XXXX April 23rd
Tokyo, Shibuya
"Ah- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
A loud scream was heard throughout the city, causing a single rigging to shatter into pieces.
[ERROR: Virus detected!]
What happened to Inazuma is unknown.
When she started to use her rigging, all of a sudden a virus was implanted into her, claiming her to be a 'king.'
Inazuma's right arm is now growing crystals out of her skin as it stings so hard, causing Inazuma to scream.
Whilst her rigging is coming back into data in order to rebuild itself, silver crystals are spreading everywhere as Inazuma is causing more destruction than before.
[What the!?]
"No way… The abyssal virus?" Naka witnessed what's happening after seeing that on her first day, Inazuma was already infected.
[Th- That wasn't a part of our plan! And who let this kanmusu brat possess this!?]
After that a mecha dodges from getting punctured by a bunch of crystals as Naka is obviously safe from this mess.
On Kongou's side, Kongou and Hiei are heavily damaged as they're standing on a rooftop and watch the crystals spreading in a burnt city.
"Onee-sama, that's…" Hiei gasped.
"The abyssal virus. Looks like a new challenge for us, right Hiei-chan?"
Hiei is surprised to see Kongou this confident about fighting something highly dangerous.
Then Hiei turns on her speaker.
"Haruna-chan, Kirishima-chan, it has begun."
[Heh. More research on this stuff, huh? Well, Haruna-chan and I are fully prepared for this.]
On Fubuki's side, Fubuki had won her battle, but she had found out what was happening.
"So, the king has finally come." Fubuki muttered, knowing the situation Inazuma's going through.
Then ran towards the incident as Fubuki knew where Naka went.
Back to Inazuma who was in a lot of pain, her irises were turning bright crimson as she smashed her crystallised arm back to its normal self.
Panting, Inazuma can still feel a lot of stinging pain as it feels like something is squeezing, twisting and cutting her arm with the temperature of 1000.
Finally a [12.7cm twin gun mount model A] cannon had returned as a shiny and silver cannon that constantly releases some silver waves and tiny pebbles of silver.
[W- Well, we may have not put in some virus into you, but it's time to-]
"Sink."
[Huh?]
As a silver cannon turret poked an abyssal mecha, turrets fired as it punctured a mecha by releasing a bunch of crystals through his back.
[Gh! GYAAAAAH!] A voice yelled as the abyssal mecha roared and then exploded into nothing but flaming gas and smog.
After destroying the primary target, Inazuma is quick to turn her back as she's facing a couple of mechas that are pawns to the one she blew up.
[L- Lieutenant!] A woman's voice shouted.
[You little!] A man's voice yelled.
Inazuma raised her arm as her silver rigging disintegrated into silver waves with silver crystals all over her right arm.
"Naka-chan, cover yourself."
"Right!" Naka reluctantly responds as she then goes behind the alleyway, just to watch her friend become a very different person.
After all the crystals and waves merge, they are formed into an actual destroyer Inazuma in silver and made out of silver glass, which is oversized, yet true to the warship in shape and size.
Comical is what Inazuma is thinking of.
[Is that a destroyer!?]
[Inazuma. Laid down in 1930, launched in 1932 and sunk in 1944. Th- That won't stop us!] The man yelled as his mecha was boosting towards Inazuma.
"Resistance is futile. Be a good boy and sink." Inazuma then blasts her destroyer's cannons as both shells hit a mecha by bursting out crystals though his head and chest and then explodes the same as his lieutenant after screaming in agonising pain.
It's like Inazuma is carrying a destroyer like a gun and fires like an actual ship which could be surreal to her.
[You… You're not normal! What are you!?]
"I don't know, but I was told that I am a king." Inazuma answers while approaching a mecha with a very cold glare.
[King!? Kid, do you know what year it i-... Abyssal king!? Oh no!]
"Sink." Inazuma called by firing her destroyer and did the same thing before the mecha fired her gun.
More mechas arrive, so little time to save mankind, so little time to spread the rumoured disease that is fatal.
Behind one of the mechas, Fubuki arrives as she witnesses a horde of crystals and more flames all over the city.
"Looks like you lost!" A Wo-class called with a grin.
"What do you mean 'we lost?'" Kongou's voice called as she arrived next to Fubuki.
"Kongou-san?" Fubuki gasped with surprise.
"Hey, Bukki! I see you're out of your cage for a while."
"Not really. I'm doing this to help Inazuma and rescue Naka-chan." Fubuki is being honest to Kongou.
"HEY! ARE YOU LISTENING!?" A Wo-class yelled after being ignored. "I said-..."
An unfortunate bang has Wo-class landed on by a mecha with Inazuma leaping upwards and holding out her destroyer with a glare.
"Sink!"
"Kongou-san! Take cover!" Fubuki instantly pushes Kongou down while covering herself.
"Oh shit!" Kongou did the same thing Fubuki did.
Finally chucking down her destroyer, Inazuma had caused a loud bang, destroying the destroyer on the ground and mecha as a lot of crystals were stabbing a single mecha through both front and back, even all over a body as the crystals spread all over the city while creating a strong wind.
Mass property damage and mass murder is what Inazuma caused.
In the end, no one is back to get them kanmusus as the abyssal fleet are retreating from Inazuma's unknown abyssal skill.
"Inazuma-chan, are you alright!?" Kongou called as she and Fubuki were watching Inazuma's eyes fading back to brown.
"Huh? What did I do? Did I win?" Inazuma asked while groaning and was dizzy from the things she went through.
Afterwards, Inazuma collapses from the rubble, leading her to get caught by Naka.
"Sleepy… Mmn…" Mumbling as Inazuma is starting to snooze on Naka's arms.
"Hehe. Thank you, Inazuma-chan." Naka whispered as she was freed by not just Inazuma, but Fubuki and Kongou.
Fubuki approaches Naka as she puts her hand on Inazuma's forehead. Her temperature is a little high, but she's at least okay.
"Are you okay, Naka-chan?" Fubuki asked.
"Yep. It's all thanks to you girls!" Naka cheerfully answered by doing a peace sign. "You too, Kongou-chan!"
"No problem! Anything for a fellow kanmusu!" Kongou laughed as she put her thumb up to Naka. "But seriously, Hiei-chan's the MVP of this operation."
"Geez, you really need to watch yourself next time. You really had us worried." Fubuki groaned and facepalm out of worry.
"Well, I'm sorry if my legs aren't that useful!" Naka retorted.
"Ladies, relax. What matters now is mission accomplished, right?" Kongou asked with a grin.
"Well… You're right about one thing." Fubuki rubs her neck as she agrees with Kongou. "Anyway, let's go back to the naval base."
"Sure thing, Fubuki-chan!" Naka cheered.
"No thank you. I'll feel like returning there when necessary. Bye." Kongou waves while leaving both Naka and Fubuki in the middle of a deserted and damaged city.
With Fubuki, Naka and a sleepy Inazuma alone, the trio turned towards large chunks of silver crystals that were in a part of Tokyo.
"No way we're paying for property damage. Let's go, Naka-chan." Said Fubuki.
Naka nods and follows Fubuki after giving Inazuma a piggyback ride.
Finally, the duo are heading straight back to where they came from in the morning as they're now facing something far more challenging than before.
Odaiba Beach
With all the survivors being dragged around, some of them are covered in abyssal crystals as they're feeling a lot of pain, since a single destroyer had taken them on solo.
"HUH!? THAT LITTLE BRAT OF A DESTROYER HAD SOMETHING WE NEEDED! She already took our team down! I will not allow this to continue!" A bald man in shades yelled as he's holding his chest.
A hime haircut abyssal sighed as she blew some bubbles, realising that her 'sister,' Anchorage, had returned to a state which is unacceptable to the abyssal fleet.
"You know, Ryan, I'll let you off the hook for now, in the meantime we're gonna investigate this little rock that us abyssals have developed a long time ago."
"Eh? Ahem! Thank you, Licorice-sama." Ryan bowed as he's used to foreign culture and how the abyssal fleet is connected to Japan.
"As for you, Ancho-chan, I'm actually surprised that you're defeated by a small group of kanmusus that consists of 2 destroyers and 2 fast battleships. I'm very disappointed in you."
"My apologies, Licorice-nee! We're surprised that a single kanmusu has wielded an abyssal skill!" Anchorage apologises to Licorice, the Lycoris Princess, for failing to capture Fubuki.
Licorice's expression is displeasure, which shows how the abyssals as well as those humans who worked there are useless.
"Midway and I worked our damned hardest to train you pawns. If a kanmusu is after you, don't fail me yet again. Capiche?" Licorice asked.
"Yes, Licorice-nee." Anchorage bows as she knows her sister's disappointment is going nowhere.
"Ah… How nostalgic. The king has returned to seek his throne. I wonder what he'll be doing." Sighing out of pleasure and nostalgia, Licorice couldn't wait to see how many kanmusus deal with one of their own who has the root of the abyssal infection. "We're gonna have a reunion. Isn't that right, Fubuki?"
On the rooftop of Shibuya, a couple of young girls are watching a view as a short haired girl is putting her phone in her skirt pocket.
"Ah… How nostalgic. I remember the king fought against the abyssal fleet a long time ago. Downloading a virus is a pain though. So, Hibiki-chan, how do we stop this infection this time?"
After the question, Hibiki is watching a ghost city as she can obviously tell the crystals are not to go near.
"It's unknown. From what I can tell, stopping this is a lot harder when you think about it." Hibiki answered.
"Meaning?"
"Meaning there's a few options. 1: Killing Inazuma-chan and her copies. Or 2: Find out the source of this plague."
"Hm… I'm going to say option 1 is quicker, but option 2 is more preferable, so we can stop this world's chaos."
Hibiki slowly turns away and strolls back as she moves her eyes without moving her head.
"I'm surprised that you're still alive for over 50 years and still fighting. Teitoku must've been proud."
"Heh. Well, you know me. Because…"
A familiar girl turns towards Hibiki with a grin as she's expressing her truth.
"I killed Teitokus."
"Reason?" Hibiki asked, turning her head back towards the girl.
"Many other mes are just pitiful bunch who spoiled some sad excuses of Shikikans. That's why I'm doing what should've been done a long time ago."
Hibiki can see hate through the girl she knows as she's also protecting Inazuma from any threat around her.
"Khorosho." Hibiki concludes after closing her eyes.
"Remember, the king always hands out the crown to his next heir." The girl raises her right arm as the sleeves are falling, revealing to be covered by bandages as a few crystal shards are coming out of the fabric.
"A former king, you are, but never an abyssal. So what are you going to do now, Ikazuchi-chan?"
Ikazuchi then approaches Hibiki as she's closer to her.
"What if there was a 'queen' who was the same as my sister. Maybe she'll have a similar illness as her."
"I see." Hibiki sighed as she let Ikazuchi walk past her.
Finally, Ikazuchi leaves while doing a peace sign to her 'sister' with a cheerful smile.
Afterwards, Hibiki then rubs her own neck that is also covered in black metallic crystals on the right side.
"Abyssal virus, king and neo-abyssal war, huh. Something's not right."
Hibiki then leaves the rooftop as she closes the door, letting herself out of this building.
"I hope you're okay, comrade Akatsuki-chan."
XXXX April 24th
Yokosuka Naval Base
Inside a certain dorm, the room is quiet, bright and a little breezy as morning is a new day.
Shuffling out of bed and yawning out of her sleep, Inazuma is up from her slumber as she feels like she had a fever dream.
Out of curiosity, Inazuma had witnessed a bandage covering her right arm as she remembered what happened yesterday.
A clicking noise has caught Inazuma's attention after footsteps are approaching her.
"Mm? Ah! You're awake, Inazuma-chan!" Naka is still as cheerful as she usually was after what happened yesterday night.
"Naka-chan!"
"Yep. And we got something made for you!"
What Naka gives out is breakfast. Looks like Inazuma is having breakfast in bed for today after her first day and first incident.
After taking a bite, Inazuma can feel something warm and delicate in her mouth.
"Ooh! It's so good!"
"Fufu, you can thank Mamiya-san for cooking something amazing!"
"Mamiya-san?" Inazuma asked out of curiosity.
"We'll introduce her later. Right now, we're going to a meeting in the office."
The very same office Inazuma went to on her first day.
"Sure."
10 minutes later, Inazuma had already changed and was continuing eating while watching some TV on her own.
Then a banging happened.
"But do I have to!?" Fubuki complained.
"Remember, Teitoku isn't around and you're the only leader who was trying to help us!" Naka shouted.
"Yeah, but I don't want to go out and handle meetings! I'm bad at those!"
The duo then stops as Fubuki groans out of disappointment.
"Well… Since I have no other choice… We'll have to introduce ourselves again. I'm the special type destroyer, the Fubuki class destroyer, Fubuki, the leader of the 'Azure Ravens.'" Fubuki introduced herself straightforwardly.
"Wait, what!? What is 'Azure Ravens?'" Inazuma is deeply confused about what Yokosuka is running.
"Azure is obviously blue, considering we're out on the sea by travel and battle. Raven is a bird that is just like us; bad omens."
"So why are we bad omens again?" Inazuma asked as she has zero understanding of what Azure Ravens are.
Naka's answer is this, "Because we're no longer needed by some humans. Ever since the androids are known to be dangerous, the same goes for us kanmusus."
"Wait, that means…"
Fubuki then sits down and turns on her laptop to show the logs of how the madness goes global.
"2009 July 3rd, Tokyo was threatened by an artificial intelligence that wanted a single song, turning Tokyo into their territory until it spread the world. It's related to the abyssal attack in 2013 where we're being modified into living weapons that hold the memories of the second world war. Over 60 years have passed and the territory no longer functions, returning Tokyo back to its former self, but those who caused it are still hidden somewhere."
"Wow, Fubuki-chan! I didn't realise you research a lot." Naka is surprised to see how Fubuki knows her history lessons.
"I didn't." Said Fubuki.
"Eh?"
"Ooyodo told me everything, so I copied the file to mine. Pretty clever, right?" Fubuki asked with a smug smile.
"I guess I was wrong…" Naka groaned in disappointment as she knew Fubuki is actually lazy when it comes down to school lessons.
"As I was saying, I am the leader of this group that is funded by an old man who owns the house of Tanaka." Said Fubuki.
"Tanaka?" Inazuma asked in confusion.
"Yeah. I'll send him a message about your recruitment." Fubuki then types her laptop as she let's Naka reintroduce herself.
"Oh! I'm the first member of the AR team, Naka-chan, the Sendai class light cruiser!"
Inazuma halted with surprise as she's about to become one of those who're far more experienced than her.
"But I can't fight like this! I don't want to hurt anyone like this. I don't even want to see you two get hurt like this." Inazuma protested.
"I know. But we cannot save them either. It's either kill or be killed." Fubuki can tell why Inazuma is the same, refusing to see anyone sinking and being killed.
"How about we'll try one mission, and then you'll decide if you can join us or not." Naka suggested.
"Eeh!?" Inazuma exclaimed.
"You could be right, but this'll require training and we lacked the staff except some people I know were once a group of criminals fighting for humanity's sake." Fubuki then rubs her chin as she knows what she'll do.
Inazuma gulped as she could tell what Fubuki was putting her through.
"Also, we need to get your right arm checked out, because what happened yesterday is not normal." Fubuki called out as she pointed at a bandaged arm.
"Um…"
"Relax, Inazuma-chan, it's just a checkup. Nothing will hurt." Naka pulls up her thumb, making sure to cheer Inazuma up.
"I hope…" Inazuma is unsure about this.
Joining the Azure Ravens is one thing that Inazuma will find hard to get used to, unless she's well trained to fight against the abyssal fleet.