "I see you have returned Misariutski Aikara-Sama" one of the guards spoke up causing the group of women to fall silent.
Six of the women recognized the emblem and sword Akeno had on her person and beat a fast retreat but four of the woman seemed to either have balls of steel or were just suicidal "I demand you allow us to enter the mansion for inspection" a woman in a red suit almost hollered but Akeno simply walked by the group without a word.
But the moment the woman in the red suit tried to grab Akeno by the shoulder her hand was roughly intercepted by one of the guards "NO one is allowed to touch Misariutski Aikara-Sama and for the last time this property will never be for sale!" the guard yelled so loud it sounded like thunder.
The woman snorted at that but a second later she felt ice cold steel at her neck "I will only say this once" Akeno hissed pressing her blade harder against the woman´s neck "Leave and never return for there will be no mercy from me should I see any of you here ever again" Akeno added withdrawing her blade at lightning fast speed before walking into the courtyard while the guards closed the door behind her blocking the way as they had been doing before.
The four women had left very quickly after that and Akeno had gotten on working through all of the legal papers with her grandfathers lawyer and once they were done Akeno had went to sleep.
On the next day Akeno had called Claire who told her that they had managed to restore an underground airport on Kakureta Island during the time she and her sisters had been gone and that her three sisters had returned to the Island as well with their fleet.
Akeno thanked Claire for the information and promised to get back home as soon as possible before hanging up Akeno had spent the rest of the day going through Ikorumas study but in the end there were only so many things Akeno took with her but one of the things was the original blue prints of the estate as she wanted to build one exactly like it on Kakureta Island.
Akeno had left Tokyo on the same way she had arrived but this time she was brought there with a convoy of over ten vehicles as escorts for the limousine Akeno was in and of course it was a bit awkward to get stared at by the bodyguards when she got into her plane until she was finally airborne and flying towards Kakureta Island.
Akeno was finally done with changing out of her flight suit and back into her casual clothes and as she left the hangar through a side door she found her three sisters waiting for her with a car.
Of course Akeno couldn´t hide anything from Mitsuko and Kishiko even if she had tried to but she somehow managed to stay quiet until they arrived at the mansion and sat down together in Akenos room where she told them everything that happened but now it was Akeno who comforted her two younger sisters as they cried over the loss of their grandfather and even Shirayuri shed a few tears despite her never knowing Ikoruma aside from the things that were public knowledge.
The four sisters took their time to properly mourn for their dead grandfather which was of course noticed by many of the villagers and the soldiers who showed them their sympathy.
The four sisters spent every day with each other until Akeno got a visit by her two lovers who stayed with them as well right after Akeno told them what had happened.
Over two weeks went by before the four sisters managed to somehow live with the fact that another one of their dearly loved family members had passed away even if it had been very peaceful this time at least.
Rabaul Base a day before Akeno returned to Kakureta Island:
Although the group of three girls had only been with them for a short while the relationship to everyone was straight up business no pleasure sure it was a good thing they were here with their fleet of twelve battleships, three aircraft carriers and one Battlecruiser.
The three girls had simply introduced themselves as Kronika, Lancer and Saber and the only reason they had contacted them was so they could learn the location of someone they referred to as Seraph of Asura but none of them had any idea what they were talking about but thanks to Saint the three girls found some clues about the only person that would be able to give someone the powers of a Seraph.
Right now only two of the girls were at the base as Kronika had gotten onboard her Battlecruiser and had set sail with her fleet to follow up on the clue Saint had provided them with while Lancer and Saber paid Saint back so to speak.
Kronika had heard stories about the person that was able to complete a Seraphs power but it also came with several risks involved both of them in fact causing death and destruction if even the slightest thing went wrong during the ritual.
Kronika had already been searching for almost an entire week but so far there had been nothing absolutely nothing even though the clue Saint got them was from a reliable source but that was the moment lady luck seemed to smile at Kronika during the early evening of the eight day as she detected a very strange ship on the horizon that was leading a group of two massive battleships that looked similar to a Yamato-class battleship but a bit longer, there were three aircraft carriers as well and around the carriers and battleships were another ten cruisers together with a group of fifteen destroyers.
But as soon as Kronika decided to shadow the fleet her radio came alive with a very aggressive warning "Unknown vessel identify yourself otherwise we will sink you without mercy" came the voice of a girl over the radio but the sheer anger and hatred in the girls voice gave Kronika pause.
That is until a column of water was thrown skywards right in front of the bow of the battlecruiser as thunder seemed to roar in the distance "This is the last warning identify yourself or we will open fire once more" came the radio message causing Kronika to grab her headset as fast as she could.
"This is Alena Miyafuji Captain of the U.S.S Hawaii a battlecruiser along with my ship I have U.S.S Lexington, U.S.S Wisconsin, U.S.S New Jersey, U.S.S Illinois, and U.S.S Kentucky serving as my escorts I do not wish to engage you Akai senchō" Kronika almost yelled into her microphone but the radio stayed silent for several minutes with nothing happening at all.
That is until the radio came to life again "We hear you Alena if you are the same as us then we will not engage however do not try and stop us from executing the task we have been given by our ancestors" was the simple message Kronika got.
Kronika had no idea how to respond to that until she remembered something Tomoe had told her about during a night before she had set sail, there were blades of the Akai senchō clan that supposedly carried the memories of the dead to this day but only those of the true bloodline were able to bond with these blades and learn what truly happened all that time ago.
"I understand but I have to ask you. Is one of you the person that has become a Seraph?" Kronika asked but only the static of the radio answered her "Who has told you about that?" was the simple question but behind those few words was so much rage that Kronika could barely believe it.
"I was asked by Kiyohime Tsukuyomi to find the newest Seraph and speak with the person who granted this person the destructive power once more" Kronika replied but as she waited for an answer she noticed that the lead ship of the unknown fleet was falling behind the rest of the fleet that was slowing down as well.
"Let us talk in person you never know who else might be listening in on these transmissions" was the simple radio call as the strange ship that looked similar to a Kongo class battleship stopped near a small sandbank.
Kronika decided to head to the sandbank as well with her battlecruiser but as she stopped her ship she saw someone standing at the edge of the water but the aura of this person gave Kronika the chills as the person was filled with so much rage and anger.
But despite that Kronika went down to the person who turned around and seemed surprised for a moment by Kronika´s blindfolded eyes "So you are the one the very few who know you call Kronika" the girl spoke her voice lacking all emotions but Alena noticed how the girl was suppressing them with all of her might.
Alena simply nodded at that but now that she was able to fully concentrate her senses on the person before her she had to gasp at what they told her not only was this girl a Seraph but she also had the blood of a very old demon running through her veins.
"You wish to meet with the person who gave me the powers of a Seraph why is that?" the girl asked as she turned her head back around to look towards the ocean.
Alena had to sigh at that "Does the name Amaterasu mean anything to you?" asked Alena only for her to be forced to dodge backwards as a vicious slash of a red Katana passed through the air where she had been only a second ago.
Alena had drawn her own blade Sento ready to attack or defend however neither of them made any move to attack the other until the unknown girl sheathed her blade at her side again "You have my interest however I will not tell you where the person is that has granted me the Seraphs powers" the unknown girl spoke as she started to walk towards her ship again.
But the unknown girl stopped walking right beside Alena "If Kiyohime Tsukuyomi can tell me which Seraph I am then I will tell you where the person who gave me those powers is" the girl whispered to Alena before slowly walking away.
"Wait" Alena yelled causing the unknown girl to stop from climbing onboard her ship "At least tell me your name" Alena asked as she looked directly at the unknown girl who sighed but seemed to think about it.
"My name when I my mother was still alive was Misariutski Aikara. But that name is worthless to me" the girl responded before climbing back onboard her ship and sailing away without another word.
Alena returned to her own ship and headed back towards Rabaul base to meet up with Lance and Saber as they had to contact Kiyohime Tsukuyomi as soon as possible as what Alena had just learned might turn this hidden war into a completely new direction.
Onboard the Tsukuba:
Akeno was sitting on the roof of her bridge she had picked up the two massive battleships from one of the oldest Misariutski shipyards that were hidden rather close to where Akeno knew the Rabaul base was and with both ships at sea Akeno had meet up with the rest of her fleet again.
In total there were four fleets that were moving around the world's ocean but the only purpose those fleets had been one and nothing else since the day Fukushui had shown the four sisters what he had been hiding.
Destroy those who dared to call themselves protectors of the seas and anyone who was allied or even affiliated with them.
Akeno and Shirayuri had started planning on what to do immediately and after they informed Mitsuko and Kishiko about everything they happily agreed but as of now their ships were still getting into position.
What Fukushui had shown them was the most disturbing and horrifying thing any of the four could even try and dream of. They had watched through Fukushuis eyes as their clan their ancestors had been mercilessly killed. They had to helplessly watch as young men and women were stabbed and shoot to death in the streets or how the old people were forced to jump off a cliff to their deaths.
But what had been the last straw for all of them was when they saw how these vile creatures burned several buildings full of infants and young children to the ground with the trapped children inside burning alive.
Everyone in the village had been really confused by how the four started acting especially Claire and the other five of B-company but before they left Akeno had told them what they were about to do and why they were going to do it.
They had not tried to stop them for they knew there would be hell to pay if they tried and so the villagers and soldiers had watched as the massive fleet started to assemble in the waters around the Island until the time the four sisters had left the island.
In the woods at the foot of Mount Fuji:
If you knew the location then a very old Traditional Japanese Shrine would greet you but the only way to know of its existence and to visit was to be invited to the place otherwise you wouldn´t even be able to find it.
The shrine was home to a group of five young girls with their mother and one young man that had sworn to give up his life to protect them if necessary but one of the girls had the bad habit of sneaking out and by the time anyone noticed that she was gone it was already too late.
The four girls and mother were busy with eating dinner however a very familiar black white circle appeared in the hallway and from it stepped Eirin no Houraisan but the look on her face was not a peaceful one as it usually was.
"What ails you my daughter?" asked Minako Hakurei as Eirin sat down at the table "I had a vision but it was so much more I saw a vicious naval battle between two fleets one much larger than the other" Eirin explained before taking a sip of her tea "however the reason I saw this was because of one person that was leading the smaller fleet. This person has the powers of a Seraph and a ancient demon inside of her" but before Eirin could continue to explain what she saw someone landed on the grass right outside of the terrace door.
The seventeen year old Caucasian Japanese-American male had long raven black hair with silver streaks going through the middle of it, a long scar went through his left eye down to his nose ending on his right cheek, his heterochromia eyes were focused solely on the group at the table his left eye was a blood red and his right eye was an azure blue with both being slitted.
He was wearing a azure dragon kabuki mask that hung on the side of his head, a black and white trench coat with a long tail on the right side, there is a brassard on the left bicep of the coat, which also has white ornate scrollwork sewn into the left side of the upper back, and a white sash going across his left shoulder connecting to his right hip while underneath is a white muscle shirt with a red and blue serpentine dragon emblem on the right side of the shirt, black fingerless gloves are on both of his hands and black and red cargo pants are on his legs with a belt around the waist having a skull buckle in the center and black combat boots.
Minako was surprised by his presence "Kaiju what brings you here?" she softly asked "I bring news from the outside and a message from one of our old allies" Kaiju explained simply.
But before he continued to speak he took a simple looking black scroll from under his clothes and handed it to Eirin "The message is simple. The world will be swallowed whole by the storm of rage that is soon to be unleashed due to the bloody past" Kaiju spoke but the entire group knew that it meant that very dark times were heading their way.
Back onboard the Tsukuba a day later
Akeno was still trying her hardest to figure out what that strange girl Alena had asked of her but before she could continue to think about she noticed something on the horizon "Now what do we have here?" mumbled Akeno as she spotted a group of ships.
There were seven ships in total six ships in a diamond formation around the seventh ship but one of the things these ships had in common was the flag in red white and blue flying from their masts on the aft of their decks.
The radio came to life but Akeno didn´t care in the slightest for what they had to say as right on the main flag mast was a flag Akeno wanted to burn more than anything else.
The blue mermaid holding the world on its hands on a completely white background along with the blue anchor behind the mermaid caused Akeno to turn all of her fleet´s cannons towards the seven ships who still tried to talk her out of it "Disappear" Akeno hissed in rage as all ships of her fleet followed her command.
The peaceful evening was destroyed as any gun that was able to hit the seven ships was fired from the smallest 100cm destroyer cannons to the main massive 51cm guns of the two battleships but after the first salve the remaining four ships started taking evasive maneuvers in an attempt to escape their doom.
Akeno however showed no mercy as she first disabled the ships and if another tried to help the damaged one she would take it out without mercy that way Akeno destroyed another three ships of course all four ships tried their best to fight back as they launched airdropped torpedoes and missiles at Akenos ships however one of the things Haggard and Sweetwater were able to repair was one of the most deadliest anti ship weapons ever created.
After all who was crazy enough to mount an electro-magnetic pulse shield on a ship that allowed it to disable any modern weapon before it ever came close to harming the ship.
Well as it turns out every ship aside from destroyers and the smaller submarines had this type of weapon integrated into their design from the very beginning but as great of a weapon as it was it still had its limits mainly the time it needed to recharge after use.
But with the last ship sunk Akeno calmed somewhat down but as she started to turn away with her fleet she felt the itch to fire upon the life rafts that were scattered around the sinking or sunken ships but she stopped herself as she would not be any different from those she had sworn to hunt.
The world was sent into complete chaos not even two weeks later as any ship that tried to set sail for the open sea was attacked and sunk regardless of how many escorts were sent out with them even worse there was no negotiating with the unknown fleet and no weapon in the world was able to even scratch the paint on those ships.
The world watched in horror as the worlds military tried to stop them without any success for over six months however as quickly as the unknown fleet had appeared just as fast did it disappear or so it seemed to everyone.
But during the rebuilding efforts of the various maritime nations there was a simple announcement made by an unknown source over the worldwide satellite network.
"The false protectors will bleed until the truth is uncovered for the world to see"
Was the simple message but no matter who tried to decode this rather simple message no one was able to truly find what it meant as the world was recovering from its latest global crisis.