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Chapter 32: Dangers of the Seven Seas
Shirayuri wasn't all that happy but her anger was directed more at herself for getting captured by the enemy as she woke up onboard of an unfamiliar ship in a rather simple cell with two armed guards waiting before the door.
So far there has been no one that had tried to interrogate her in which that was probably just a matter of time but for now Shirayuri decided to just wait as she already knew that Mitsuko was close by with a rather large force of their own and Kishiko was heading towards Mitsuko as fast as she could with the rest of their fleet.
What worried Shirayuri quite a bit wasn't about what might happen to her but the fact that in the entire time she had been awake she had been unable to feel the presence of her twin sister Akeno at all that caused her to slightly panic as no matter where one of the four sister was they were always able to know in which direction their other three sisters where.
But ever since she got captured she had been unable to feel Akenos presence at all but for now Shirayuri decided to have some fun at the cost of whoever was unfortunate enough to be guarding her cell at the moment as the lock stood not the slightest chance after Shirayuri used her power to get her hands on a simple lock pick.
Aito Nagisa Misaki and his brother Kaito Akemi Misaki had been busy with debriefing the squad of special op soldiers and reading their reports but even though they managed to capture a commanding officer the moment Aito had ordered his ships to seize the enemy ships the entire enemy fleet had disappeared in a dark blue blizzard.
So with the last report dealt with the two brothers decided to head down to the brig to interrogate the enemy commander but the moment they arrived at the doors leading to the brig they got a surprise as the guard that sat at the door looked as if he had just come back up from a coal mine with how dirty his face and uniform was.
Add to that that the door leading to the cell block itself was lying on the ground in a million pieces and you had a very strange picture indeed "Sailor what happened here?" Kaito asked as he recovered a bit faster than his older brother "Sir the prisoner somehow managed to get out of her cell repeatedly so we tried to keep her in a different cell only for the same thing to happen but the moment two of us tried to stay inside the cell with her we had a clusterfuck on our hands sir" the guard explained with a tired sigh gesturing to the broken door on the ground.
Aito managed to recover by now and swiftly entered the cell block only to find a group of five guards sitting around a table but the outfits they had on right now reminded Kaito of a group of clowns rather than guards or even sailors "Ah admiral finally here to question the prisoner?" another guard that stood by a cell further down the hallway asked sounding very annoyed as his uniform was in a similar colorful state as the group of sailors at the table.
Aito simply nodded at that and the guard showed him the way deeper into the cell block but along the way Aito saw several more cell doors lying on the ground in pieces with a few hanging open but the locks looked as if they had melted and suddenly it seemed to get much colder as well "Just a word of warning Admiral try and keep your emotions in check that girl really knows how to push someone's buttons" the guard whispered to Aito as he opened a rather large cell door with four guards standing off to the sides slightly shivering due to the strange cold air.
The door lead into another room with two more doors with one of them leading to the observation room while the other lead into an interrogation room that had a cell connected to it and without a word Kaito walked into the observation room while Aito opened the other door.
Only to find a sleeping girl lying in a hammock that was hanging from the ceiling and that wasn't the only thing the door to the cell that was supposed to be closed was wide open and on the ground inside the cell Aito saw several chains in pieces "About damn time one of you clowns showed up" Aito heard a irritated sleepy voice say only for the girl to look at him in turn.
Aito needed a moment to regather his thoughts only for the girl to climb out of the hammock showing Aito that she was wearing nothing well aside from the playboy bunny outfit with full length tights that clung tightly to her body "Could you tell those perverts outside to give me back my normal clothes one of them took them while I was showering and only left me this getup to change into" Shirayuri grumbled as if she was badly embarrassed by wearing something like this as she covered her chest with her arms.
Aito´s mind came to a screeching halt similar to a car crash at what he was listening to before he quickly left the room while Shirayuri got back into her hammock to relax a bit more as she started humming a bit while Aito and Kaito started berating the guards outside only to learn that the girl somehow changed her outfit and the design of the room each time someone left her unobserved.
Aito almost ran back into the interrogation room only to find that it now looked as if a spa had opened up in there as the walls were no longer steel grey but instead they were covered by tropical Island plant life and trees with a massage bed standing in the middle of it all with a small table full of different bottles standing nearby.
Aito´s mind crashed for the second time that day until he heard someone laughing loudly nearby only to find their prisoner in a white school swimsuit rolling around on the ground holding her sides as she laughed her head off.
Kaito wasn't any better than his brother as he tried his hardest and failing to understand how this girl managed to do something like this in under five minutes "Oh my god my sides that look" Shirayuri gasped out before succumbing to another bought of laughter until she was completely out of breath gasping for air.
Aito honestly had enough of this but he stayed calm for now as the girl leaned her back against one of the walls "Man haven't laughed like that in a while" Shirayuri grinned but the moment she closed her eyes her entire demeanor changed as her face became hard and the moment she opened her eyes Aito thought he was looking at a wall that was threatening to crush him with how hard she glared at him.
"Admiral Aito Nagisa Misaki and his younger brother Kaito Akemi Misaki I have to say they really brought some of the best they had available not that it really matters" Shirayuri mumbled more to herself than the two young men as she got up from the ground.
Aito was baffled at what happened next as the girl was enveloped by blue white snowflakes for a moment and in the next instant she was wearing a simple sailor uniform with a skirt made out of the same colors while a long coat made out of black leather with a red inside rested over her shoulders "Admiral and Captain Misaki I can only give you this warning once. If you allow me to leave right now no one will be harmed but should you keep me here by force there will be nothing left of your fleet when they come for you" Shirayuri spoke with a voice that howled like a snow storm as the temperature in the room seemed to drop even further causing Aito to start shivering.
Aito wanted to say anything against that but that simple threat had him thinking about the first time they had captured one of them his fleet was badly damaged and lost several ships as well but despite that not a single soul was lost at sea that day "We have our orders but tell me this. Do you have a reason to cause this kind of chaos?" but the instant he asked that Aito felt his feet leave the ground until he crashed into the wall beside the door.
The impact had knocked the wind out of him to say the least but when he looked up from the ground he froze in fear the girl wasn't just glaring at him her eyes seemed to burn with blue flames at the edges as her hair had turned completely white and on top of her head she had matching fox ears with nine burning white tails moving around behind her "You dare ask why we do something like this the question you better ask yourself is this. Why have we closed our eyes to the truth?" Shirayuri didn't raise her voice any louder than before but from where she was standing ice started spreading everywhere quite rapidly.
Aito got up with a groan while he kept his eyes on the girl "Leave and do not even think about returning unless you know what has happened on the night of the crimson moon" Shirayuri added before she walked over to the cell where she laid down on the bed in which a door made out of solid ice closed in place.
Aito decided wisely to leave right as the girl started to move as the aura that surrounded her was terrifying not to mention that the steel under her feet had started forming pretty big cracks when she froze it in her anger "You alright there big bro?" Kaito asked as Aito leaned his back against the door to the interrogation room "Yeah might have a bruise from when she hit me though what did she use to hit me that fast?" Aito groaned as he touched the left side of his chest for a moment that was throbbing in pain.
Kaito was worried as well even though he was standing right next to the one way mirror he didn't see either what the girl had hit his brother with "Lets just get you to the med bay for a checkup while I start digging for what she meant by the night of the crimson moon" Aito agreed to that and while he was checked over for any serious injuries but he only had a bad bruise that would heal with time Kaito started digging.
Kaito had seen a lot of things and as a captain he had seen even more except now that he was trying to find anything about what the girl told them he only found rumors and legends of a clan that supposedly existed over a hundred years ago or something like that but there was one thing that he found that disturbed him very much.
Astrologists had documented a never before seen event of the moon changing to a dark blood red for several days before returning to normal, that had been over 90 years ago before even the blue mermaids had been established as the seas peace keepers of the world "This is ridiculous" Kaito mumbled only for him to stumble upon a site called the Blood Moon fleet.
The more he read the more he started to think it was all fake but then one of the admins of the site wrote him directly "On the first day of the blood moon a fleet vanished into a crimson sakura petal storm once this fleet returns the world shall change or end depending upon the actions we have taken in the years past" Kaito read the short message but attached to it was a small picture.
The picture was what caused Kaitos blood to freeze there on the picture was a group of four battleships they all looked like larger versions of his own ship the Yamato but the colors of each ship was what had him concerned, the first ship was made out of white metal with light blue lines with golden gun barrels, the second ship was a light yellow with dark orange lines and golden gun barrels, the third ship was a pleasant light blue with white lines and golden gun barrels.
But it was the last of the four ships that worried Kaito the most as it was made out of a dark purple almost black looking material with burning crimson red lines over its hull with the gun barrels being a dark gold color that almost looked faded altogether but before he could call his brother to tell him this another message popped up with another attachment.
Kaito wasn't sure what he expected but this was definitely not it "The fleets return marks the beginning of the trial, the fleet is commanded by a being that has the power to decide to either destroy the world or save it. So it may be allowed to change for the better however it is our actions that will decide the future of mankind" Kaito read breathlessly the only other thing that was displayed with the message was a crimson red moon on a white background.
But the moment he clicked on the attached picture another ship was shown no a fleet of ships that had been photographed from the air but the ship at the very front of the fleet was massive "This is impossible" Aito whispered as the battleship had four turrets just like the Yonaga but it was a enlarged version of the previous four Yamato style battleships and unlike the Yonaga this battleship had three guns per turret.
Kaito downloaded everything onto his private tablet before destroying any evidence he might have left behind during his search before he meet back up with his older brother "We will see what she has to say about this" Aito simply decided after his younger brother told him everything he had found out so far.
The walk back to the brig was short but when they arrived they found the guard's wearing thick overcoats designed for the night watch but when they entered the cell block it became clear why they needed them as it was absolutely freezing cold as some ice had already formed on the ceiling and some of the pipes in the hallway.
The interrogation room was in a similar state as the hallway but on the ground in the room sat the girl they had captured in a cross legged position with her hands resting on her knees and her eyes closed not being bothered by the cold in the slightest.
But the moment Kaito and his brother opened the door her eyes snapped open and glared at them "So you dared to return already just tell me what you think happened so many years ago" the girl spat as she closed her eyes again so Kaito started telling her what he found out "You are correct about some parts of the story but that is not what I wanted you to learn" Shirayuri interrupted them by holding up a hand.
Shirayuri got up from the ground to stretch for a moment before returning her attention back to the two Captains "Even if I wanted to tell you there is only one person that knows the truth about what happened back then, matter of fact you already encountered her once before when you captured me the first time" Shirayuri grinned on the inside as the two young men visibly paled at what she just told them.
Shirayuri didn't have to say anything else as the two left the room in a hurry "Even someone as high as them does not know about what happened when the moon turned crimson so many years ago" Shirayuri whispered as she sat back down to meditate a bit more to keep Mitsuko and Kishiko aware of just where she was heading.
With Mitsuko and Kishiko:
When they learned that Shirayuri somehow managed to get herself captured again by the enemy they both had hoped that their other big sister would take care of it but after they had no success with establishing contact with Akeno they prepared to head out themselves but due to a fuel shortage they were forced to ask for assistance from the one group that would help them in this situation.
So Kishiko contacted Sekiro Ashina and not even two days after setting sail with her fleet of fifty surface ships and twenty submarines they meet up with the Rogue Akai senchō fleet increasing their total numbers to match the enemy fleet and a second group of another thirty one ships commanded by Mitsuko joined them a day later.
With over a hundred vessels in their fleet it took them another two days to move into the area along the predicted route to intercept the enemy fleet and a week after they set sail one of their patrol aircrafts encountered the enemy fleet they had been searching for.
Onboard the Yonaga:
Aito Akemi Misaki was known by his crew as a gentle but firm commanding officer until as of right now he was everything but that as for over a week he and his younger brother had interrogated the enemy commander but so far she had told them squat.
Add to that that she was always messing around with everyone that got into the cell or interrogation room and you had a very exhausted captain in fact the guard rotation was now doubled so that the guards changed every four hours so they didn't go insane from all of the strange sounds that emitted from the locked cell.
Aito had just finished another three hour long attempt of interrogating the girl sadly he didn't get anything out of her this time either but just as he tried to drink his coffee in peace he was interrupted by his deputy captain Levinia "Admiral we have a priority class one message waiting for you in the radio room" she told him over the intercom.
Aito sighed at that as he got up from his chair to head to the radio room along the way every sailor gave him a short salute which he returned every time until he finally arrived at the radio room "Here you go admiral we will connect you right away" one of the operators told him as he sat down and took one of the headsets.
Aito waited a moment before the connection was established "Admiral Aito Akemi Misaki this is highly classified information directly from the worlds security council and only for your ears to hear. At fifteen hundred hours on Tuesday a satellite identified a fleet of over one hundred ships that is currently blockading any route your fleet might take to head to Japan after further investigation we have determined that it is the main fleet of the Rising sun fleet. We are also aware that due to your reports of the last battle how outmatched your fleet is should the opportunity present itself avoid conflict by any means necessary" Aito could barely believe what he was hearing right now but for some odd reason he felt as if there was more to this situation than he was told.
Aito was still trying to wrap his head around the fact that the enemy had a fleet well in excess of a hundred ships and that was only the rough estimate of course he told his brother about the message "We have no other choice than to hand her over unless we want to get our entire fleet sunk" Kaito mumbled as he continued to look for any more information about the blood moon fleet without much success as the site he had found a few days ago was nowhere to be found.
Aito decided to use one of the few drones they had available to locate the enemy fleet and only after about five hours the drone located the enemy but seeing the sheer number of ships and what kinds of ships that the drone found made Aito and his brother very glad that they had standing orders to avoid combat by any means necessary.
But just as Aito wanted to give the order to get the drone back to its ship a radio transmission was broadcasted over the open channel "To the Fleet admiral of Task Force Roaring thunder you have something we want returned we already have one of our vessels near your fleet if you value the existence of your fleet we urge you to allow the person we want to leave otherwise we will be more than happy to send all of you to the depths of the sea" the voice of the girl causing an ice cold shiver to run down the backs of everyone who heard it.
Aito gave Kaito a simple nod before picking up the radio "This is the Admiral of Task Force Roaring Thunder we have received your message and will comply with your demands as we do not wish to escalate this situation any further" Aito's words left an eerie silence on the bridge until the radio cracked back to life "We understand however we pray that you have nothing to do with the disappearance of another member of our fleet" that answer confused Aito for a bit until he saw his brother and the girl they had captured walk out on deck a few minutes later.
Just as the two of them reached the aft of the Yonaga something breached the surface as a massive submarine seemed to fly into the sky before crashing back down into the water but the girl didn't hesitate for a second as she simply jumped over the railing of the Yonaga to land onboard the submarine and as soon as she had disappeared down a hatch the submarine dived away as fast as it could which was very fast as it easily outpaced the Yonaga before disappearing from their sonar's without leaving even the slightest trace behind.
Along with the submarine the fleet they had observed with the drone disappeared in a bright blue storm of something leaving nothing behind as the Task force headed back towards America to plan their next move but as the fleet moved through the Atlantic Admiral Aito Akemi Misaki found something in his quarters that unnerved him greatly.
The last time he had seen this small locket was when his mother handed it to his sister Akeno it was a simple silver locket on a silver blue chain with the locket itself holding a small picture of the whole Misaki family with their grandfather before it had been destroyed on that fateful day.
But it was the other object that was inside the locket that unnerved Aito very much as there was a second picture inside the locket that was proudly displaying four battleships in strange colors and golden gun barrels but even with the knowledge that the Blood Moon fleet had something to do with his lost siblings not a single soul onboard knew that in the near future a great storm was to be unleashed upon the world that would shake the foundation of the status quo. as the world serpent might release its tail.