Good day everyone sadly I have some private problems at the moment which means I do not know how much time I can spend on writing this story but I will complete it in time

Big thanks to Killroy122496

Chapter 31: Wrath of a Lost Soul

Akeno made sure that the Tsukuba as well as five heavy cruisers, five light cruisers, ten submarines and fifteen destroyers were ready to go before she set sail again but unknown to Akeno her sister Shirayuri set sail with her own fleet of two fast battleships, two battlecruisers, ten cruisers and twenty destroyers to follow Akeno from a safe distance.

Akeno had kept it well hidden what she had been planning as only a few ships left port at a time to avoid arousing suspicion but Shirayuri had seen the hatred in Akenos eyes ever since she returned from Roanapur and unfortunately neither Riya nor Sekiro had been able to visit as they were busy with something.

Shirayuri followed Akeno until they had almost sailed all the way to Germany but instead of heading for the country Akeno engaged any ship she came across be it civilian or Blue Mermaid that tried to head into the North Atlantic Ocean.

Shirayuri only ever saw the aftermath of Akenos battles not that they could be called that as Akeno used some sort of strange power to quite literally cut apart the ships she encountered but even with so many ships getting sunk there never were any dead only lightly wounded sailors in their life boats that were waiting to be rescued.

For over two months Akeno rampaged throughout the North Atlantic Ocean before moving into the Russian Arctic ocean with Shirayuri following her at a safe distance but just as another day gave way to night Shirayuri noticed something strange on her surface radar as it told her that about fifteen ships were heading her way but with a simple change of her course Shirayuri avoided them completely.

Akeno was glad that she had decided to go out to sea again despite the fact that she knew that the unknown fleet was still out there hunting her and her sisters so far she had already sunk another fifty ships she also had attacked several civilian transport ships that had the misfortune to cross her path.

Thanks to the cold weather Akeno had mostly commanded her fleet from inside the bridge of the Tsukuba but the few times she went out to get some fresh air the cold air had helped a bit to clear her mind "Even after all these years it still hurts so much huh" Akeno mumbled as she looked at a picture that was inside a silver pocket watch.

The picture was of Akeno with her two sisters Mitsuko and Kishiko and their two brothers before they had boarded that fateful cruise ship that killed her parents and two brothers "Even now I want to believe that they are still alive somewhere after all no one ever found them" Akeno whispered to the wind as she clutched the pocket watch to her heart as a few small tears fell from her eyes.

Unknown to Akeno she was being constantly watched since even if she knew there was nothing she could do against a satellite in orbit but as it was she simply continued to search for anything that she could attack.

Shirayuri had a bad feeling she just didn't know why but before she could continue to think about any of that the very familiar whistling and thundering of naval artillery came to her ears causing her to order her surface ships to take evasive action.

But even though her ships were able to dodge several salvos Shirayuri was completely unable to find from where the enemy was firing from as yet another salvo landed in the water without scoring any hits on any of her ships "Let´s see how you handle this then" Shirayuri grinned as all of her cruisers and battlecruisers launched seaplanes to find the enemy.

Onboard the Tsukuba two hours later:

Akeno had no idea why but for some reason karma seemed to be out for her head as her fleet encountered a group of two battleships, three cruisers as well as twenty destroyers and to make matters worse one of the battleships was none other than the Musashi.

No warning was given they just opened fire on Akenos fleet of course Akeno wasted no time with scattering the fleet to avoid enemy fire easier while her submarines got into position but just as Akeno saw five destroyers and one of their cruisers get hit by her submarine fired torpedoes did she notice something else.

Due to the training she had been doing with Fukushui and Asuramaru in which Akeno was able to use her entire fleet as an extension of her own senses which worked in her favor as she had two other groups of ships on her radar but only one of them was familiar to Akeno.

Akeno changed the heading of her fleet to turn away from the unknown fleet that attacked her of course the ships of that fleet started chasing Akeno not that they were able to hit any of her ships while doing so as the submarines made sure they had to constantly change course and speed during their pursuit.

Akeno was thankful that one of her sisters was nearby but it would seem that the second fleet she had detected was attacking her sister's fleet "Well let's see if we can't change that" Akeno grinned as she increased the speed of her fleet heading straight for the enemy.

Onboard the Yonaga four hours after the battle began:

Aito Nagisa Misaki was glad that his plan worked so far instead of directly attacking the Rising sun fleet he had ordered his fleet to use their superior range and weaponry but so far they had little to no success with this strategy as their missiles were shot out of the sky before they even came close to their targets and the enemy had been constantly moving in various directions making the job of the spotter plane and gunners onboard all ships of the fleet very hard indeed.

"Admiral we have a message from the observer" Levinia informed him as she handed him a note but as he read through the report his eyes went wide "Is this confirmed information?" Aito asked only for Levinia to nod her head.

Aito groaned at that "Have the escorts on the lookout for them until they become a direct problem we will continue with our mission" Aito ordered as the Yonaga fired another full salvo along with one of the Iowa's.

This went on for almost another hour before another report arrived "Admiral it would seem like the enemy has found us we have a fleet of twenty six ship approaching us with a second fleet of at least fifteen ships following the first" Levinia informed her captain.

Aito cursed as he slammed his fist down on his chair "Order the fleet to start moving and prepare for the enemy to arrive in the next hour" Aito ordered as he got up to get some fresh air.

Within twenty minutes Aito had his entire fleet of over seventy ships moving however a large number of ships were student ships from various schools but despite that everyone knew what it was they were trying to do until just as Aito got the report of a lookout seeing the enemy fleet another report came in.

Not only was the first fleet mostly undamaged but now the third fleet of over thirty ships was heading towards the other two groups of ships in an attempt to encircle them causing Aito to curse at the heavens not that it would change anything really.

But the moment the first of the three groups came into visual range something became very clear the second group of about twenty ships was chasing the first one with their guns blazing "Order all ships to fire upon the first group only, the second group is a fleet of student ships" Aito ordered as he watched the enemy fleet from the bridge of his ship.

Onboard the Tsukuba after the task force opened fire:

Akeno grinned widely as the task force opened fire on her fleet "Let us see how you like the fire of your own" Akeno grinned like a true madman as she drew Asuramarus blade from her back.

Only moments later all of the ships of her fleet were glowing with dark red symbols all over their hulls as they turned directly towards the task force while speeding up to almost fifty knots with Akeno standing on the roof of the Tsukubas bridge.

Aito was completely stumped by the reckless maneuver the enemy just pulled but even though all of his ships were firing everything they had at the enemy not a single shell or missile hit them as any ship that was about to get hit was suddenly covered by a dark red sphere that disintegrated all of the shells fired at them.

What was even worse was that the enemy was firing back but not with simple shells or missiles no the enemy was firing red beams all over the place causing serious damage to several ships as the beams just melted straight through the armored plating.

But just as Aito thought the enemy was going to wipe them out the fleet stopped firing completely before executing a turn to port until all of a sudden all of the ships with the weird symbols speed up to insane speeds and only minutes later not a single ship of the Rising sun fleet was to be seen anywhere aside from the rough waves of the seas that remained behind.

But before Aito could even try to understand what had just happened he was violently returned to the fact that the second fleet was now attacking his Task force "What the hell I had enough of this fire upon anything that is firing on us but do try to fire only to disable" Aito hollered his orders as the combat capable ships of his fleet engaged the new enemy while the damaged ships pulled back.

Akeno had been laughing for a while when she saw that everything went just as she had planned it as the Task force was now stuck with fighting against the rogue student ships while Akenos fleet was sailing along without worries.

Akeno contacted her sister and after a short discussion Shirayuri started heading back home while leaving the two fast battleships with Akeno after they loaded some new torpedoes onboard the submarines and with that out of the way Shirayuri turned her fleet around to head back towards Kakureta Island.

Akeno kept a low profile in the following week to catch any information about the task force so she could decide what to do next apparently she didn't cause that much damage but with the information that one of the rogue student ships had escaped Akeno decided to head from the European north sea back into the north Atlantic.

Unknown to Shirayuri her fleet was being pursued by two modern submarines that were part of the special operations group of Task Force Roaring Thunder they had been following her for over a week by now.

The reason for that was simple the submarines had two missions the first one being collecting as much information about the Rising sun fleet as they possibly could while the second one was to capture any commanding officers of the enemy fleet for questioning but that was part of the reason why the two submarines were still following the Rising sun fleet.

They had trouble locating the flag ship of the fleet where they guessed the enemy commander was going to be but just as the sun started lowering on the horizon the two submarines found their prey what had been more than just weird for them was to not see any other person move around on any of the other ships during the entire time they had observed the fleet.

With their target located two full squads of elite soldiers prepared themselves as their submarine started to get ahead of their target, the plan was pretty simple the two squads would be boarding the enemy flag ship and after capturing the officers onboard they would withdraw immediately.

The first part of the plan went without a hitch as the soldiers went into a large open area with two mini submarines that were mounted on the hull of the submarine waiting for them all soldiers knew what they had to do as they checked their diving equipment one last time before the room was flooded soon after.

With both squads holding onto the mini submarines they were released from the submarine and only a few minutes later something massive passed right over their heads but thanks to the mini submarines they were able to keep up with the surface ship.

The soldiers wasted no time as they silently surfaced one after the other with two already securing the grappling hooks they had fired onboard and not even five minutes later two ten men squads stood on the aft of a Japanese style battlecruiser "Squads Alpha and Bravo are onboard beginning our search" one of the squad leader's radioed but got no reply.

Squad Alpha was heading straight for the ventilation system of the ship but on the way they didn't encounter a single living soul which worried the soldiers a lot as they feared it might be an ambush but they found what they were looking for "Alright masks on before you get that stuff in there" the squad leader ordered and only moments later all of the soldiers had pulled their gas masks over their faces.

After that they pulled out six simple looking smoke grenades and after they pulled the pins out they threw them into the ventilation system where the strange gas started to spread rapidly that is until suddenly the entire system started working in reverse blowing the gas straight out of the ship instead of spreading it around.

Shirayuri had a strange feeling ever since she had left Akeno to head back to Kakureta island and just as she went to bed today that strange feeling had her lie awake several hours after sundown but now it would seem that someone had boarded her ship "Now that just won't do" Shirayuri mumbled as she changed from her night clothes into her preferred combat outfit.

There wasn't all that much to it just a simple shirt with combat trousers and a combat jacket over which she was wearing a tactical rig that held her pistol together with the magazines for her two other weapons with everything in a light grey white camouflage pattern while her feet were covered by black leather combat boots.

Right at the back of her waist secured to her belt Shirayuri had her PP-2000 while her AK-107 was resting in her hands as she loaded the magazine before pulling the charging handle on the side to load it "Now then I better turn off the lights" Shirayuri mumbled as the entire ship went pitch black and just to be on the safe side Shirayuri also reversed the ventilation system before shutting it off completely a few minutes later.

A few minutes later Shirayuri felt an unknown presence in the hallway before her door so she hid inside her closet while keeping an eye on the door but at first nothing happened until the door was flung open and four soldiers rushed into the room and without hesitation they fired several times at the bed where Shirayuri had been lying a few minutes ago.

Shirayuri saw that it wasn't normal ammo these guys were using as the bed sheets were punctured by several darts with feathers at the back "Sir our target is not here we sure we have the right ship?" one of them asked over the radio but in that moment Shirayuri decided to act.

The first thing she did was take a flashbang from her belt before she crouched down slowly and a second later she threw the flashbang into the room not even a second later the grenade exploded stunning the five men inside the room.

Shirayuri wasted no time as she kicked open the closet door and opened fire in short concentrated bursts until she saw the five men collapse to the ground but now there was the matter of the other five standing in the hallway.

Shirayuri decided to go with a different approach this time as she primed a smoke grenade and threw it into the hallway with the hallway covered in thick smoke Shirayuri ran right into the smoke cloud and down the hallway with a few wild shots almost hitting her until she turned a corner.

Instead of attacking the now prepared five soldiers Shirayuri decided to go after the second group and lo and behold they stood in the hallway that lead to the aircraft catapult on the aft of her ship but for now Shirayuri watched them as they slowly moved from corner to corner.

However unlike Shirayuri the soldiers had to completely rely on their NVGs to see anything while Shirayuri had no trouble seeing everything as if it was the middle of the day for her.

But the moment the soldiers walked out on deck Shirayuri opened fire again while slamming the bulkhead shut behind her before she ran down another hallway towards one of the backup range finders that was located right above the flight deck before Shirayuri climbed up the stairs she loaded a fresh mag into her Ak to make sure she could take out as many of them as possible with her next attack.

On the flight deck the remaining seven soldiers were trying their hardest to get a beat on the enemy that had attacked them thankfully whatever weapon their enemy was using it was not firing lethal ammunition.

But it did pack enough of a punch to break bones and injure you despite the plate carriers each of the soldiers was wearing over their uniforms but for now they had to locate the enemy and take them down before all of them were combat ineffective but without warning two of the soldiers fired at something high up on the smokestack of the ship which was answered by a short burst of wild return fire before it became quiet again "Think you guys hit em?" the squad leader asked the two who opened fire but they both just shrugged their shoulders.

Shirayuri cursed at herself she had become cocky and now she was paying the price as two shots of the soldiers had grazed her right shoulder it wasn't that bad to be honest but it was still distracting as the darts that didn't hit her had shattered above her head showering her with tiny glass pieces almost like a frag grenade.

Thankfully that didn't cause anymore injuries but for some reason Shirayuri felt as if the world was swaying from side to side "Better take a sec to catch my breath" Shirayuri mumbled as she had headed straight for the main radar room of her ship.

Shirayuri took a few minutes to get her vision to clear up before she started to look around for the soldiers again sure she wasn't shooting to kill and neither were they if the strange darts were any indication but that meant they were trying to capture her alive most likely to interrogate her.

But before Shirayuri worried anymore about that she rolled to the side to avoid the darts that were fired at her "We have you surrounded surrender now" Shirayuri heard someone yell but before she could even decide that she was forced to move yet again.

Shirayuri did her best to get away from them and hide to get her blurry vision under control but they kept up with her until Shirayuri ran out on deck but the moment she was outside a much louder gun fired but thankfully missed her except due to the fact that she dodged she was off balance and the enemy used that moment to hit her with several of the darts before she crashed to the deck of her ship.

Only moments later two of the masked soldiers approached her only to lower their weapons "Check her for anymore weapons before we leave here we have overstayed our welcome" the squad leader ordered but Shirayuri had already allowed her weapons to disappear let them believe they went overboard.

After they searched her the two soldiers handcuffed her while pulling a black sack over her head and like that they picked her up before climbing down a ladder at the side of the ship until they stood on something most likely a submarine or something similar but before Shirayuri could think about that any further something was injected into her bloodstream that caused her to pass out only a few seconds later.