Commander Blaze, a front line commander story

by Dasmara

Meet William Blaze, a veteran who royally screwed his last mission and was thrown into prison. But when The Sirens invaded, Azur Lane High Command need him once more and so he is reinstated. His new job? Command the beautiful ship girls and give The Sirens big F you in the face. Join them as William balanced his daily life between dealing with the girl's antics and killing Sirens

29. The push

…A black knight with bat armor motif stood tall as he took a card from his belt, he flipped his sword and opened a slot on the bat symbol motif on his sword guard hilt. He inserted the card with zero hesitation and closed the hilt to activate the card.

FINAL VENT!

The knight started running forward as a large bat like creature approached him from behind, the batch attached to his back side and turned into a black cape. The knight jumped high into the sky, he started to dive down as his cape wrapped itself around him and turning him into a huge black spike heading straight for a warrior cladded in red dragon armor. The knight impacted him and caused a huge explosion, the warrior was thrown back but he managed to stand back up despite the slouching posture.

"What the fuck?! How did you survive THAT?!" Lucas shouted in outrage.

"Last ditch health boost! Yeah! You could do that on this game, remember!?" William said to Lucas while he grinned.

"Fucking remastered game! I remember it wasn't that big of a boost!" Lucas said out loud.

"My turn bitch!" William said to Lucas.

The dragon warrior took a card from his belt card holder and held it for a bit before he inserted the card onto the dragon head like left wrist guard, the dragon knight then grabbed the head before pulling it backwards a bit which activated the card.

FINAL VENT!

The dragon knight set his pose as a large red Asian dragon came from the sky, circled around the warrior before he jumped high in the sky, spun around several times as the dragon circled around him before he took up his downward kicking stance. The dragon opened its mouth, roared loudly while breathing huge fire and sent the warrior kicking down in high speed, the warrior hit the knight and he was downed on the ground unmoving.

"Aw come the fuck on!" Lucas shouted as he looked at the TV screen in outrage.

"In your face old man!" William said to Lucas while he grinned.

"You said we'll be leaving straight after breakfast, but here you are playing Kamen Rider Ryuuki Remastered!" Lena said out loud while standing beside them.

Lena watched both William and Lucas who sat on the bed as they played a console game together on Lucas' personal room on the resort, both of them were quite enthusiastic playing the fighting game. Around an hour ago Lucas and Lena said their farewell to the ship girls on the restaurant during breakfast, then they got upstairs to prepare themselves for their departure. However, since Lucas didn't told her when exactly they're going to leave Lena was idling in her room before she decided to check Lucas himself who turns out playing a game with William.

"The helicopter will take a while to get here Lena, I said that so you could pack up" Lucas said to Lena.

"I've packed since last night you know, what about you huh?" Lena asked Lucas as she folded her arms.

"All neatly stored in that luggage" Lucas said to Lena as he pointed at a luggage beside his bed.

"Hey, want a match?" William asked Lena while he grinned.

"You know I will kick your ass with Zolda if I want to? If you're up for some loss I would be more than willing to oblige" Lena said to William while she smirked.

"Eh, fair enough…why are you guys leaving so soon now anyway?" William asked while he shrugged.

"You know it Will, it seems the command headquarters would fall apart if we both are absent for too long" Lena said to William while she frowned a bit.

"Here I thought they are competent enough to run the administration" William asked Lena with cocked eyebrows.

"Yup, but they tripped often and we had to be there to stabilize them…I also received word that your base are nearing completion, you're going back tomorrow right?" Lucas asked William.

"Yeah" William said to Lucas while he nodded.

"Perfect. Oh yeah, is there anything that you want to add to the base?" Lucas asked William.

"Add? Two days away from construction being done? That's unreasonable!" William asked Lucas with surprised face.

"Don't underestimate the Manjuus, Will. You ask, they'll get it done and fast. Pay them with red gems? Boom, they'll work on it as first priority" Lucas said to William.

…Really? Anything? William immediately racked his brain on what to add to the base infrastructure, something immediately clicked on his head. Prinz mentioned of a possibility on building a personal house inside their base back when they operate on Southern Ironblood, then there's also few days ago where William entered Lucas' cabin for the first time…Yeah, how about building such cabin back on the base? He didn't have to stay cooped up inside that room, he'll have his own house which he could customize however he want.

"Then, I want a personal house" William said to Lucas.

"Personal house hmm? How do you want it?" Lucas asked William while he rubbed his chin.

"How about a cabin like yours?" William asked Lucas.

"Ha! I knew it! Looks pretty amazing am I right? No wonder you'd want one!" Lucas said to William while he grinned.

"Yeah, I'd admit" William shrugged as he answered.

"One large wooden cabin for your personal house, got it. Where do you want it?" Lucas asked William.

"Put it inside the main base and with some fencing around it" William said to Lucas.

"Fencing?" Lucas asked William with cocked eyebrows.

"Pays to be prepared" William said to Lucas.

"Want a basement with that?" Lucas asked William.

"Sounds good" William said to Lucas.

"Okay Lucas, now you're just spoiling him" Lena said to Lucas.

…Seriously, she still don't understand on why did Lucas was being this kind? Doubt he's doing it because he have so much money to throw around, there must be something else that caused him to do this…But it's not like it's bad, William basically has no house on real world except for his old family house back on Britain which is practically empty, he do have money but with this job there's no way he'll be able to spend it as leisurely as he want and he didn't even use it for daily necessities since Azur Lane provided it…But after Lena thought about it, of course Lucas could freely do this. He basically don't have to pay child support since his ex-wife took custody of their children, he has tons of money to spend, gushing income as business owner plus as High Commander of Azur Lane Armed Forces and not to mention he's the same as William where he didn't need to actually spend so much…

"Yeah, what's the occasion?" William asked Lucas.

"Figured you'd want 'bigger room' than your current guest room you stayed at, a man needs his space" Lucas said to William as he laid down on his bed for a bit.

"Well he's right Lena, there are so many things I'd like to place once it's built" William said to Lena as he stared at her.

"Like what? Personal Gym?" Lena asked William.

"Already built that for public use on the base" Lucas commented as he took out his phone.

"Then how about armory, storage or even workshop?" Lena asked William.

"…Yeah, I can imagine that already" William said to Lena while he grinned.

Really, a large two storey wooden cabin with balcony, veranda and basement? The potential for the customization is vast! A nice warm house, cool veranda with trees with tables and chairs so people could hang out, a cozy living room with a fireplace, spacious bedroom with king sized bed, fully equipped kitchen, backyard for gardening maybe? Front yard might be large enough in case of a barbeque party, then there's armory full of guns and ammo on the basement, workshop filled with tools in case he wants to experiment, a storage for raw materials and maintenance for the his battle armor…Shit, that's a man's dream right there.

"Would it be fine to left the designs to the Manjuus?" William asked Lucas.

"Its fine, so far their works are exemplary" Lucas said to William.

"Alright then" William said to Lucas as he nodded his head.

"Is that all?" Lucas asked William.

"I couldn't think of anything else I'd like to add for now" William answered Lucas as he shrugged.

"Got it…and done" Lucas said to William.

"Just like that?!" William asked Lucas as he turned around with surprised face.

"Yup, it'll be there once you're back" Lucas said to William while he grinned.

"…Damn, I'm impressed" William said to Lucas with astonished face.

"…Oh? The helicopter is here, come on Lena" Lucas said out loud as we heard the sound of helicopter flying low near them.

"I'll walk you guys" William said out loud as he stood up.

The three of them walked together to the lift as they headed for the rooftop of the building, both Lena and Lucas didn't brought large baggage with them because they knew they will only stay for few days so a small helicopter that's on standby above the helipad in front of them is sufficient enough to bring them back. Apparently the helicopter would fly to the nearest airport near this island, from there the two of them would board airliner to head straight for the headquarters…Wait a goddamn fucking second! If that's the case, why did William and the ship girls had to spend twelve hours on the sea with a transport ship?! They could've just use airplanes! Motherfucker! William resolved himself that they will board planes on their way home!

"Right, this it. It's been fun, we should do this more often" Lucas said to William.

"I think Sirens and Crimson Cleanser would disagree with you" William said to Lucas while he smiled wryly.

"Haha, yeah. Take care, I'll see you at work in few days" Lucas said to William as he offered his hand.

"Got it. Thanks for everything, Lucas" William shook Lucas' hand.

"Don't mind about it" Lucas said to William as he grinned.

"Yeah. Lena, about that plan of yours" William asked Lena with serious face.

"I'll be sure to give you the update on it" Lena said to William.

"You ready?" William asked Lena as he smiled somberly.

"Like I have a choice. Take care of yourself" Lena said to William as she enveloped him in a brief hug.

"You too, remember, I'll come running if you need help" William said to Lena as he tapped her shoulder.

"For sure" Lena said to William as she nodded.

"Give my regards to my mum, alright?" William said out loud.

"Got it" Lucas said to William from inside the helicopter.

William watched as the helicopter rose from the helipad and head straight for the ocean, he stood at the rooftop until the helicopter was gone from his sight…Well, responsibility is a bitch and that is why those without it should be grateful one way or another. Lucas and Lena is in need of short break, but they only been here for three days or something when they have to go back due to trouble brewing on HQ? William hoped that he won't rise up the rank that high, he preferred to be in the front while managing a base instead of dealing with a strategic fuckfest. Just as he started to monologue in his head William heard some footsteps from behind, he turned around and noted that it's Warspite that approached him.

"Commander?" Warspite asked William.

"Warspite, why do you come to the roof?" William asked Warspite as he stared at her.

"It's early morning, I'd like to get some training myself. The roof is usually empty, the wind is nice and the view is great for motivation" Warspite said to William while she smiled.

"I see" William said out loud.

William proceed to sat on one of the chairs beside the pool as Warspite walked to an open area beside the pool, Warspite summoned her sword and she gave it few swings. Warspite then set her stance with her sword before she swung it around in a rehearsed, trained and precise set of movements. William glanced at Warspite for a bit before but when he saw those moves of hers he stopped leaning on his seat as he fully concentrated in taking in her movement, she swung her sword downwards and stopped it dead on its tracks just before it hit the ground, her side swings were lighting fast and then when she do a full circle sweep with her sword it produced a gust of wind that William could feel despite being ten meters away from her…Anyone who got hit in the neck with that move just now would've been decapitated!

"…Wow, I can feel the gust of wind from here! How strong are you!?" William asked Warspite with astonished face.

"I'd like to think I'm not that strong as a ship girl, there are those that has better physical strength than me after all" Warspite said to William while she smiled a bit.

"I'm still impressed with your form though! Actually now that I thought about it, I never see you perform in close quarter combat" William said to Warspite.

"Ever since you came I haven't got that much close range action" Warspite said to William as she shrugged.

"Is that so? Well, I'll try to-" William said to Warspite while he frowned.

"Ah, don't feel bad about it, I'm not hung up on that. But it be nice if I could occasionally engage a Siren in close fight" Warspite said to William while she smiled.

"Well, for now, how about sparring?" William asked Warspite.

"Oh they are fun, I've practically fought all of the Royal Navy's knights on our base. But training and a real fight? It's quite different" Warspite said to William.

"Yeah, I get what you mean by that. Our yesterday's game? They're nothing compared to what I've experienced in the frontlines" William said to Warspite while he smiled somberly.

"What's it like?" Warspite asked William.

"What do you mean?" William asked Warspite back.

"You know, the real ground combat. I know many of your stories as you already told them to us, but you never say how it really feels like…" Warspite asked William.

"…Basically, you could never know when your death comes. Someone could blow your head off with a sniper rifle from afar, fell due to ambush in the middle of the forest, got blown up by artillery shells, stepped on a mine, suddenly rained by hostile aircraft with leads, missile or bombs and there's a chance that you could get rammed by a tank…Fighting in modern warfare is an absolute hell, you could get killed in every corner quite easily" William said to Warspite as he smiled bitterly.

...The Sergeant under William's command that got his head blown off by as he led his men in the hold out on the Battle of Cape Town, a squad of Delta Force in front of William who got gunned down from high ground as they try to sneak around an outpost during the occupation of Sussex, the relentless artillery pounding from Sardegna Empire forces during the raid of Caen, some members of his task force that got trapped as they escaped from Sakura Empire forces on Okinawa, the merciless airstrike during the Siege of Leningrad and the tank that chased them after the sabotage of Hamburg's shipyard…Yes, William was present during all of those and there's so much death he had to witness, he's no stranger to dead bodies and stack of corpses…but seeing someone dying is something William felt he will never get used to.

"…I'd like for you to do something for me" Warspite suddenly said to William.

"What is it?" William asked Warspite.

"Stand up please" Warspite said to William.

William didn't know what Warspite want but he chose to oblige as he stood up from his seat, after standing in front of her Warspite took out her sword and offered it to William. The man took the sword with gleaming red blade and black gold hilt, he hold it in his hand as he gave few swings of his own. The sword is heavy and William found it's just has the right weight for him, so Warspite have been swinging something like this every day?

"This is your sword" William said to Warspite.

"Yes, hold it for me and show me your ready stance with a sword" Warspite said to William while she smiled a bit.

"Alright, like this?" William asked Warspite.

William set his stance like when he carried a machete, right arm with the sword, left arm ready at alert position, feet wide apart so he could move freely without tripping on his own legs…the sword is certainly longer than the machete, the balance of the sword are a bit off to him since he isn't used to holding longer sized melee weapon than a machete but the weight is just perfect. William slowly moved the sword around and he smiled, despite the longer blade William found that swinging this sword around is quite satisfying. He could feel the momentum, he could feel the inertia and the longer reach of the blade which should serve well when fighting Brawlers.

"Pretty good, but that sword is two handed one. Show me" Warspite said to William.

"Oh. So, like this?" William asked Warspite as he switched to hold the blade with his two hands.

"Good. Now do a downward swing three times, try to stop the blade exactly like I do at your knees level" Warspite said to William.

The man hold the sword with his two hands, he held it like most western swordsman he saw in games and movies with their longsword being in front of them. William then raised the sword before swinging it downwards, he could hear a sound of the blade hitting the floor and he could feel the blade stopped as it hit the floor. William widened his eye, he did try to stop it at the exact spot like Warspite did but he was late to stop it. William tried again but this time he stopped sooner and the sword stopped at his waist level, much higher than he intended. He tried one last time and the sword stopped very closely from hitting the floor, still failed to stop it at his knee level…Why? William wondered on why he couldn't do it.

"…It's harder than I thought" William asked out loud in wonder.

"In the modern times, it is easier to train soldiers to wield firearms compared to a blade. Anyone could fire a gun but a swordsman? They didn't stop learning until they die and it's quite the investment…The stances and the movements of a swordsman are honed and trained in daily basis so much that it basically become a muscle memory for them…With enough training, you will know how to swing your weapons and how to use it effectively" Warspite said to William as she grabbed her sword.

Warspite set the same stances like William and swing downwards just like him, but in three times she swings the blade she always managed to stop the blade perfectly at her knees level. William thought for a bit on the reason before he widened his eye in realization, after hearing her short lecture and watching Warspite one more time now he understand why he couldn't do it. It's the matter of familiarity, Warspite have been swinging that sword every day and that means she's familiar with the weight of her weapon. Her lecture also made sense, she have been practicing the same form and stances everyday so her body could remember the movements to do it without her having to thought too much about it…Basically, her stances and form are already second nature to her.

"…There's a reason why Sakura Empire ship girls sparred almost every day" William muttered to himself, yes they practiced their swordsmanship every day.

"Precisely…With your physics, form and raw strength? You're the type that will make do with broadswords" Warspite said to William as she continue to swing her blade.

"Broadswords huh? I thought I'm a machete man" William said to Warspite as he pursed his lips.

"Both weapon is almost the same in my opinion, both have wide surface area with just their length's being the difference. Have to admit that broadsword is quite ineffective when faced with human soldiers armed with firearms, but it will be devastating to use against Sirens. It's a pretty effective weapon for someone with strength like you, no doubt it will benefit you greatly in melee combat against those Siren ground soldiers" Warspite said to William.

And thus Warspite finished her morning practice with a left downward diagonal slash, William watched as the sword dematerialized into blue particles before disappearing completely…Wait, he saw that phenomenon before! It's the exact same thing that happened with their prototype helicopter armaments when changing its selected weapon! What the hell? William knew that it's the same phenomenon that happened when the ship girl's materialize their rigging…So, does that mean the Wisdom Cube could serve as a storage? To materialize something out of thin air? Does their helicopter has one? They already knew it could serve as a power source somewhat…

"…Commander, I have heard about your desire to train more and that include swordsmanship, am I correct?" Warspite asked William.

"Yes, I do said that when I just returned from Furushima" William said to Warspite as he nodded.

"I volunteered that day to teach you…Do you still want my help?" Warspite asked William as she stared at him.

"…Warspite, are you really willing to help me? To seriously train me in swordsmanship?" William asked Warspite with serious tone.

"My training is not for the weak willed. Believe me, I will be strict in my teachings and not even your rank as our commander will matters to me! If you want to be the best, you better prepare yourself for the long and grueling training that I will give to you. So, let me ask you, are you prepared?" Warspite asked William while she smiled.

"Understood, I knew it wouldn't be easy so I'm ready for it. When can we start?" William asked Warspite while he smiled back.

"We will start immediately in the morning, a day after we returned to our base. Do we have an agreement?" Warspite asked William as she extended her right hand forward.

"Yes we do…Thank you, Warspite" William said to Warspite as he grabbed her right hand and shook it.

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…William is relaxing on the beach, shirtless, hands tucked behind his head, under the cover of the umbrella he set beside him, towel sprawled underneath him and several empty soda can near the cooler to his side. The weather was perfect, the winds blew softly, the sun is warm and the sky is blue as far as eyes can see. The sounds of ship girls playing or talking alongside the occasional sound of waves really provided a great ambience sounds, all he lacked right now is someone who would feed him ice cream by his side and he could say the whole thing is nirvana…Nah, this is enough, when he could spend some time like this again in the future? There's no guarantee he could just spend the day lazily like this later down the line, what if the war with Sirens intensify? No, it will certainly intensify…William imagined what would it be like if Sirens begun their invasion in one of the city because all this time their attacks are concentrated on installation or military base? The death toll would be staggering…Even if they didn't massacred the population surely they have something else in mind, what would it be William couldn't say…But when that happens, he didn't doubt that ALASUC would be needed.

BOOP!

"Oof!" William groaned as something hit him in the face.

"Sorry commander!" Cleveland said to William as she went to pick up the volleyball that just hit his face.

"…Again? You sure you're not doing this on purpose?" William asked Cleveland with half closed eye while he nursed his nose.

"Of course not! But it certainly did makes me satisfied" Cleveland said to William while she grinned.

"Why is that?" William asked Cleveland.

"Because somebody that used the jetpacks few day ago caused my swimsuit to fly off" Cleveland said to William with half closed eyes.

"…Well…yeah, my bad, I'm sorry about that" William said to Cleveland while he cringed.

"Yeah yeah, apology accepted" Cleveland said to William while she smiled.

"Hey Cleve! Come on!" Denver said from afar.

"Got to go now!" Cleveland flashed him a smile as she turned around.

William watched Cleveland returned to the volleyball field, he then opened the cooler box and took out a can of grape juice which he opened and drank some. The beach is quite populated today, many of the Eagle Union and Royal Navy choose to spend their time here but where are the others? It doesn't seems that Sakura Empire and Ironbloods has plans to spend their time on the beach since none of them are present. Just as William thought of that he saw a group of ship girls approaching him, more girls are pretty far behind the three that shown up in front of him. The three ship girls are Vestal, Souryuu and Hiryuu herself who seems to be healthy enough to move around on her own but she wore her usual outfit unlike Vestal and Souryuu who donned their swimsuit.

"Shikikan-sama, are the place beside you open?" Souryuu suddenly asked William.

"Sure, go ahead Souryuu. Ah Hiryuu, I haven't seen you since we arrived! How are you?" William said to Souryuu before he asked Hiryuu while he smiled.

"Pretty good now shikikan, my skin finally almost return to normal after intensive Regel therapy by Vestal-san" Hiryuu said to William as she bowed a bit.

"I did end up using five bottles of Regel for Hiryuu. Since she's been cooped up inside her room for too long, I choose to accompany her down here" Vestal said to William while she smiled bitterly.

"Really? Hmm, that's a lot of Regel to use. So it's that bad" William commented as he stroke his chin.

"I'm sorry that you haven't enjoyed this long vacation because of me, Vestal-san" Hiryuu said to Vestal as she bowed.

"Oh hush, I'm responsible to treat every injured person on our base. All I ask for my repayment is for you to take better care of yourself in the future, Ms. Hiryuu" Vestal said to Hiryuu while she smiled and patted her on the shoulder.

"…I'll be sure to remember that" Hiryuu said to Vestal while she smiled.

"Shikikan-sama, ohayou gozaimasu~!" Akagi said to William as she approached him.

"Hmm? Good mor-…Oh, wow!" William said out loud with widened eye.

William just had to widen his eye, because all he saw right now is a large group of Sakura Empire ship girls who usually dressed in 'relatively' covering uniform and now all of them wear their swimsuits! Akagi, Kaga and Amagi caught his eye first followed by Amagi winking at him when she noticed him staring alongside Kaga who smirked confidently, there's Shoukaku and Zuikaku who's approaching him, Mikasa is smoking hot in her bikini style swimsuit, Takao looked cute as she walked around with her one piece swimsuit, Atago who wore her bikini swayed her hips a bit too much on purpose as she stared at William…Damn, what fine pieces of oriental asses! The swaying of Eastern boobs! The smile and smirks of lust! Okay, William took a deep breath, it's obvious he's getting horny and he need to calm himself. Can't have a boner on the beach like this and a pitched tent in front all of these ladies could set off a 'heavenly' hell!

"Ufufu, I take it this is your first time seeing us in our swimwear?" Akagi asked William while she grinned.

"Yeah, all of you looked amazing, seriously…Wait, all of you Sakura girls came in packs?" William asked out loud.

"We decided to enjoy the beach together since tomorrow we're going back" Zuikaku said to William while she smiled.

"Agreed, it's a shame not to experience the beach in other place for once" Shoukaku said to William while she smiled.

"Yeah, this place is littered by Eagles and Royals for days. By the way, I haven't seen the Ironbloods much on the beach" William said out loud in wonder.

"What? Just because we didn't appear that often we still enjoy the beach you know" Someone said out loud from William's left side.

"Ah, so you're here" William said out loud as he turned to the left.

On his left there's the Ironblood ship girls cladded in their respective swimsuits, Prinz alongside Gneisenau and Scharnhorst are in front of William as they set up their respective spot for sunbathing, Graf Zeppelin passed by in front of him dressing in a regal swimsuit with Z46, Deutschland dragged Graf Spee as they're following Graf Zeppelin and Z46 closely, Hipper was busy trying to capture the scenery with her phone, Konigsberg alongside her sisters spend some time talking with ice cream on their hands and the submarines all meet up for one giant surfboarding competition…

"Ufufu. Looks like everyone would like to enjoy their last day on this beach" Akagi commented as she set her towel beside William.

"Agreed, we had to come back early tomorrow" Souryuu said out loud.

"No that won't be necessary" William said out loud.

"Oh? What do you have in mind, shikikan-sama?" Shoukaku asked William curiously.

"Just thinking that cruising on the air would be faster…Souryuu, I need your help. Contact the airline on the airport few islands away, book an entire plane for all of us" William said to Shoukaku then to Souryuu.

"…Ho, wakarimashita shikikan-sama. If they refuse to provide one?" Souryuu asked William while she smirked.

"Drop our name, that should resolve the entire problem" William said to Souryuu.

"Hai, I'll get on it right away" Souryuu said to William as she took out her phone.

"Well, this way we could at least enjoy our last breakfast here" William said out loud while he grinned.

"Ja. Kommandant, want some beer?" Gneisenau asked William as she handed him a canned beer.

"Sure, thanks Gneisenau" William took the canned beer from Gneisenau.

The combination of Sakura Empire and Ironblood ship girls laid down around William, the man smiled widely at the sight of beautiful girls to his left and right. Well, sometimes he missed having a guy to talk to since only fellow men could understand their hardship but he won't trade this for the world. Right now, Takao was blindfolded and she carried a wooden sword in her hands while Atago directed her to the nearest watermelon in the sand from her voice alone. Takao didn't have any difficulties in following Atago's instruction, soon she stood before the watermelon.

"Hai! Soko de!" Atago shouted at Takao while she smiled.

"HA!" Takao shouted as she brought down her wooden sword.

The sword connected with the watermelon and the fruit split into two, William's jaw was hanging from the sheer disbelieve and confusion. He wondered how the fuck is that possible and how did Takao make it work?! The ship girls that watched the entire spectacle clapped their hands in amazement which William follow suit after getting his bearings, is it possible to learn such technique? Wait, he already agreed to Warspite to teach him in swordsmanship…

"…She sliced a watermelon cleanly into two with a wooden sword?! Holy fucking shite!" William said out loud in amazed voice.

"With wooden sword and the right technique, it is possible to do that" Shoukaku said to William as she sat beside him.

"Mother of god that is some anime stuff" William said to Shoukaku.

"Here shikikan-dono" Takao approached William and handed him a slice of watermelon.

"Thanks…Um, sweet!" William said out loud while he grinned.

Atago have cut the rest of the watermelon into thin slices for everyone to enjoy, the watermelon is quite sweet and William downed it easily. Still, he didn't understand why. Why does someone need to hold such event? Smashing a watermelon by the beach while being blindfolded? He don't get it, what's the purpose? Maybe they did it just to have fun? Well, certainly one could have some fun by misleading someone to hit something else…or someone.

The Ironbloods decided to participate on the event, Z46 grabbed a baseball bat instead of wooden sword, Graf Zeppelin is the one who will direct her and Prinz is the one who put the watermelon…awfully close to Deutschland whose body buried under the sands, she also has her phone ready. At first, everything goes well as Z46 could follow Graf Zeppelin's instruction properly that until Prinz whispered something when Z46 was close enough to the watermelon. She raised the baseball bat, Graf Zeppelin panicked as she waved her hands as she frantically telling Z46 to stop, Prinz smirked as she prepared a burst mode capture on her phone camera and the whole audience widened their eyes…Two picture is taken immediately with one while the bat hangs in the air and when the bat brought down upon the target, needless to say someone was very pissed…and someone couldn't stop giggling to herself while muttering 'this' will make a nice Juustagram post…

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…After the 'bloodbath' on the beach area where a certain incident occurred William choose to walk around, well he's glad that he managed to prevented Deutschland from going on a rampage with her rigging…somewhat. It certainly require the help of many ship girls and smooth talking on his part to calm her down, it's quite fortunate that Graf Spee managed to get involved or otherwise Deutschland wouldn't calm down as easily as she did. After walking for quite some time he stumbled upon a familiar redhead, dressed in black bikini with bountiful bust, side ponytail like St. Louis and this coy smile on her face.

"Zara?" William called out her name.

"Ah, salve" Zara said to William while she smiled.

"I haven't see you much around, how did you spend your vacation?" William asked Zara curiously.

"I admit I spent too much time on other place than the beach, the movie theater has quite the selection and the scenery around the hotel are nice to look at. That is why I decided to come here on our last day" Zara said to William as she clasped her hand together behind her.

"Is that so. Anyway, you look great" William said to Zara as he smiled, yup, what a magnificent view…

"Grazie~. Mind accompanying me for a bit?" Zara asked William while she smiled confidently.

"Where to?" William asked Zara.

"How about that small stall?" Zara threw her thumb toward the collection of stalls beside the beach.

"Sure" William said to Zara while he smiled a bit.

Zara hummed happily as she latched on William's right side, hugging his arm as she led him toward the stall area while she smiled widely. Don't know what got her to be this happy but William could only shrugged as he followed her, truth to be told she's a great companion to have around. Mature, confident, a bit flirty, her teasing tone, William felt that she could actually manipulate any men she want to and he's certain that he's not immune to her…Are all Sardegna women behave like her? He didn't see the same for Carabiniere but he didn't really know her that well to judge. Nevertheless he's grown a fondness for the type of women like Zara-

"Tirpitz, what's with the pouty face?" Victorious asked Tirpitz with half closed eyes.

"Victorious, I did say to you that I want the chocolate one" Tirpitz said to Victorious while she frowned.

"They're out of chocolate" Victorious said to Tirpitz.

"What nonsense are you saying now? We're the only ones here! You forgot didn't you!?" Tirpitz said to Victorious while she scowled.

"Argh! Just pick one already you arse! It's melting!" Victorious said to Tirpitz as she scowled back while holding two cones of ice cream, a vanilla and strawberry flavored.

"…Vanilla" Tirpitz said to Victorious while she pouted.

"There, that wasn't so hard wasn't it?" Victorious said to Tirpitz while she grinned as she handed her the ice cream cone.

"Shut up" Tirpitz said to Victorious before she proceed to lick her ice cream.

"Is it tasty?" Bismarck asked U-556.

"Ja! You should try it Lord Bismarck!" U-556 said to Bismarck as she offered her a spoonful of scone.

"If you don't mind…It is delicious. Excuse me!" Bismarck said out loud with widened eyes before she turned around to the stall personnel.

"Yes miss?" The female stall personnel asked Bismarck.

"Do you mind sharing the recipe with me? The scone is very good" Bismarck said to the woman.

"Ahahaha, thank you! Well, why don't you come in here for a bit? I'll teach you how, it's my original recipe" The woman said to Bismarck while she smiled widely.

"Unicorn, try this, yes" Ayanami said to Unicorn as she offer a spoonful of pancakes.

"It taste good, want to try mine too?" Unicorn offered Ayanami a spoonful of cake.

"Sure" Ayanami said to Unicorn as she took a bite.

There are lots of ship girls that have gathered around the stall area, everyone are currently enjoying their meals or snacks under the umbrella that were set on each table. Slowly but surely the place got even more crowded with everyone seemingly scramble to eat lunch. William and Zara sat on one a bit farther than the group of ship girls near the edge, the man looked around and noted that everyone has smiles on their face which means there's no trouble whatsoever…Man, can't days like this happen more often? Not going to lie, he's certain that in two days the ship girls would be deployed to fight against the Sirens again. But he suppose that's why they fight, to ensure that days like this will always be there in the future.

"Unexpectedly, this beach stall is quite crowded" William commented as he looked at the menu on the table.

"It's close to lunch after all" Zara said to William while she smiled as she looked at the menu.

"Really? So I've been sleeping for quite a while…" William muttered to himself.

"Anyway, is there something you want to eat? I'll go and order something" Zara asked William while she smiled.

"Let's see…This chef surprise?" William asked out loud.

"…Comandante, I don't think that's a wise move" Zara said to William with half closed eyes.

"Come on, what's life without few surprises there and then?" William said to Zara while he shrugged.

"Oh well, your choice" Zara said to William as she stood up.

"…Come to think of it, why does every time I bonded with them or when something interesting happened it's always when I eat something?" William suddenly asked out loud.

Maybe that's because he's a glutton? Man, can he remember the one time where he didn't eat around the ship girls? He got snacks on his office to munch on when he work because 'sugar is fuel for brains', the maids came in often with the refill for tea, Belfast seems want to fatten him up with her cooking which is full of nutrients, Illustrious always have cookies or pastries when she invited him for tea, some Union Girls have delivered some of their roasted meat to him when he couldn't join their small party because work kept him that day. Yeah, it would seems the ship girls have figured it out that one way to get his attention is to bring food at him which proven to works so far. He better trained himself or fight the Sirens often because he will need to burn those excessive calories and fat…William looked to the left when he saw Zara came back to their seat with a glass of parfait in hand, there's wide assortments of stuff on top of its vanilla ice cream such as cherry and candies.

"…Parfait? That's it? That's your lunch?" William asked Zara with cocked eyebrows.

"…You seems to overestimate a girl's stomach capacity, comandante" Zara said to William while she smiled.

"I don't know, you see Laffey over there?" William pointed his thumb to the left while he smiled wryly.

Zara followed his thumb to see Javelin, Ayanami, Laffey, Z23 and Unicorn who sat together in the circle table, there's a stack of plates beside Laffey. An employee brought another plate of pancakes toward their table and put it in front of Laffey, the other girls watched as Laffey stared at the pancakes in front of her emotionlessly. After few seconds staring it Laffey took a fork, stabbed the pancake and brought the entire thing to her mouth before swallowing it which resulted with the other girls on the table to clap their hands in amazement. That caused Zara to wonder whether her mouth is a black hole or she's simply that good.

"Uh…right…Your order would take a while" Zara said to William while she smiled.

"Figures…Any hint on what it is?" William asked Zara.

"You said it yourself, what's life without few surprises there and then~?" Zara said to William while she smirked.

"You cheeky girl" William said to Zara with half closed eye.

"Sorry for the wait, here you go! Chef Surprise!" Someone suddenly said out loud beside them.

That someone is the stall employee who put a plate and an iced tea in front of William, the man smiled widely as he looked to the content of the plate before his smile fell off. Inside the plate there's a charcoal colored of round black mass and it emits powerful bready aroma, but seriously what the fuck is this?! Is it even food!? William heard some snickering when he looked ahead and saw Zara was having a hard time containing her giggles, she found his shocked and confused face to be adorable especially when he took the fork and poked at his food.

"…Um…" William said out loud in confusion.

"Remember, you ask for it~" Zara said to William while she grinned.

"…Thanks?" William asked out loud while he cocked his eyebrows.

"Oh dear~" St. Louis suddenly said.

"Hello St. Louis, Helena" Zara greeted the two ladies that approached their table.

"Mind if we join you?" St. Louis asked Zara.

"Go ahead" Zara said to St. Louis.

St. Louis and Helena sat with them, safe to say they're as amused as Zara when they saw William's uncertain face as he stared at the meal in front of him. Both of them found it reasonable, who wouldn't when they are served something close to a charcoal in color? But St. Louis noted that the aroma is quite fine, so she's confident that the food in front of William is only black in coloring. She didn't remember anything like that on the menu though, what could it be?

"Um, William?" St. Louis asked William.

"Yeah?" William asked St. Louis.

"What is that?" St. Louis asked William as she pointed at his meal while she smiled.

"I have no idea, it's completely black…But, since I've made my grave…might as well dig deeper" William said to St. Louis as he shrugged.

Stomachache be damned! He'll go on a date later despite him having to go to the toilet often due to this! William courageously took the plastic fork and knife, he grabbed a small portion of the food before he plunged it to his mouth. He closed his eye as he chewed it when he was met with a surprise, the texture of this cake is smooth, there's this strong black forest taste and strawberry sauce mashed into one which caused him to opened his eye widely in surprise. Zara, Helena and St. Louis gasped at the prospect of him tasting something horrendous but when they saw the smile on his face their surprise turned into immediate confusion. It's good?

"…Holy shite! This is delicious!" William said out loud while he smiled widely.

"Really? Can I have a bite?" St. Louis asked William while she smiled.

"Here" William cut up a small piece and put it inside St. Louis' mouth.

"Um, it is" St. Louis said out loud after she tasted the cake.

"Can I have some too, comandante?" Zara asked William while she smiled.

"Sure, open up" William said to Zara who opened her mouth and he put a piece of cake inside it.

"…C-Commander, m-me too" Helena shyly asked William.

"Alright, open your mouth Helena" William said to Helena then put a piece inside her mouth.

This goes on for a while, William alternating between the three girls around him like a mother feeding her three babies. Just as he finished putting inside a piece of cake into one girl's waiting mouth another would poke his arms to get his attention, strangely he always complied because there's this certain feeling of satisfaction inside him whenever he fed the girls. The girls who were waiting with their mouth open gave him mixed feelings, St. Louis and Zara did looked sexier when they open their mouth like that that but Helena is just plain adorable when she waited for him to fed her the cake…Wait…

"Now hold on just a minute! How come I'm the one spoon feeding you ladies?!" William suddenly asked out loud, he's sure getting carried away with it!

"Tch, he realized it" Zara clicked her tongue as she smiled.

"What a shame, ufufufufufufu" St. Louis said to Zara before she giggled.

"Aww, that's the last piece" William said dejectedly to himself as he stared at the empty plate.

"Okay, we'll make it up to you. Now open wide?" St. Louis said to William while she smiled.

"Yeah, open up~. The plane needs to land~" Zara said to William while she smiled.

"H-Helena will share her food with commander too" Helena said to William while she smiled shyly.

"Come on, which one do you like the most, Will?" St. Louis said to William while she smiled.

"The parfait is delicious, I could guarantee it" Zara said to William while she smiled smugly.

"The pancakes is sweet, you should try it first" Helena said to William while she smiled shyly.

And that's how in front of him there are three spoonful of food waiting for his mouth, a spoonful of cheesecake, a spoonful of parfait and a spoonful of pancake courtesy to the each girls who sat with him now. William would just ate it at the random but when he noted the expectant eyes of the ship girls and the subtle glances they directed at the other girls, William immediately understood that this is not some simple act of feeding him…there must be some kind of competition, an unwritten law that whoever's food he grabbed first must be the one he favored the most out of the three girls that sat with him now. Ridiculous isn't it? He favored them all equally. That's why he went with the safe route, he grabbed St. Louis and Helena's hand, directed their spoon near Zara's before he swiftly ate the three spoonful of food at once which honestly caused the ship girls to gasped in surprise…They honestly didn't expect him to do that.

"…Yeah, I have to admit. The combined taste is quite good" William said to the girls after he swallowed.

"Cheater~" Zara suddenly said to William while she smiled smugly.

"Play~boy~" St. Louis said to William while she smiled…seductively.

"…You meanie" Helena said to William while she pouted a bit.

"Really, did I thought about it in the wrong direction?" William wondered with half closed eye.

"Uwaa, shikikan is a natural player!" Haruna said out loud.

"And he claimed to be an awkward geek, pfft!" Nelson said out loud before she snorted.

"So that's just his cover up story huh? To take us by surprise?" Pennsylvania commented out loud.

William looked back and found that many ship girls are staring toward their table, he instantly felt dread assaulting him for the possibility of another rumor going around the ship girls. Seriously, the one where he slept with St. Louis and Prinz are more than enough! He should've known better than doing something as bold like eating the food offered by three beautiful girls at once when in public, now it would seems no one would believe him again when he told them that he's a geek in high school…

"…Looks like I take the 'dig deeper' part a bit too much" William muttered to himself.

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…Around two o'clock in the afternoon William returned to his hotel room, he rummaged his bag and he selected the best clothes he has which is a checkered pattern red shirt, a black jeans and a black sneaker…Casual? For sure, but he thought it'll do. What would Hood wear? A dress perhaps? He never saw her wearing casual clothes like t-shirts or anything so he had no idea what her wardrobe content would be, he could predict that she must have wide array of dresses…after taking a shower, putting on some cologne, combing his hair neatly and William walked out of him room to the pier. Along the way he could notice that the ship girls are absent from the beach area, where did they go? Probably off to some other activity…

William kept walking toward the end of the pier when he noticed someone leaning on the rails, the person noticed William approaching them and they turned toward William. That someone is none other than Hood herself, a white sun hat on top of her head, light blue summer dress hugged her body which also accentuated her curves, a basket of some sort is on her hands, she wore white sandals and if that didn't stunned him the view of the seas alongside the wind blowing on him only enhanced her appeal…Overall, William was speechless at the breathtaking view. He regretted not having his phone to snap a picture…After being stunned for a while he finally get his bearings to move, William approached Hood who's smiling at him.

"You're as beautiful as ever" William said to Hood as he approached her.

"And you're a bit casual" Hood said to William as she noted his clothes.

"…Turns out Belfast didn't pack any fancy clothes" William said to Hood as he shrugged.

"Don't worry, I may always speak about elegance but there's no need for you to try to keep up or felt forced. Your usual self suits you best after all" Hood said to William while she smiled.

"Thanks…Alright, shall we go?" William asked Hood.

"Let's. I already hired a boat over there" Hood said to William.

William offered his right hand which Hood took before she walked while clinging at him, the man could only smiled at the act. They walked toward the lower pier area for small boats, an employee who's assigned there greeted them and led them to their chartered boat. A small double engine boat is what awaits them, William make sure Hood got in first before he followed suit. He received the key from the employee who he thanked then started the boat's engine…Ten seconds later William accelerated the boat as they make their way to the island Hood pointed at.

"…So, what's in the basket?" William asked Hood.

"Food of course, you're that eager to eat?" Hood asked William while she smiled.

"Admittedly, my lunch was taken by Zara, St. Louis and Helena" William said to Hood.

"Oh dear, so you haven't eat lunch at all?" Hood asked William as she covered her mouth in surprise.

"When I remember about the date, I knew you'll make something. Better keep my stomach empty for it" William said to Hood as he briefly looked at her.

"Is that so?" Hood said out loud while she smiled.

"It is…That island also has some infrastructure on it, do you know what those buildings are for?" William asked Hood as he pointed at the island in front of them.

"It's some cottage and a restaurant, currently they're operating in limited capacity but I have contacted Ms. Bordeaux that we'll be eating dinner there" Hood said to William.

"Oh, you planned this through" William said to Hood while he grinned.

"Like I said before, a lady must seize the initiative if requires to" Hood said to William while she smiled widely.

…Unknown to William and Hood who's already on their way to the island, someone is keeping watch on them from the pier with a binocular. The person lowered their binocular which revealed her face with white long hair and blue eyes, Belfast smiled a bit when he saw both of them heading toward the island. Looks like Hood managed to ask him out, Belfast is honestly happy for them. But at the same time, there's this gnawing feeling inside her that screams she couldn't lose to Hood. She took out her phone and she contacted Illustrious, the woman immediately answered her call.

"Ms. Illustrious? Looks like you are correct, both Hood and master is going on a date, judging by the direction they're taking the place is on a separate island from here…smart, that will make the chance of being interrupted very minimal" Belfast said to Illustrious on the phone.

"I see…well, it can't be helped if she asked him first. Thanks for helping me out Bel" Illustrious said to Belfast on the phone.

"No need to miss, I'm simply quite curious myself" Belfast said to Illustrious on the phone.

"For now, why don't you come over for afternoon tea?" Illustrious asked Belfast on the phone.

"I would be delighted to" Belfast said to Illustrious on the phone.

…After five minute boat ride William and Hood reached the neighboring island, the man threw the rope beside the pier and throw down the anchor so it won't move. He moved to the pier before he offered his right hand toward Hood who took it as she jumped on top of the pier, after that the both of them walked inland and greeted by one of the employee who has an off-road jeep behind him ready to be used. William took the key and he alongside Hood begun their track for the plateau, there are a flat grassland on it which should serve well as a date spot but to reach that place? The road is awfully bumpy.

"The road are a bit bumpy, the climb was uneven too" William commented out loud as he drove the car.

"But you still managed to mostly avoid the holes or uneven surface" Hood noted as she grabbed on to the basket.

"Practice makes perfect" William said out loud while he grinned.

"Ufufufu, true" Hood giggled a bit before she said to William.

"Here we are…Oh wow! Beautiful!" William commented with widened eye.

William stopped the car and he alongside Hood disembarked into the vast grass plain with few trees spread around in which should be perfect for a resting place, both of them walked hand in hand to the edge of the plateau where there's a steep drop. Dangerous? For sure, but the view? Worth it. From their place William could stared at Eden, the islands beside it and since the weather's clear it provided a very beautiful view of the archipelago.

"…Hood, stay over there and hand me your phone" William said to Hood as he pointed at the spot near the edge.

"You want to take pictures of me? Sure" Hood said to William as she handed him her phone.

"…This phone model has the best camera" William commented as he stared at Hood's phone.

"Ufufu, sometimes I do want to take some good photos you know?" Hood said to William while she smiled.

After he went into camera mode William adjusted the phone to get the best shot of Hood, the lady in question expertly posed like an aristocrat lady. The man grinned because Hood didn't need any direction to pose and he have very easy time to line up couple of good shots because of that. Hood suddenly stopped posing and approached William whose a bit confused on why would she do that? She grabbed his hand, dragged him to the spot she stood before and took her phone. Next thing he knew Hood already leaned on his left chest, her right hand in the air holding her phone with a front camera on display and she took a very good shot of her smiling contently with William behind her looking unsure.

"You have a habit taking a photo of my candid face" William said to Hood with half closed eye.

"Ufufufu~" Hood only giggled in response.

William and Hood then took out a sheet and deployed it underneath a dense tree near the edge of the cliff, after they put the sheet both of them took off their footwear, leaned on the tree and they stared at the view from their position. The island of Eden alongside its resort, the clear blue sky, the blue water and the soft blowing winds are quite relaxing. Hood felt very content with this, when was the last time she just go outside and enjoy the weather? Hood couldn't remember to be honest, but it's clearly what she need right now because just doing nothing while staring at the breathtaking view like this in the company of a man that she really liked? It soothed her soul…

"…I'm still amazed by the view, sure it's not completely natural because of the resort but it's still breathtaking" William said to Hood as he stared out at the scenery in front of them.

"Yes, I started to appreciate nature even more when Sirens could turn this planet into a desolated wasteland if this war never ends. If we lose, the beauty of this paradise in front of us could only exist in distant memory…" Hood said to William as she leaned on his right arm.

"Yeah, I have to agree with you there…I intend to fight them off to the end, it might take a lifetime to do that" William said to Hood with serious face.

"I'll be with you along the way, someone would need to keep you straight" Hood said to William while she smiled.

"Ahahahaha, looking forward to it-" William said to Hood.

William's stomach rumbled in protest due to it being empty and the owner neglected to fill it with food during lunch hours, the man sighed as his cheek went red a bit because although he do look forward tasting Hood's cooking he really didn't want to seems desperate about it. Guess that plan failed now because the woman on his right side started giggling to herself, oh well, William thought that at least his stomach is honest when it really need to.

"Your stomach is incredibly honest, ufufufufu" Hood said to William then continued to giggle.

"Well, what can I say if it already spoke for me?" William said to Hood while he grinned awkwardly.

Hood took the basket near them and she opened the cover, William looked inside and found a neat row of sandwiches, some drumsticks, few fruits and a thermos filled with what William assumed to be tea. Screw the delicious appearance, the aroma alone when William opened the cover of the basket have successfully caused his mouth to water up. Sheesh, he really and he stressed the REALLY part want to just gorged himself with the food but he do know that despite Hood saying she didn't mind about him not being elegant or refined as she is, she surely will scold him if he decide to ignore manners.

"Go ahead, help yourself. Or, do you want me to feed you?" Hood asked William while she smiled.

"A chance to be fed by a beautiful girl? What men would say no?" William said to Hood while he smiled.

"Flatterer, open up~" Hood said to William while she smiled widely.

William opened his mouth and Hood fed him her handmade sandwich, William could immediately tasted the beef coupled with some cheese and vegetable. His eye lit up because damn it's delicious! The taste is just perfect, the combination of ingredients didn't overlap each other and instead resulted in one delicious combo. Hood also fed him a drumstick, the chicken thigh are cooked splendidly, there's no excessive oil and it's certainly based on a high grade quality chicken meat.

"…You have a talent in cooking" William said to Hood while he smiled.

"Actually, it took me a bit to get the taste just right" Hood said to William.

"Wait, really?" William asked Hood with cocked eyebrows.

"Yes, this morning I was experimenting in kitchen. Looking at recipe books, thinking what would fill your stomach, how it would taste and in the end I finally did it near noon" Hood said to William.

"That's quite some time there, you didn't ask George, Vestal or even Belfast for tips?" William asked Hood.

"I…want to make this authentic, my original cooking" Hood said to William while she smiled.

Hood basically spent her entire morning cooking and experimenting, she's in luck that Eden do have convenience store so she went there early in the morning to shop then went back to her room. She spend some time learning the recipe online before she tried it herself, it's not the fact that she can't cook but she had to admit that her recipe arsenal are a bit 'lacking' in numbers. She's keeping this date under wraps so she didn't enlist the help of the maids or the renowned cooks of the Royal Navy, it's an instant giveaway if she did. Hood gave it some thought and finally decided to make some sandwich and drumsticks, she's pleased to know that her date do enjoyed her cooking.

"I can see your resolve, all of this tasted delicious, Hood…you'll make a fine wife one day" William said to Hood.

"Oh, what makes you say that?" Hood asked William.

"Come on, you can practically do anything. Office work? Household work? Great with little kids and now you can cook? You know, any man would like to have you as their wife" William said to Hood while he smiled.

"I see…but I have to disagree on that last part" Hood said to William.

"Why is that?" William asked Hood with half closed eye in confusion.

"I don't want just any man, I want you~" Hood said to William as she stared at him while she grinned.

"O-Oh…Yeah…that's…" William's eye went wide as he stammered to respond.

"Ufufufu, your cheek is just like a tomato. Does the idea of being married to me really make you that embarrassed?" Hood asked William while she grinned, despite her bold words her cheek also went red a bit.

"…I like the idea" William said to Hood as he looked at Eden.

"How much~?" Hood asked William as she poked his right cheek.

"…Very much…You know, I don't take you as a teaser kind of person" William said to Hood as he stared at her with half closed eye.

"Perfect, there's so many sides of me that you could get to know then~" Hood said to William as she grinned.

"Prinz have been rubbing off on you…" William said to Hood while he smiled a bit.

"Perhaps~" Hood said to William while she grinned.

The both of them fell into comfortable silence once more, just enjoying the soft blowing winds that really caused William to feel sleepy. But his thought were somewhere else, he contemplated as he looked at the woman resting on his right side…Hood have always acted like an elegant aristocrat lady during work hours, but it's clear now that when the both of them are alone she shown more side to her that she didn't usually show. She's quite flirty when she wants to, quite mischievous though at more subtle level and she's not ashamed with some skinship because she have latched on him ever since they arrived here…Honestly, William thought that she's a lot more charming this way. Hey, there's an idea, maybe she won't mind doing this more when it's just the two of them?

"Hood?" William asked Hood.

"Hmm?" Hood hummed in acknowledgment.

"Please don't hit me for what I'm about to say" William said to Hood.

"…This sounds serious, what is it?" Hood asked William.

"…You don't have to stay elegant at all times…when you're with me it's fine for you to be just Hood, not as Mighty Hood The flagship of Royal Navy but just as Hood…Be yourself, I will welcome you with open arms" William said to Hood.

…After waiting for around five seconds William still haven't received any respond from Hood so he looked to his right only to find her still staring at him with unreadable expression on her face, seriously she stared at William with a blank expression that he couldn't figure out whether she's shocked, upset or conflicted with his words. But that's the truth, William felt that Hood shouldn't always stay elegant at all times if she's with him. Her true self, William would like to see her true self more compared to her professional side when they were working. Hood smiled a bit in the end, William sighed when he saw her smiled because he's been unconsciously holding his breath for an answer.

"…Hood?" William asked Hood.

"…So, if I want you to spoil me, you'll do it?" Hood asked William while she smiled.

"Yes" William said to Hood.

"If I get needy, you won't mind?" Hood asked William while she smiled.

"As long it's the two of us, and you didn't object with it" William said to Hood.

"If I want to snuggle, spend my time and be close to you…you won't mind about that?" Hood asked William while she smiled widely.

"Like I said, when it's just the two of us? I don't mind…In fact, I want you to. Show me that girly side of yours, Hoody~" William said to Hood while he smirked.

All of a sudden William found himself sprawled on top of the sheet on his back after Hood suddenly pushed him down, she stared at him directly in the eye as she grinned. Hoo boy, William couldn't recall when Hood grinned this widely before and he's a bit apprehensive on what's going to happen next. What will she do? William stared carefully toward her eyes and there's a brief flash of 'hunger' in her eyes…Her eyes were like those of a predator who finally caught their prey, very similar to how Duke of York stared at him few days ago when she just arrived. No wonder he felt her gaze…quite familiar.

"…Now you've done it Will…I won't allow you to take those words back~!" Hood said to William while she grinned.

"Heh, it's fin-" William said to Hood.

He did not have the luxury to finish his sentence because the woman that have sat on top of him immediately proceed with her assault, Hood leaned down and kissed William on the lips. Not just a simple act of connecting her lips to him, she kissed the man hungrily. William could feel the 'need' in her kiss so he kissed her back, he rolled her over so she's on the bottom. Both of them separated themselves for a bit before both lips latched at each other again, Hood moaned a bit before she pulled back…When both of them came to their senses they're a bit surprised, none of them realized that their position have switched.

"…And a great kisser too, what more could I want in a woman hmm?" William asked Hood while he smirked.

"Hush, stop it. Keep this up and I might just put a ring on you then dragged you for a wedding ceremony myself" Hood said to William while she smiled widely.

"Hahahahaha" William laughed at the thought.

"…Hey, I've gone the trouble to make those sandwiches. You better finish it~" Hood said to William while she smiled.

"As you wish, milady" William said to Hood while he smiled.

"Good" Hood said to William as she bopped his nose a bit with her index finger.

…The both of them stayed for quite some time on that spot, William and Hood finished off the lunch that Hood packed and then proceed to nap together underneath the tree…William opened his eye, he noted that Hood still used his right shoulder as a pillow. The view reminded him of when she did this on board a cargo plane during their journey back from headquarters, she's quite light and she smells nice…William stopped himself from sniffing her, she did smell good but that doesn't give him the excuse to do that without consent! After carefully adjusting Hood's head to the tree on a position where she won't fall to the side, William stood up, stretched himself for a bit and walked to the edge of the plains before he sat there. The sky has turned orange, the sun is almost set on the horizon and the resort already lit up their lights…All of a sudden a pair of arms sneaked around his shoulder and enveloped him, a head fell on his right shoulder and he could feel something pecked him in the cheek. It didn't take a genius to know who's behind William, the man could only looked to the right and noted that Hood's face is very close to his.

"Enjoying the view?" Hood asked William while she smiled.

"You could say that, the orange sky provided very different impression…Did I wake you up?" William asked Hood.

"What if I tell you that when you're leaving me I could sense it even when I asleep?" Hood asked William while she smiled.

"Ho, I didn't know you have such power" William said to Hood while he smiled.

"Ufufufu, unfortunately that part was a jest. I'm simply woke up at almost the same time as you" Hood said to William after she giggled.

"Heh, thought so…Anyway, we've been here for quite some time and it will be dark soon. We should head down when there's still light in the sky" William said to Hood.

"Yes, I agree. Let's pack up and head for the restaurant area near the pier" Hood said to William.

William remembered that Hood also reserved a spot on the restaurant below, normally with the entire place being booked by him and the ship girls the restaurant down there won't operate. But since Hood have specifically requested it to Ms. Bordeaux, the restaurant is open for business just for today…Both of them packed up and head back to the car, the drive toward the pier is a lot easier than the climb since all William had to do is to properly step on the brake pedal on the right time…When they arrived on the pier the sun had set in the west, both William and Hood disembarked from the car then they head for the restaurant area while holding hands. The restaurant has two section, the main one on the beach and the one on the veranda above the water. Since the weather is clear both William and Hood agreed to sit on the veranda, dinner under the stars enlightened by soft yellow glow of the candle on their table with classical BGM of the restaurant sounds poetic…right?

"Sir, madam, are you ready to order?" A waitress approached Hood and William.

"Um…lots of sea food" William said out loud as he looked at the menu.

"We also have wide assortments of menu other than sea food sir, if you wish to order it" The waitress said to William.

"Ah yeah…Well, I'll take the sea food then, it'd be a waste to come here and not try the seafood" William said to the waitress.

"Excellent choice! The sea product of this restaurant are directly harvested from our surrounding environment, an authentic taste of this archipelago" The waitress said to William while she smiled.

"Heh, splendid. Then…Tuna, yeah, this tuna chops sounds delicious" William said to the waitress.

"…I would like some oysters stew and grilled lobster. Will, are you sure tuna chops would be enough?" Hood said to the waitress then asked William.

"Yeah, it won't. Hmm…How about some crispy squid as addition? Oh and oysters stew sounds good too" William said out loud.

"I think we have enough" Hood said to William.

"Okay, so two oyster stew, grilled lobster, tuna chops and crispy squid. How about the drinks?" The waitress asked William and Hood.

"Wine would be a fine addition" Hood said to the waitress.

"Agreed" William said to the waitress.

"Alright, a bottle of wine for the drinks. Please wait as we prepare your dinner, thank you" The waitress said to William and Hood while she smiled.

The waitress left the two of them, William leaned on the railing as he stared at Eden which have been illuminated by the bright lighting of the facility. If he thought about it carefully, did he even said where he would be going? He don't think so, what if the other ship girls thought he's lost at the sea again? However William remembered that he do met with several ship girls before meeting Hood, he'll place his bet on the ship girls understanding that he's going somewhere and with the fact that Hood also missing means the both of them spend some time somewhere…But, just in case, he should ask Hood.

"Hood, does the other ladies knew we're here?" William asked Hood, just in case.

"If I recall correctly, only her majesty and Illustrious knew" Hood said to William.

"Ah, does they knew that I'll be here as well?" William asked Hood.

"Hmm, I don't think so. But, I think they will figure it out once they couldn't find you~" Hood said to William then she winked for extra emphasis.

"…You are one sly woman, I'd give you that" William said to Hood with half closed eye.

Hood only giggled in response to that, around a minute later a bottle of wine alongside two glass were delivered to their table. Both of them decided to taste it as they wait for their dinner to arrive, the wine taste is quite good but certainly not as good as the one Illustrious usually pick…Come to think of it, he never expected that woman to be some kind of wine connoisseur. William and Hood spend some time chatting about mundane things as one by one their dinner arrived on their table, both of them toasted then drink their wine before they proceed with their dinner.

"Had to say, the oyster stew has this creamy texture" William said to Hood.

"Agreed. Have you tried the grilled lobster?" Hood asked William.

"Yup and I enjoyed it, might want to learn how to cook it so I could eat one back on the base. The fried squid and tuna chops are good too" William said to Hood.

"Let me taste it…Um, have to agree with you. The cooks are pretty good" Hood said to William while she smiled.

"Wonder on why we didn't eat seafood back on Eden's restaurant despite being a beachside hotel" William said to Hood.

"Oh yes, you eat a lot of beef and chicken every day. Is your cholesterol level fine?" Hood asked William.

"Pretty much fine, the proteins are good for muscles so I can keep these big guns" William said to Hood as he grinned.

"Fufu, you don't neglect the vegetables right?" Hood asked William while she smiled.

"…Just the broccoli" William said to Hood while he cringed.

"My, you really didn't like broccoli. Any particular reason?" Hood asked William while she frowned a bit.

"Well, I'll eat it if I really have to…just, I don't like its texture and taste and appearance…" William said to Hood while he frowned deeply.

"Hmm, what if it's grinded down into a paste?" Hood asked William.

"Is that even possible? I don't think you could change the taste even by turning it into a paste" William said to Hood with half closed eye.

"It won't be so bad if you mashed it with potatoes I reckon. How about turning it into a soup? Would you want to try it?" Hood asked William while she smiled.

"…Maybe, but I'll be bluntly honest about the taste so if you make it…well, please get ready" William said to Hood as he smiled a bit.

"Fufu, yes, I will" Hood said to William.

They continue to eat after that brief conversation, both enjoying their meal in peace while occasionally talk to one another. William simply found this dinner to be enjoyable, good food, good wine and a pleasant company in front of him? Yeah, this caused him to forget about his responsibility and the fact they are at war, the atmosphere is just that good…It didn't take long to finish their dinner, both William and Hood enjoyed their wine when the BGM changed into a music performed by Bond, titled Victory. William stopped drinking, because he's really familiar with this music.

"…Damn, to think I'd hear this song now" William said out loud while he smiled widely.

"This is pretty energetic, you recognize this song?" Hood asked William while she smiled.

"Yes. Back when I was a child, my father often listen to this so it just kind of clicked…That was a long time ago, twenty four years ago if I recall correctly" William said to Hood with a nostalgic smile on his face.

"Twenty four years? Back when you're just a toddler?" Hood asked William with a surprised smile on her face.

"Yup. When I thought about how long since it's been I felt old, granted twenty six couldn't be considered old…But it just felt like it" William said to Hood.

"…Hey, if you looked at me right now, how old do you think I am?" Hood asked William while she smiled.

"…Early twenty to be sure. Really, you look like a woman that just entered her mature years, few hints of adolescence remains on your face but has this mature grace and aura…In my simpler terms, a perfect beauty" William said to Hood while he smiled softly.

"Ufufufu, sometimes I really wonder if you're really as awkward as you told us back on your high school days? You seems to be quite…well versed" Hood said to William while she smiled.

"It's the truth you know, my military training are the one that shaped me into what I am right now. Four years of that grueling training…" William said to Hood.

"Is that so…In my case, I never really understood of what happens when I become a KANSEN" Hood said to William.

"Do tell, I'm quite curious about it. How far do you remember of your past?" William asked Hood curiously.

"…I realized that I'm a manifestation of Royal Navy's Pride and Joy, Mighty Hood the Battlecruiser. I remembered my cruise, my assignment, the experience that comes with it, the battles…I knew, I felt and I still remembered the day where Bismarck's AP shell tore me into two when my magazine detonated. I sunk, I died that day and I remembered that my form is nothing but a hunk of metal ship…But then, after what felt like a deep slumber, I suddenly awoke in the middle of a certain facility. My body is human, but my memories of the past event as a metal ship? It felt so real…the pain of being hit by AP shell still fresh to me, it's just like my consciousness are the only thing moved into this body of mine…I immediately knew how to summon my riggings, the art of naval combat, the mannerism befitting of a female royalty full of grace and elegance…it's like…" Hood said out loud as she looked into the sky.

"Like you're actually been alive for a while as a human, but suddenly the memories of your past as a ship flooded into you" William continued what Hood would like to say.

"Yes! Something like that! I do wonder, am I a normal human before I turned into a ship girl? I never knew the answer. I have no recollection of my civilian life if I did, I never remember the face of my family if I have one…It's just like one day I manifested into this world, but the feeling that I have been around and alive longer than now exist in the back of my mind…It's a strange experience and thought" Hood said to William while she smiled a bit.

…William honestly don't know what to say, he tried to access the necessary files concerning the creation of the ship girls itself. Well, the file is marked CONFIDENTIAL and his skill are too subpar because only a minute after he accessed the file with his hacking skill he's immediately booted out of the system. Apparently, despite being the commander of the ship girls he didn't have the clearance to know how EXACTLY they come to life on this world. What he do know that it somehow involved Wisdom Cube and a certain machine, that's the gist of what he could read before he's kicked out…Wonder if Lucas would allow him to read it if he could give him the necessary clearance?

"Hood, I also honestly didn't know the process, you know I tried to read it once but…well, the system kicked me out for not having the necessary clearance. What I do know on how the ship girls came to life? It somehow involved the Wisdom Cube and a machine of some sort…But despite that, don't even think for a second that you are just a disposable war machine. You are a human, just like me, but having the raw power of a Battlecruiser in your hands" William said to Hood while he smiled.

"Ufufu, I don't think like that but thank you for mentioning it…I'm content with what I have right now, despite the obscurity of my past. I'm surrounded by good friends, a welcoming home and…my commanding officer seems to be the man that I really liked, I'm already so happy just with this" Hood said to William while she smiled softly.

"Good to hear that Hood…By the way it's getting late, we should head back to Eden" William said to Hood.

"Oh? So eager to return?" Hood asked William.

"Not really, I still want to spend my time with you, but you do realize this restaurant won't open for twenty four hours?" William asked Hood with cocked eyebrows.

"About that, I think I have the solution" Hood said to William while she smiled.

"Oh, do tell" William said to Hood.

"This island has a cottage we could use" Hood said to William while she smiled widely.

"I heard, but I don't think booking it suddenly would be-" William said to Hood.

And his sentence was cut right there because Hood suddenly took out a key from her pocket, she held the key on her left hand while she smirked at him. It was right there and then that the implication is very clear to William, and he is speechless. Hood already prepared everything, she made them lunch, she reserved this restaurant for their dinner and now she already prepared a cottage for them to spend the rest of their night together…Holy shit…That woman knew exactly what she wants, how to get it and how execute her plan, William honestly found himself scared a bit. Belfast is one thing, but Hood is as cunning as the head maid if she wanted to!

"Oh you slimy, cheeky little-"

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…The warm water hit her smooth skin, Hood sighed a bit in contentment as the warm water that came out of the shower washed over her. It was a good thing that the cottage has indoor shower, she didn't have to clean herself without leaving the building…Hood smiled a bit at how the day have went, so far it proved to be quite enjoyable day. Hood wondered if William 'caught up' with her intention by persuading him to stay the night here, away from Eden, the other ship girls, secluded on this cottage…just the two of them, doing this and that...Hood felt herself getting warmer, her cheeks reddening and it's not because of the warm water currently she showered in…Dear, she have been quite naughty lately. She looked at the liquid soap in front of her, it's not her preferred brand, but it'll have to do.

Outside the bath on the bed, William who's dressed in a bathrobe laid down, facing the ceiling, hand in stomach as he looked at Hood's phone which he borrowed before she went to take a bath. He checked their social media which specially made for use by ALASUC ship girls, indeed there are some ruckus that he haven't been sighted all afternoon especially by Akagi who seems to be 'very' curious on his disappearance. But Queen Elizabeth and Illustrious handled it like a pro, they basically said that William have to go to the other island for a bit for personal reason…well, that's technically not a lie, he did went over to the other island, this date is indeed a personal reason. He really need to thank those two later, they saved his ass…His ear picked up some humming that came from the bathroom, Hood seems to take her time in the shower.

Not going to lie, William has 'expectations'. Can anyone thought up a reason on why a woman would invite a man to stay over on a private cottage after a date, away from everybody else other than to sleep together? No? Thought so. He took shower first, making sure to clean his body from grime, sweat and he scrubbed his nether area and his armpits longer than usual as to make sure it's really clean. Nervous? He's about to sleep with his secretary, who happens to confessed her feelings to him and pretty sure would be his girlfriend by the end of the day so yes! He is nervous! Not even when he slept with Lena for the first time made him this nervous to be honest, but he's a bit drunk at that time so it's totally different because right now he's very conscious and his heart beating excitedly…

Shit, facing down a horde of Sakura Empire infantry charging at him while shouting 'Tenno heika banzai!' is a lot less nerve wracking than this to be honest. Calm down Will, you knew why she purposely invited you, both of you are grown adult that made it pretty clear that you both are interested at each other, this is consensual, pretty soon you would have that magnificent, beautiful woman beneath you, out of breath, face flushed as he pound her-

"…Okay…Jumping the gun too early there" William muttered to himself.

Really, he need to control himself better. William opted to look at Hood's phone again…Hmm, the background wallpaper is a picture of him and her standing together in their ceremonial uniform for their official resume. He stood tall beside her with his Azur Lane officer uniform while Hood dressed in her usual uniform, got to admit that both of them looked so great together. William stood straight, with professional stern face, ceremonial sword in his right hand and looking all badass. Hood stood straight to his left, hands crossed on her stomach like a noble and she smiled elegantly…William felt satisfied looking at the wallpaper so he swipe to see her list of installed application, other than the standard one installed on the phone he found that Hood didn't really have other application installed. She do have a game installed, some kind of dress up game or something…

"I hope I'm not taking too long" Hood suddenly said out loud.

"You sure took your time" William said to Hood as he put her phone on the table.

William sit up and stared at Hood, dressed in the provided white bathrobe near the bed while she smiled at him. Her long blonde hair is still a bit wet and flow freely, her skin still glistened a bit from the water she used to bathe, she then walked over and sat beside William before she took her phone on the nightstand, she checked over it for a bit before she set the phone on airplane mode before she put it back on the nightstand. Both William and Hood smiled at each other, heart beating quickly in mix of anticipation, eagerness and…arousal.

"…I think we both know what we want, are you sure?" William asked Hood with serious face.

"I've made up my mind, let's proceed shall we?" Hood asked William while she smiled.

…Oh well then, it would seems both of them are resolved. William and Hood threw away any barrier that might be a hindrance as they leaned in, their face meet halfway, lips connected as both individual hand's brought each other closer. Hood circled her arms around his neck, William circled his arms around her waist. William had to widened his eye in surprise when he sensed something entered his mouth, Hood asked for an 'adult' kiss huh? That's what he gave her, french kiss full of lust and passion as their tongue danced with each other. Both of them battled for dominance, William being a man who don't take kindly being challenged and Hood who's assertive with full confidence in her advances…After french kissing each other for a full minute both of them finally let go of each other, panting slightly as in that heated kiss they forgot to breathe. Hood moved in front of William who sat by the edge of the bed, she slowly undo the binding on William's bathrobe, when it came loose the bathrobe split into two which revealed his heaving muscly chest, the prominent abs on his abdomen before it shown a clean shaved big cock with rosy red tips standing at the attention and two dangling balls beneath it.

Hood had to say, despite seeing William's dick few times in the past she couldn't helped but to gasped a bit at the size up close. The nineteen centimeter rod looked so intimidating yet inviting, Hood smiled a bit as her right hand reached for it and grabbed the penis. William inhaled sharply, Hood's right hand felt as smooth as silk, she has some trouble to fully wrap her fingers around his cock but that doesn't matter. Hood could feel it, the pulse that the cock gives, the subtle throbbing veins near the surface, the heat it radiates and she almost thought it's as a separate life form…Hood started to moved her hand, slowly all the way to the base before moving toward the glands, when she heard William groaned in what appears to be pleasured voice Hood kept the pacing…William stared down to see his secretary giving him a handjob while she stared at his penis in amazement, the movement is amateurish, her grip is a bit awkward but regardless the pleasure is more than enough to offset that little detail. The man widened his eye few seconds later though, because Hood's face approached his penis before he felt something touched the tip of his penis and he arched his head back a bit at the rush of pleasure…

Using her tongue to lick the tip of his penis multiple times like ice cream, Hood could tasted something a bit salty as precum started to ooze from William's urethra. The combination of the musky manly smell, the taste of his precum and the heat his penis radiated are more than enough to send Hood in a dazed state as she unconsciously opened her mouth a bit and kissed the tip of the penis. She could heard William groaned again and a switch was flipped inside her, the mischievous and assertive side is taking control as she opened her mouth wider and took the tip inside her mouth…William looked down only to see Hood slowly but surely swallowing his cock! Bit by bit he could see his penis disappearing inside her mouth, the heat of her mouth quickly enveloped his penis in a pleasant warmth and when his tip reached the base of her throat William had to grit his teeth as he is close to cumming! He couldn't believe it to be honest, Hood's first blowjob include a deep throat and she didn't gagged even after taking in his full size? How the fuck?!

"Ah…Hood…" William called out her name.

The woman only stared at him in amusement before she slowly moved her head, up and down up and down in slow pace that honestly put William in combination of pleasure and agony. He wanted her to speed up, but at the same time he wanted her to go with her own pace…Hood used her hands to spread William's legs apart for a bit, giving her more room to work with the meat rod. She quickened her pace, bobbing her head in a medium pacing. Hood could feel it, the pulse started to quickened and his penis grew a bit which according to the article alongside number of smuts she read mean he's close to ejaculate. That's when she choose to go maximum speed, bobbing her head in a turbo and determined to milk his first load. William was feeling helpless, his legs are being held by Hood, her mouth rapidly assaulting his penis and he could feel his cum quickly ascending to the tip of his cock. So his instinct kicked in, his hands went to grabbed Hood's head who widened her eyes a bit before William jammed his cock as deep as he could inside Hood's mouth. He moved swiftly, pumping his cock in and out of her mouth, raping her throat in quick pace before he jammed it as deep as he could for the final thrust.

"I'm cumming Hood!" William said to Hood through his gritted teeth.

With that William released his first load without restraint, admittedly a premature one since Hood didn't cut him any slack with her blowjob but the volume isn't to be underestimated. Hood widened her eyes as the penis inside her mouth pumped torrent of sperm directly down her throat, she didn't get to taste it, all she could sense is how the hot liquid are gushing inside her throat for quite a bit, with each pulse of the penis a new torrent is sent out…After his orgasm stopped, William took out his penis which resulted in Hood coughing a bit…that was some experience, Hood didn't expect William to suddenly grabbed her head and started moved his penis by himself so she's quite surprised. Not to mention the gushing load he let out inside her throat, after all of that Hood felt she need some time to regain her bearings…

"…Sorry, I think I got carried away" William said to Hood while he frowned.

"…It's alright…although a warning would be appreciated next time" Hood said to William.

"Yeah…For now, I'll return the favor" William said to Hood.

William grabbed Hood by the armpit, lifted her up and laid her on top of him so she faced the ceiling. Hood didn't understand what will William do to her, but she'll let him do what he wants since it would seems William would repay her for that blowjob. Suddenly Hood felt William's hand sneaked through her bathrobe and started massaging her right breast which caused her to let out a moan of pleasure, William's right hand expertly kneaded with her boobs and played with her pink nipple then alternating between the two acts…His left hand softly caressed her stomach region, massaging it and softly pressed it on top of the region where her uterus is located…William also kissed Hood in the left lower neck from behind which illicit more sensual moan out of her pink lips, he continue to sucked, nibble and licked the spot that Hood is certain that it would become a hickey tomorrow.

"Will, you're-. Ahn!" Hood who's about to say something suddenly moaned.

That's because William who used his left hand to travelled further down, passing her pubic mound which is free of hair, all the way to her pussy which is pink in color and admittedly very wet. He inserted his middle finger which elicited a moan out of her, slowly William moved his left middle finger, moving it in and out of her vagina in slow pace…Hood did masturbate in the past, only few times in the course of her lifetime and but even that give her enough experience so she could felt the difference between touching herself and being touched by someone else. The pleasure increased several fold, her vagina have become a wet mess, her arousal is at the maximum and she'll do anything so she could cum…William's slow pace have become unbearable to her as he only jammed one finger in, she needs more and she need him to move faster!

"Ah…Will…more" Hood said to William in sensual tone.

"As you wish" William said to Hood while he smirked.

William plunged not one, but three fingers at once and that caused Hood to jerk her head backwards a bit at the suddenness of that insertion. Despite his left hand haven't fully healed yet, William was glad to know that his left hand is now functional and he's also glad that his nails haven't fully grown again so he won't have a problem fingering the lovely lady on top of him. William's three big fingers plunged in and out of Hood while at the same time he kicked in the gear and increased his pace, her sweet moans only served to boost his confidence and fueled his arousal. William stopped fondling her breast as his right hand moved toward her pussy, he fondled the surface for a bit while he kept fingering her until he found what he seek…William could feel something like a protrusion, small, warm and begged to be played with…Yes, that's her clitoris which he pinched lightly few moments later.

"AAAHHH!" Hood screamed in pleasure as her head jerked further back, mouth open and her tongue stuck out a little.

"Hmm, look what I found" William whispered to Hood's left ear while he grinned.

He felt that he tortured Hood enough for the moment so he intended to finish her off, William hastened his pacing with his left hand while at the same time he massaged her clitoris with his right hand. Hood had never experienced such pleasure, it caused her mind to become hazy, her vision unclear and her body unbelievably hot. She started to sweated, her breathing become ragged, her chest heaving, her breast swaying due to her movements, her arms latched on William's own arms and her legs planted firmly on the bed…Hood could feel something bubbling in her lower stomach, she felt like want to pee but know that this release would be quite enjoyable because she knew she's close to ejaculating. She turned to the left for a bit, seeing William's face for a fracture of seconds before the man swooped in and started to french kissed her again…Her defenses failed completely, the combination of the fingering and the french kiss that resulted in a hot tango of tongue inside her mouth proved to be overwhelming.

"MMH! MMMMPPPPPHHHHHH!" Hood cried is muffled because of the kiss.

William's hand suddenly splashed by a stream of hot liquid hitting his palm, the woman above him is convulsing and shook heavily in pleasure but not even that prevented him from quickly thrusting his fingers and played with her clit. All of that in effort to help her, so Hood could ride her orgasm as long as she could which resulted in Hood has eyes rolling upwards as she drowned in pleasure, this is her best orgasm to date…The stream of liquid stopped, her orgasm is finished and the woman panting as her body went limp above William. The man slowly pulled out his fingers which caused Hood to yelped a bit as her pussy is still sensitive in her post orgasm state, William stared at his drenched hand in awe mixed with amazement…her squirt could be categorized as Niagara falls eh? William looked down and noted that even the bed isn't sparred from her powerful orgasm since it became wet.

"You squirted magnificently Hood, is it that good?" William asked Hood while he smirked.

"Y…Yesh…" Hood answered in her dazed state.

"Heh, good to know my fingers could work wonders" William said out loud.

The man realized that doing all of that have caused his erection to rage wildly, it's stood erect and waiting for its deployment so maybe William would give it just that. William let Hood down gently on the bed as he moved in front of her, he aligned their crotches with one another as he took in the view…Hood, his secretary, his lover, with her beautiful blonde locks, half opened misty blue eyes, mouth agape as she still trying to control her breathing, pink lips begging to be kissed again, there's a reddish spot on her left neck as proof of his work, her breast heaving due to her breathing, her pink nipples stood erect in arousal, her smooth stomach, her hairless pubic mound and finally at her beautiful slit, a perfectly shaped vagina, convulsing in need and begging for his cock to ram it inside her…

"Hood…can I?" William asked Hood for her consent.

"…Yes…you may…take me" Hood said to William while she smiled widely.

William nodded his head, he raised Hood's hips a bit, putting her legs around his waist and aligned his cock toward her vagina in a classical missionary style. He slowly used the tip of his cock and slid it across her pussy from her vagina to her clitoris, it illicit a moan from the lady…William noted that her pussy is very wet, he shouldn't have a problem at all inserting his cock…William aligned his penis to her vagina before he pushed it inside very slowly, he want to make sure Hood is as comfortable as possible. Bit by bit his penis slowly made its way inside her, the woman occasionally groaned as the big meat rod slowly burrowed inside her vagina…William felt his penis stumbled upon something like barrier, he knew right there and then that Hood is a virgin so this would potentially hurt. Hood stared at William who also stared at her, she only need to nod once to give him the green light and William nodded in return as confirmation. The man stroke her clitoris a bit to distract Hood before he pushed his penis inside as deeply as he could in one go…

"NGH!" Hood groaned as she shut her eyes, despite her wet vagina and aroused state the deflowering process is still a bit painful.

"You alright? Does it hurt badly?" William asked Hood in concerned tone.

"…Ngh…Yes, it hurt a bit…please wait" Hood said to William as she gritted her teeth.

William looked downwards to see his penis buried inside of her vagina, small trickle of red blood could be seen coming out of her pussy and coating the base of his penis in red…She bled a bit more than St. Louis and Prinz, no no no! William shook his head sideways a bit, he shouldn't think of other woman right now. What's important is the woman in front of him, he should focused on her solely and pleasure her to the best of his ability…Hood finally eased down, she could feel his penis inside her vagina. William's cock is pulsating, hot and felt invasive that it caused some slight discomfort…But she knew she'll get used to it, she'll get used to his size as time pass and…she knew she will enjoy it. Her vagina that didn't know a man's penis before have finally known one, she stared at the penis that popped her cherry, took away her virginity, the one that marked her and she internally swore it would be her first and only penis that she allowed to penetrate her from now on…

"You could move now Will" Hood said to William while she smiled.

"Alright" William said to Hood.

Thus he started to move, pushed in and pulled out inside Hood's vagina in slow movement. He didn't realized it before but Hood's vagina is tight! Very tight! As if she didn't want to let him go or something, the hot fleshy walls massaged his cock as he move and he found that he will get addicted to her pussy. William thrust in deeply and the tip of his penis kissed her cervix, Hood's head arched backwards a bit, mouth opened in shock, her tongue stuck out a bit, eyes rolled above a little as she gasped in experiencing that new, strange yet somehow pleasurable sensation. William smirked when he saw that he's more than adequate to pleasure her, he's surely will make a hot mess out of her, his chest heaving as something started to bubble from the inside of his heart…a desire…a desire to dominate Hood, to make her submit to him, to mark her as his-

"Ngh…Ah…Ahn…" Hood moaned in pleasure.

"Hood…you're tight" William said to Hood.

"Fufu…Ah…Can you go faster?" Hood asked William.

"Alright" William nodded his head.

William increased his pacing, he started to thrust in a moderate pacing, kissing her cervix with each thrust. He extended his hands forward, his right hand brushed over Hood's pink lips, William stared at her half lidded eyes which are filled with excitement, anticipation and pleasure…His left hand moved toward her breast, cupping her right one, massaging it, kneading it as he enjoyed the springy and rich sensation. William leaned in forward, he hovered above her before he lowered his face and kissing her. Hood returned his kiss, filled with warmth and affection. No tongue involved but it still caused her heart to race…William break apart and put his head beside Hood's right side on top of the pillow as he continue to pump his penis inside her, Hood occasionally moaned which she directed her mouth to William's right ear on purpose, to further entice him, to rile him up and to cause his arousal to hit the roof. She have completely fell to the pleasure of sex, she's not thinking straight anymore.

"Will" Hood called out his name in soft tone.

"…Yeah?" William asked Hood as his face still buried on the pillow.

"I'm ovulating today" Hood said to William in soft tone.

…That might be just a simple trivia that she decided to tell him on a whim, she knew that it won't change her chance to get pregnant from a normal intercourse but that was enough to caused William to raise his head and returned to his original position in front of her. His eye wide and his mouth opened for a bit, Hood raised her eyebrows in wonder on whether she made him uncomfortable…Mixed of thoughts swirled inside William's head as he slowly stared at Hood in a blank like gaze, her eyes would be the eyes that stared affectionately at their child, her mouth that will sing a lullaby to them alongside soothing words when they cry, the large breast with erect nipples that will breastfeed their child, the stomach that will bulge in the next nine months as their child grew inside of her, the womb at the tip of his cock which entrance have opened due to her arousal, ready to receive his cum filled with his fertile sperm, her vagina that's pulsating and convulsing as her hot meaty walls ready to massage his penis in effort to milk him…Aroused and filled with satisfaction alongside love, Hood is ready to breed and her body is ready to get pregnant. In turn to response this biological signal, William is ready to impregnate her as his testicles worked on overdrive to produce as much sperm as it could. His desire taking full control of his consciousness, he will breed her, he will get her pregnant and he have zero reservation to do it. Fuck the aftermath, fuck the consequences, fuck the what ifs. All he care right now is to mate and impregnate the woman in front of him…

"AAAHHHNN!" Hood suddenly screamed out in pleasure.

William thrust his penis into Hood without restraint, his body leaned toward her as he penetrated her cervix and jammed the tip of his penis inside her womb. The woman could only screamed in total pleasure, her hands reached out and latched on William's backside, grabbing it, scratching his skin with her nails, the pleasure overwhelmed her, she's losing her strength and in the last ditch effort she crossed her legs behind William which effectively trapping him thus preventing him from pulling out...William growled, that's just what he wants as he has zero intention to pull out. He pumped inside her in quick pace, each thrust filled with carnal desire and pure animalistic lust to dominate his mate. Hood moaned as William fucked her viciously, she couldn't move or talk properly and all she could do is to surrender as William gave her a rough fucking. Hood kissed him and William started to increased his pacing, his cock started to pulsating quickly, his penis grew in size and his cum is about to burst out of his cock.

"Ngrah!" William groaned out loud as he jammed his penis as deep as he could.

Hood arched her head backwards, mouth opened in silent scream, eyes widened as she felt William's penis jammed deep inside her womb. Then, she almost fell unconscious as William finally sprayed his hot cum directly inside her uterus. The first shot immediately flooded her womb with his thick jellylike white cum, then another shot came immediately after the first shot and just like that his cum steadily yet rapidly filled her insides. His instinct told him to pour out as much sperm as he could in single ejaculation, making sure to paint her insides white in every nook and cranny…Hood felt it all, how each pulse on his cock is followed with a hot stream of cum spraying inside her womb and that eventually pushed her to the limit as she orgasm for the second time of the day...After what felt like eternity of William filling her inside and how she squirted out in pleasure, the both of them finally stopped cumming. Both panted in exhaustion, they stared at one another as they couldn't figure out the words regarding what they want to say to one another.

William pulled out his dick which limped a bit after pouring so much sperm inside Hood, her legs spread apart and he looked down to watch the steady stream of his cum flooded out of Hood's convulsing vagina and made a huge white puddle beneath her. William was surprised a bit, as even half a minute later the cum flow didn't stop coming out of her…he came that much? Really? The amount would've straight up impregnate a normal girl on their dangerous days. Hood still regaining her composure and her scattered thoughts, lips formed into wide smile because that was the best sexual experience she ever had. Being fucked roughly by William's large dick and having her womb filled to the brim, that seems to awakened something inside her…Being dominated like that felt so good and she might grow addicted to being creampied.

"…Wow" William finally said something.

"Hah…you are eager, Will. You could pour out this much in one ejaculation?" Hood said to William as she sat up and stared at the mess beneath her.

"Yeah...Hood, that was a blast" William said to Hood.

"Ufufu…yes, I felt great too…It's my first time and yet, you make it so enjoyable…despite that rough pace in the end" Hood said to William while she smiled.

"Um…yeah, I was a bit rough near the end am I? Sorry about that" William said to Hood as he frowned a bit.

"Oh don't be…In fact, I hope you're not all talk with your stamina and 'prowess'" Hood said to William.

"Hmm?" William hummed as he stared at Hood with cocked eyebrows.

Hood switched from seated into all fours, crawling on top of the bed, her ass directed at William who couldn't help but to stare at her still quivering pink pussy in full view. The woman looked back at him while she smirked, eyebrows wiggling and she wiggled her right index finger in inviting manner. William bit his lower lip at the sensual invitation, if she want to get more action? Well, he'll give it to her…William approached Hood, he raised his right hand and slapped her right ass.

SLAP!

"Kyaa!" Hood yelped in surprise…and pleasure.

William stroked his cock rapidly as he stared at Hood's pink pussy and her pink anus in the effort to get his cock erect as quickly as he could, it worked as few seconds later as he's ready for another round…William plunged inside Hood's pussy once more, this time without her hymen in the way he's free to jammed his cock as deep as he could. The woman moaned out loud as William rapidly hammered her from behind in doggy style, the man then grabbed on her boobs from behind, latching on it as he keep pumping his penis without restraint. Her sweet moaning caused him to grabbed her legs, he spread her legs a part for a bit, giving him the clear access for her vagina before he grabbed on her thighs for support as he started to thrust quickly into her. Hood's arm lose its strength and she fell face first into the pillow, her arms powerless as she laid there with her ass raised toward William.

SLAP!

"AHN!' Hood yelped again.

"You seems to have masochistic side to you, Hood" William said out loud while he grinned.

William kept thrusting into her while he removed her bathrobe and throwing it to the side, now Hood is completely naked and the man grinned in satisfaction. William stared at her glistening white skin due to her sweat, the exciting combination smell of sex, their scent and the smell of their soap. His hands roamed as he keep fucking her, her plump ass which he could argue to be the best ass in Royal Navy, her wide child bearing hips and her perfectly sized boobs. William could feel that he's about to cum again, he will make sure to pour all of his cum inside her too. His thrust went from quick short thrust into deep thrust with jackhammer speed…

"Ah!" Hood moaned out loud.

"I'm going to cum Hood" William said to hood.

"Ngh! I-Inside! Cum inside me, Will!" Hood said to William.

"No need to tell me where!" William said to Hood.

His penis once again penetrated her cervix and William unload his third load inside Hood, thick white cum poured inside her womb and filling it again with considerable volume. Hood moaned as she could feel her insides being filled to the brim again, however she realized that this time his orgasm is much shorter than his second one but he still managed to fill her easily. William pulled back a bit before he thrust forward again that caused Hood to yelped in surprise, because it turns out he's not finished yet. Fresh stream of cum flooded her inside again, he kept doing it for a while to wring out as much cum as he could…After his orgasm died down, William took out his dick and sat on the bed as he watched cum flowing out of Hood's pussy, she tried to sit up but she fell on her butt instead, robbing him of the chance to admire his hard work…

"Ah…Will~…" Hood called out his name in soft tone.

"…Satisfied, hmm?" William asked Hood as he hugged her from behind.

"No, not yet…Hey, could we go again? Just one more?" Hood asked William as she turned around and pecked him on the lips.

"I don't know~" William said to Hood while he grinned.

"Oh don't be so mean, I know this magnificent battleship grade gun could still go once more" Hood said to William as she stroked his penis gently.

"Oho…If you want it so much, then do your best to ready it" William said to Hood while he smirked.

"Challenge~ Accepted~!" Hood said to William while she grinned.

That's how William found himself being grabbed, pushed back to the bed as Hood straddled him while smirking. Hood quickly get to work, her arousal isn't sated yet and she will do whatever it takes to make sure it will. She sat on William's stomach, she slowly caressed his muscly chest while she stared at him with eyes full of mirth. The woman leaned in a bit, she went closer then she kissed William on the base of his neck. She's just repaying him for what he did to her before, she nibbled on his skin and playfully bite the spot which caused William to groaned in pleasure…Oh that will leave a mark, love bites like that always do. Hood suddenly widened her eyes in surprise, that's because while she's busy giving William a hickey the man already get erect again and he jammed his penis inside Hood without giving her a head's up.

"Surprise~" William said to Hood while he grinned.

"…You meanie. Fine, here's my retaliation" Hood said to William while she frowned playfully.

"Guh!" William suddenly groaned.

Hood have started to move, riding his cock in cowgirl position and she did not have the intention to give him any slack. She used his stomach as anchor point while she ride his cock, despite being only her third time having a penis inside her she's able to ride it expertly. William didn't take kindly being dominated, but he suppose he could let Hood to have fun this time as he let her ride him. The man settled by grabbing her thighs and hold on to it, he smirked a bit as he noted that Hood have slowed down her pacing for a bit.

"What's the matter Hood, tired?" William asked Hood while he smirked.

And that successfully riled her up, she furrowed her brows as she hastened her pace. William decided to help her by moving his pelvis to meet with hood halfway, she yelped in surprise and without realizing the dominant position between them have changed. William savagely thrust his penis into her from below, the tip of his penis kept hitting her deepest part. The man moved his hands further back and grabbed Hood's ass, he stretched her butt cheeks apart few times.

"Ngh…I didn't know you're an arse man…" Hood said to William while she grinned.

"I'm a bit of everything. Your boobs, your arse, your lips…" William said to Hood.

"Ufufu…Feel free to touch them…They. Are. Yours~" Hood said to William while she smiled.

William grinned as he moved his hands from her ass to her back, he brought her closer to him and started to pound into her from below. Both of their face only few centimeters away from one another as they continued to fuck, Hood leaned in and kissed William on the lips again. She really like kissing him, Hood really liked to connect her lips with him and she knew…she will get addicted to it. William pushed her back a bit by massaging her breast again, he felt that he have gotten acquainted with Hood's body now. He remembered the firmness of her butt, the springy sensation of her boobs, the taste of her lips, her sweet scent…he remembered it all. William stopped thrusting, he moved up a bit toward Hood and he leaned in on her neck.

"Ha-ahn!" Hood moaned out loud.

…Instead of giving her another hickey, William opted to nibbled on her throat. Hood is close to cumming just from that act alone, having her throat being nibbled like that sent rush of pleasure down her spine. It's like she's a prey that got ambushed by her predator, the thrill felt so enjoyable…William spun her around and laid her down then he continue to thrust his penis inside her, he pinned her down to bed in mating press position. He started to quicken his pace, William could feel his orgasm swiftly approaching. This will be his last orgasm, he's simply out of cum for the day despite his stamina still holds out. William is determined to squeezed every bit of sperm he has left on him, he placed his head on Hood's right side, burying his face into the pillow again, his breathing heavy from the nonstop sex they had, Hood's constant moans of pleasure served as the fuel for him to keep his pace and after a while William could feel his cum started to well up.

"Will…Ahn…I'm close…so close!" Hood said to William in breathless tone.

"M-Me too…let's cum together" William said to Hood.

William kicked in the gear as he started to pound in turbo speed toward her, his penis kept hitting her cervix again and he executed his signature move for the finisher during sex…cervix penetration. He jammed his cock as deep as he could again, he's rewarded with Hood loud moans of ecstasy and he released his pent up cum deep inside her womb. Hot torrents of sperm gushing out of William's penis and filled Hood's uterus, William pulled back a bit then jammed his cock again to release every cum he has left inside his balls. Hood cried out as she cummed for the third time, her nectar gushed out at the same time as her inside being filled with sperm…Both of them panted as they touched their sweaty forehead with one another, both are exhausted, their lust dying down and the two of them felt…satisfied.

"Ah…Ah…Ah…Will…I love you" Hood said to William while she smiled.

"…I love you too, Hood" William said to Hood, both of them then leaned in and kissed each other.

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…The next day, few kilometers off the ground, the ship girls enjoyed their flight back to their base in an airliner. Souryuu have successfully negotiate an entire plane to be used by them, many ship girls haven't got their chance to ride an aircraft so when they found out they will ride one they are happy with the chance. After saying their goodbye to the Eden's employee then thanked them for the one week vacation, running some roll call to make sure no one get left behind, the aircraft take off and begin its three hours flight to their base. William sat contently as he stared outside the window, after he see that there aren't any dark clouds on the horizon he continue to read the magazine on his hands.

"Enjoyed your date night, milord?" Illustrious who sat beside William asked him.

"…You could say that" William said to Illustrious.

"I reckon, this morning when I stared at Hood, I immediately knew that you two didn't just settle for simple kiss for after date" Illustrious said to William.

"How did you know?" William asked Illustrious with cocked eyebrows.

"I mean, look at her. She is beaming" Illustrious said to William.

Both of them stared at the next row beside them, Hood sat with Wales and Victorious as the three of them talked about some topic. William squinted his eye a bit when he noticed it, Hood haven't stopped smiling, her face somehow looked 'brighter' than usual and she's full of energy as she talked with the two of them, bordering in breaking her 'elegance' even…Now he understood what Illustrious means, Hood did look so happy for whatever reason.

"That, and the way she walked this morning is a bit funny. So, I presumed that you slept with her" Illustrious said to William while she smiled a bit.

"…Since you covered for Hood and I yesterday, I'm going to be honest and said yes I do" William said to Illustrious.

"Fufu…I knew it" Illustrious said to William.

"I'd like to reward you for your action yesterday, is there anything you want?" William asked Illustrious while he smiled a bit.

"Yes, how about the chance for a date like her?" Illustrious asked William without hesitation.

"Wow…You didn't beat around the bushes" William said to Illustrious.

"I think, with the way things are going, I have to resort into more direct approach" Illustrious said to William while she smiled.

"…I see…Alright, we'll go once we both can find an empty schedule. It's going to be busy from now on" William said to Illustrious while he smiled.

"Ufufufu, I'm looking forward to it" Illustrious said to William while she smiled.

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…Well, that took a while and without realizing it reached 20k words...But yeah, no going back now William, the wheels are in motion and all you can do now is to follow the following events hahahaha. This chapter supposed to be released few days ago but it got held up for a bit, aside from real world stuff I've spent quite some time for this Aurora Noctis event. Howe quickly became my favorite ship, her mannerism and her designs are simply magnificent, she's my favorite girl on this event…As usual, thank you for the follow, favorite and review dear readers, with this, the vacation arc is concluded so it's time to get back at killing Sirens and beating terrorists. Stay tuned for the next chapter!

See you next time!

- Dasmara