So...you 're looking for an omake last chapter but you got this instead. Unfortunate.

Some Big/Huge Meeting room in a building in Kure

"So H44 isn't joining us in the attack on the main naval base of the Abyssals?" Bismarck asked, balancing a knife on her index finger. "And the H-43 sisters are with him?"

"Yep." The Admiral said. "On orders from the Kriegsmarine Admiral."

"And he and the H-43 girls were the strongest ships we have?" Hiei asked.

"Yep." The Admiral said again, ignoring Yamato's "Hey!" and Elli mumbling something about a man, a river, and Lego City

"So what the hell do we do without them?" Kongou asked.

"Do Yamato, Enterprise, Montana, Bismarck, Tirptiz, Weiss, Missouri, and Sturm not exist?" The Admiral asked back. "That's not including Iowa and whoever she's bringing." He quickly turned to Admiral Hikari. "Who is she bringing?"

"My other secretary." She signed. "Though the GroßAdmiral may not like her."

"I don't hate anyone." The man in question stated.

"Anastasia ring a bell?"

"Hold on, you're bringing a wanted criminal onto this base and operation?" The GroßAdmiral asked. "I thought you were the 'prim and proper' one, and here you are taking a page from my playbook."

"You do what now." Admiral somehow managed to pull off a deadpan sign when she 'said' that.

"None of your business." The GroßAdmiral waved it off.

"Raeder-Dornitz's actions aside, we need to actually plan our next step." The Admiral sighed. "And we have everyone who will be participating in the operation here, save Iowa and Anastasia."

"Do H44 and the H-43 sisters not exist?" Elli asked.

"Right now, they aren't in the operation. Though I'm sure what they're doing right now is equally important."

Open Ocean, Sector Nacht

"This bitch empty, YEET!" H44 shouted as he launched a soda can at Elise.

Kure

"Yes, very important things." GroßAdmiral Raeder-Dornitz agreed.

"I can smell the metaphorical bullshit." Elli deadpanned. "Also, why are we doing this right now instead of four chapters ago?"

"What?" Sturm asked,

"Nothing."

The meeting room was pretty big, it looked like a college lecture room, except the board in the front was replaced by a wide array of maps and whiteboards on wheels with crazy amounts of writing on them in english, japanese, and german. It was so messy that no one could make heads or tales of it.

"Look, we got to attack the main Abyssal base in this sector. It isn't an option anymore, it's the answer." GroßAdmiral Raeder-Dornitz asserted. "Yes, we did put it off for the longest time, but the higher ups are getting agitated with us."

"Aren't you the higher ups?" Tirpitz asked.

"No, they are people higher than us." The Admiral sighed. "Imagine that."

"They don't get to hang out with cute girls everyday of their Admiral career." Hikari signed. "I know some of the Admirals in America would slit their throats for a chance to work where I do."

"Are they simps?"The GroßAdmiral asked.

"Oh god, you have no idea."

"Simps?" The Admiral asked. "What are those?"

"None of your business, just mine and the GroßAdmiral." Admiral Hikaru signed. "You focus on the ships simping you."

"But..I don't even know what 'simping' is!"

Elli was rolling on the floor laughing, while Tirpitz was explaining to those around here what a 'Simp' was. Kongou was writing everything down while Hiei was wondering why people would do that. Prinz Eugen was crumpling up paper and shouting "For Kobe!" while lobbing said crumpled paper into a garbage can near GroßAdmiral Raeder-Donitz.

"This is chaos." Fubuki mumbled as one of Eugen;s paper balls missed and hit her in the back of the head. "I wonder what H44 is doing?"

Open Seas

"Das ist leer, YEET!" Jade(H43) shouted as she lobbed an empty brass shell at H44, who dodged it.

"Missed!" He shouted as he took out another shell and threw it right back at Jade. She dodged it, unfortunately hitting Elise.

"Gottverdammt! Will you two stop playing around!" Elise shouted. "We're on an important mission here!"

"But I'm bored!" Jade whined. "We haven't found anything and I'm bored of not getting any answers out of H44 about who he is!"

"To be fair, you were asking pretty private questions." H44 stated as he moved next Elise. "I am certainly not telling you what my blood type is. Or if I have my appendix. Or if I have both kidneys."

"You were asking those!?" Elise shouted. "Why would you-"

"Or if I'm willing to give up one of my testicles." H44 continued.

"JADE!" Elise cried. "RUHE!"

"Mmm...nah." Jade said. "But I'll stop asking weird questions."

"Thank you." Elise sighed. "I suppose that's the best I can get."

"So H44, what's your favorite type of chocolate?" Jade asked.

"Dark." H44 answered."Not sure why."

Elise sighed. It was already a long mission, and it was only getting longer as the trio drudged on. Moreover, they still weren't any closer to finding who or what was attacking Abyssal bases in the sector. Elise wanted nothing more than to finish up the mission and go back to the base so she could relax. Truthfully, though, she was hoping to get some answers out of H44 as well. Damn ship wasn't talking, too focused on the mission. Elise suddenly had an idea on making H44 talk, and she smiled ruefully.

Oh, he was definitely gonna talk.

An explosion on the trio's left ripped her from her thoughts. Elise looked, and saw a multitude of Abyssals heading their way.

"Crap!" Jade shouted, her cannons facing towards the oncoming enemy. "Why didn't the radar ping us!?"

H44 ripped his tablet out of its holster. He tapped the screen, and scowled. "I can't get a signal!"

"That thing was our fire control! Why can't you get a signal!?" Elise shouted back.

"Something's jamming me!" H44 growled. He shoved the tablet back into its holster, and aimed himself and his cannons at the Abyssals. "Huh?"

"What?" Jade asked, as she let a salvo loose.

"Their eyes, they're green." H44 said disbelievingly. "That's not-"

"Maybe because they're from another region?" Elise cut in. "Maybe we'll find some red eyed ones the deeper we go." She launched her own round of shells.

H44 said nothing as he let loose his own salvo, his cannons thundering their response to the Abyssal's attack. The shells from the trio struck true on some and missed on others. Pillars of water shot into the sky, but before they disappeared the surviving Abyssals shot through the mist and towards the trio.

"Holy shit they're fast!" Elise shouted, as she rotated her smaller weapons for close quarters combat. "Get ready!"

Jade copied her sister, but H44 aimed his main battery at the charge. His cannons weren't reloaded yet.

"H44!" Jade shouted, right as an Abyssal dreadnought sped in front of her group and right into H44's ineffective short range. She looked up at her target, and the world seemed to stand still.

Jade and Elise's secondaries opened up. H44's cannons ignited as HE shells flew from his eight barrels. His hand shot out from his side, and reached for the Abyssal's neck. This all happened in an instant, a split second, a blink of an eye.

The Abyssal ran straight into H44's outstretched hand, her neck in his iron grasp as her comrades were obliterated behind. She clawed at his hand, as H44 stared down, his face in a scary scowl. "You have green eyes."

His grip tightened, as the Abyssal continued to claw at his grip. "You…"

H44 seemed to be somewhere between shocked and angry. "They speak?"

The Abyssal shot her own murderous look. "They're looking for you." She struggled to get out.

"Who?" H44 asked. The Abyssal stayed silent, so H44 aimed his cannons at her. "I swear, I will obliterate you and whatever hellish creations you reincarnate as if you don't answer my goddamn question!"

"The...leaders...are...looking for...you." The Abyssal squeaked out as H44's grip tightened around her throat. "Please...stop…"

"Is it your leadership?" H44 growled.

"Yes...and no…"

"Explain!"

She clawed once more, and H44 lightened his grip to let her breathe. "The..rogues..gasp..are looking for...wheeze...you."

"They're retreating!" Jade shouted, lowering her cannons.

"Rogues?" Elise asked, as she came up behind H44. "Rogue what?"

"Rogue...wheeze...shipgirls." The Abyssal dreadnought wheezed one more time. "They're looking for someone named Tartar-"

Before she could finish, her head was destroyed. "Shit!" H44 shouted, dropping the new corpse. "What the fu-" He turned around and was knocked out.

Kure Naval Yards

"We're here!"

Kongou and Elli, who were walking away from the meeting since it was in recess were met with a peculiar sight. There were two shipgirls outside, one they recognized, the other was unfamiliar to Kongou.

The unfamiliar one was a caucasian Russian female with long snow white hair and icy blue eyes which were nearly covered by a fringe of white hair. She wore an ornate white and golden gown while from her shoulders was a white fur cape with gold designs and blue trimming, a silver necklace with a ice crystal pendant around her neck, two ornate white lacy fingerless gloves on both hands, white and black thigh high socks underneath the gown and on both legs, and dark brown reindeer skin fur boots.

The other one was Iowa.

"Iowa! You made it!" Kongou said. "Who'd ya bring?"

Iowa motioned to the girl next to her. "This is-"

"Anastasia!" Elli shouted, as she jumped into the girls arms.

"Yeah...her." Iowa seemed a bit displeased the other girl got a bigger reaction. "Nice to see you again too, Elli."

"Oh Iowa, don't be like that!" Elli said. "I haven't seen Anastasia since Russia put the bounty on her! I didn't know Admiral Hikaru took you in!"

"Yes, I didn't tell you in fear of being found out." Anastasia replied, nonplussed at Elli hanging off her. "Russia is still looking for me."

"Please, like they could defeat the USN. We've got Montana and her sister...uh...whatsername!" Iowa exclaimed, faltering at the last part.

"You forgot Enterprise, Russia lacks carriers." Anastasia interjected.

"Yes, can't forget her! The hero of Midway! The survivor of Ironbottom! The-"

"She also hates her fame, remember?" Anastasia stopped Iowa.

"Oh yeah…oops."

Elli hopped off of Anastasia. "So, are you participating in the big operation?"

"Yes, Iowa will be participating. But I heard from Admiral Hikaru that a new person has joined the IJN, despite not being an IJN ship." Anastasia answered. "I need to meet with the Admirals, lead me to their office?"

"Uh...they're kind of bus-" Kongou started, but Elli covered her mouth with her hand.

"I'll lead you there." She smiled mischievously.

Abyssal Island base

Suijin paced the area around her map of the areas surrounding her base and Kure. She knew that the blasted GroßAdmiral had sent out a trio of battleships to find what was destroying her bases, she had done the same thing to counter them. The Abyssal Leviathan Princess was well aware the trio comprised of the two incomplete H43 girls and the legendary H44 shipboy. She had quivered in excitement when she heard her scouts say he was now in her territory, but pulled her fleets back to ensure her forces weren't wiped out by his power. She already had one fleet become a casualty to his power, a portion had come back reporting the missing were killed by H44 and the two H43s. They also said one was captured by him.

Suijin assumed H44 knew about the leadership or her objective. Or nothing at all, it was all up in the air.

"Sister, he is getting troublesome." Himiko, the Siren Demon Princess, said as she came up behind Suijin. "He's in our territory and most likely has successfully interrogated one of our own."

"We need to capture him. It is imperative now." Suijin stated. "We can't allow the rogues to get him."

"Oh now it's imperative!?"

Suijin shrugged. "Oops."

Himiko introduced her hand to her forehead. "Look, just...sigh...what's his location?"

"He's-" Suijin turned to the map, not seeing anything else except for her fleets. "Uh…"

"Oh my Abyss, the Satan classes are gonna kill us." Himiko mumbled.

"Well, he can't have gone far. The sector is quite open, beside the Rogue's island." Suijin stated, puffing out her chest and planting her fists on her hips. "We'll just send out Battlegroups A-D to the island and capture him. And maybe the H43s."

"Er...you do realize the last time we sent out a battlegroup to the island we were beaten?" Himiko asked.

"Yes, but the key term being 'a battlegroup'! We just send multiple and we have better chances!"

Himiko put her hand on her chin. "Can't argue with that logic."

"See! Foolproof." Suijin finished. She grabbed her staff, a black staff with a green orb on it, and started drawing lines on her sand map. "I'm moving forces now. Trust me, those damn escapees will regret rebelling against me."

Welcome back me, let's get this season/volume started.

Omake

Kure Naval Yards, sometime before chapter 15

"No, I'm not singing." H44 deadpanned.

"But it's a good song! And it fits you!" Bismarck said. "Please?"

"It doesn't fit me at all! It doesn't even have my name in it!" H44 countered. "Why me?"
"Because the Admiral, GroßAdmiral, and Hikaru are already doing other things for it. And Hikaru can't sing."

"H44, just do it. That's an order." The Admiral ordered.

"Fine, only because the song's good."

Later

H44 walked towards the microphone, and cleared his throat. The Admiral and GroßAdmiral started playing on guitar while Admiral Hikaru started drumming. The Admiral hit a riff, and H44 began to sing

"From the mist, a shape, a ship is taking form

And the violence of the seas is about to rip into a storm!

Sign of power! Show of force!

Raise the anchor, battleship plotting its course!"

Yeah, I was gonna use it eventually. What can I say? It's a good song.