Whenever she is around—I feel unsteady.
PRESENT DAY
NAVAL BASE YOSKOSUKA
When the meeting ended all shipgirls immediately went out of his room and left. Yesterday a very troublesome operation was conducted that around 20 soldiers perished as a result. However there were some favorable results. Firstly, the so called Humanoid Symbiote named Gintoki has been captured and its host Abyssal Empress Marianna has been eliminated. However—according to some reports coming from the 11th fleet flagship, Shinonome, it appears that the Abyssal that was killed in action excreted human colored blood instead of the common black blood that the abyssals have running in their veins.
This prompted Admiral Arimato Goto to make a hasty meeting with the higher ranking officials regarding this finding. So far the meeting ended with unfavorable results.
"Well that was stupid." Light Cruiser Ooyodo who was standing behind his seat spoke with a tired tone.
"Yes, I called them here to talk about Shinonome's findings. All they did for the past three hours was moaning about the situation on the Southern Continent." Admiral Goto spoke. "Has the 3rd and 14th Fleet returned yet?" Added the tired Admiral as he pushes the screen upward until he was able to see the reports that Ooyodo has compiled and sent to him.
Ooyodo shook her head as she walked beside the Admiral and sat on her seat. She then took a towel from her pocket and wiped the sweat on her forehead.
"Unfortunately, there are around six shipgirls that were sunk during the Battle of Taiwan."
"Recovered?" Admiral Goto asked with a coarse tone.
"Yes. Fortunately, all shipgirls that were sunk were recovered and are now healing on Okinawa Forward Base." Ooyodo answered.
Admiral Goto let out a sigh of relief as he read the reports that were compiled during the Battle of Taiwan. Around 50,000 Japanese soldiers were sent there to help the Taiwanese Soldiers fend off a large Abyssal Invasion spearheaded by an Abyssal Princess named Toburk. The battle started two days prior to the capture mission that was conducted on the mainland to capture a symbiote named Gintoki and ended a day after the capture mission ended.
Admiral Goto stared at the reports once more. Something feels off, was his first initial thoughts.
"What's wrong, Admiral?" Ooyodo asked with a worried look on her face.
Admiral Goto immediately shook his head after hearing Ooyodo's question. With a warm smile on his face the admiral faced his secretary ship and gave her a calm sentence.
"I'm fine, Ooyodo."
Ooyodo knew that those words were lies. She knew based on the expression on the admiral's face that something is clearly wrong.
She wondered what it was.
Then a knock came from the room entrance and was then followed by an entering carrier that had her attire ransacked to the point that her feminine corners were revealed.
"3rd CarDiv Flagship, Hosho, Has returned from action."
~o~
April 7 2049
NAGASAKI NAVAL BASE
The moon was up in the sky and its moonlight illuminated the rowdy sea that was just facing the Nagasaki Naval Base. Despite the heavy rainfall the moon was not covered by thick reddish clouds.
Under the cover of the thick bushes and poor visibility due to the heavy downpour, ten large six foot Abyssals crawled on the wet mud making a long trail as they crawl towards a fence. It was a ten foot fence with Infrared cameras placed on each specific section.
These infrared cameras can detect heat signatures despite the heavy downpour. These were specifically designed to detect Abyssals that emit high surface temperatures which were typically observed on Land Based Abyssals. However, these Abyssals that crawled in front of the camera remained undetected to the point that their noses were already resting on the fence.
After making sure that there's no human presence in the area all ten of them simultaneously threw a circular objected to the opposite side of the wall.
Enlistman Kurokawa Masahiro was taking a piss outside his post despite the heavy rain. With the comfort room inside his post broken he had no choice but to take a leak outside. He had his raincoat, his rifle, and six magazines on his vest. Today marks his 14th day of guarding the outer perimeter of the Naval Base which was erected to keeping the civilians away. Soldiers like Kurokawa Masahiro are the first line of defense of the naval base if ever they come into contact.
"Ugh... When is Gasho arriving?" Kurokawa Masahiro asked himself that question.
A few moments later a hard object hit the back of his ceramic helmet. Kurokawa Masahiro let out a grunt as he leaned his head forward due to the force of the object hitting his head. Slowly he zips his trousers close and turns around to check what hit him in the head.
It was a circular object surrounded by thick fur. It was no larger than a guinea pig. Out of curiosity, Kurokawa Masahiro took the object and aligned it on his face. He rotated the object counterclockwise checking every nook and cranny of the circular object.
Having had enough examining it, Kurokawa Masahiro dropped the object and cursed whoever threw the object on his head.
Just before the thick fur of the object touched the muddy water on the ground six fingers like arms protruded out of the fur as it landed on the ground. These six fingers like limbs that came out of the fur were acting as its legs and arms.
This…circular thing saw Kurokawa Masahiro's back and immediately followed it inside his guard post.
With a strong force the doors were closed but the circular thing managed to slip in between the gaps before the door was fully closed.
Inside the guard post Kurokawa Masahiro sat on his chair and observed the cameras placed around his sector. There are nine cameras all in all. Three of them were infrared, another three with a basic feed, and the last three monitors were static. Kurokawa Mashiro already requested a report yesterday stating that these broken cameras are to be repaired but they are still not yet repaired due to manpower shortages which was understandable for his basic brain. In actuality, he was very happy when his name was not listed on the soldiers that were sent to Taiwan to repel an Abyssal Amphibious Attack.
He clearly remembered the soldiers from the 12th Regiment in fact he had four close friends there. And none of them returned, none of the soldiers from the 12th Regiment came back alive at all.
Kurokawa Mashiro leans in towards the fourth monitor that displays a basic feed and notices that something was moving just outside the outer perimeter fence. Like a loyal guard dog, Kurokawa grabbed his rifle and stood up from his chair. The parasitic abyssal latches on Kurokawa's neck and strangles him before forcefully entering his mouth like a bug that entered its cave.
Its tentacles moved smoothly on the soldier's throat and then tore a large cavity that leads into the brain.
The abyssal arrived at the skull where the human brain was located. The abyssal waited no time to stab the brain with its many tentacles oozing their way to each section of the human brain.
The human formerly known as Kurokawa kneeled on the floor, ghastly breathing as he feels the abyssal messing his brain like a cat that's playing a thread ball.
Drool was oozing of his mouth as he slowly loses control of his senses, his motor control, and before long. He was no longer in control.
He could only utter a prolonged cry like a person that was told by the dentist to open your mouth. The words coming from his mouth was incomprehensible, he was basically uttering gibberish words.
The eyes were rolled back at the very rear of its sockets revealing the whites of the human's eyes. It's body twitching like a robot that had an electrical failure. The legs were in a constant state of spasm while the head and arms were still.
The corpse fell on the ground. White fluids were coming out of its nose and mouth. Then a few seconds later the corpse stood up using its two legs before leaning on the control module located inside the guard post.
Using the memories of the corpse the abyssal was able to identify which button does what. The abyssal then pressed the green button at the middle controls, opening the outer perimeter gate.
The abyssals that was waiting outside rushed in, attacking the patrolling soldiers before they could sound the alarm or fire their weapons.
And before long the outer perimeter was overrun by the abyssals and the alarms were not switched on. The first ones that breached the outer perimeter rushed towards the middle perimeter.
Pillars of red rose from the ground obliterating the quadrupedal abyssals that swarmed towards the middle perimeter. Multiple explosions then erupted alerting the soldiers that were posted behind the middle perimeter.
"The humans have been alerted my empress."
"The element of surprise has been eluded. That doesn't matter. Have your minions burrowed out into the inner perimeter?"
The abyssals that was humanoid in nature had a black oozing substance coming out of it mouth when it did a pose where its hand was touching his chest and bowing his head.
"Yes, we have found the whereabouts of your sister Marianna, Empress Pacific." The humanoid abyssal answered.
The abyssal empress named Pacific turned her attention away from the humanoid abyssal and into the carnage on the Nagasaki Naval Base.
Burst of explosions, weapons being fired, the screams of the humans and abyssals entering her ears. She hasn't experienced anything like this. She only conducted a quick plan to find her rogue sister but seeing the fighting with her own eyes.
She felt—
Ecstatic…..
She couldn't keep herself together for long. Her nether region has been soaking wet for a while now, and to be specific she started soaking right after she saw a human being butchered to pieces outside the outer perimeter.
Her cheeks were becoming red. She was fidgeting, she has to do something about this.
"My empress, what's wrong?" The humanoid abyssal walked on her side and asked that question.
It was at that moment that its head flew into the air before hitting the ground.
On her right hand was a large greatsword. It was a double edge sword that is capable of splitting a mountain in half by shear force. She hasn't used this greatsword ever since the war against the humans began. It was unexpected of her to use such a powerful weapon on a mere corpse that was reanimated into an abyssal.
"I can't hold it for long…I have to do something with my body~"
~o~
Admiral Arimato Goto rushed out of his bed and hastily looked outside of his window. The siren was loud and clear. An enemy attack. Still on the bed, his first wife that just recently returned from sortie, Kaga, also rushed out of bed and wore her battle attire.
"I'll rally up the shipgirls that are currently on dock at Nagasaki!" Kaga opened the door leading into the hallway.
Fellow officers like Admiral Goto were also coming out of their rooms clearly confused on what was going on.
"Admiral! Abyssals are attacking the naval base! The outer perimeter has been breached! They are now attacking the barracks and the shipgirl dormitory has fallen!" Ooyodo, panting heavily, yelled those words in quick succession. Her clothes were stained red and large cuts could be seen all over her body. She was on her officer's attire which was a brown uniform top, black pants and long boots. She had her hair tied into a pony tail and two rifle magazines sticking out of her two front pockets.
"Ooyodo!" The admiral yelled as he kneels beside her and helped her stand up.
"I couldn't hold them off. All shipgirls are evacuated out of the shipgirl dormitory. Some died on the spot but we recovered their bodies and are now currently resting on the Headquarters Building." Ooyodo explained, grunting heavily as Admiral Goto tends her wounds.
After he finished putting first aid on Ooyodo the admiral then ran towards his wardrobe and wore his white officer's uniform. He also took a couple of rifle magazines from his stash and inserted them in his pockets. After that he took Ooyodo's blood stained rifle before helping her wrap her arm over his neck to support her weight.
"We need to find Akashi as soon as possible." Admiral Goto declared as he walks along the hallway leading towards the exit.
"Admiral that is the main problem…." Ooyodo breathes out as she looked down, "Akashi is currently missing"
~o~
It was dark, very dark. It was as if the abyss was peering over him. He couldn't feel his hands, legs, or his whole body all in all.
However, not all of his senses are gone. He can still feel his nose twitching. It was unbecoming of him since he hadn't experienced something weird as this.
Also.
"I'm hungry"
Slowly a faint ray of light entered his eyes as if a flashlight was pointed directly over his head. The light didn't blind him at all, he didn't even flinched.
His ears were singing static like there was no tomorrow. As his eyes focused on the light, a dark figure came to his side. Slowly he turned his head to the right, towards the dark figure beside him.
"Do you feel anything strange?" Asked the dark figure.
The man named Toshiki Gin gulped as he answered that question with "No, I just feel hungry".
Then the dark figure came closer to the light revealing a pale skinned woman that had a white hair and dark clothing. She had this jet black armor on her arms that was reaching her shoulder and jet black boots that was made of unknown origin.
He stared at the elegant looking woman unable to comprehend her beauty. She had bright gold eyes that were piercing through his soul as he watched them. He felt secured for no reason with her presence around.
"Is that so? Well that is normal." The pale woman said after letting out a deep sigh of relief.
It made him wonder however, What does she mean by that is normal? Well it is true that being hungry is a normal cognitive reaction of the human body if it wants external source of nutrients into ones body. But for her to be this relieved, was there a problem in the first place?
But he digress and didn't asked her for an answer. Then he noticed something behind the pale looking woman.
It was like a cord, a metallic looking cord that was housed inside a carbon-fiber looking material as if to protect the sensitive insides of a cable and at the tip of the said cord is a sharp edge resembling the tip of a javelin.
Unconsciously the hairs all over his body stood in attention.
The cord was swaying side to side resembling a tail of a faithful dog that is happy to see it's human.
"Moreover we need to remedy your appetite first. Here eat this."
A hard muscular object landed in between his legs. It was covered in crimson and the odor it emitted gave his stomach a very loud grumble.
In a swift motion Toshiki Gin took the object and placed it adjacent to his mouth. Drool was starting to come out at the sides of his lip and his attention was pinned at the object in front of him
"What are you waiting for? Eat it."
And just like that he took a bite at the object with his white teeth. The flavor that assaulted his mouth was tremendous. He hasn't tasted something this delicious in his 19 years of living. He took a bite once more at the soft tissue of the object, he was, as if, eating a chicken drumstick. The crimson color that covered the objected sprayed on his cheeks as he continued eating until he bit something hard that halted him from continuing.
He pulled the object away from his mouth and checked what he bit a few seconds ago. With the crimson color covering it he used his index finger to wipe some of it away revealing a pinkish looking bone that had a bite mark engraved on the surface.
At that point it instantly came to him.
Like a mechanism behind his head, it pinged him, to make him realize what he was eating.
"Why did you stop? Aren't you hungry? I still have some here if you want." The woman said putting another thing on his lap.
This time it was circular in shape. There's this long black hair covering its head. It's face was pale, the same color as the woman's skin beside him.
At that moment, he finally came to his human senses if that's how you call it.
"The human that Akashi left us with was surprisingly delicious is it not?" The monster spoke as it began chewing on a petite human arm.
It came to him, that Toshiki Gin has been eating a human part all along.
~o~
WAR ROOM
The moment the middle perimeter explosions erupted, Admiral Goto ordered mobilization of all troops inside the Naval Base with their topmost priority on protecting the warehouses located at the inner perimeter.
So far not a single abyssal has entered the inner perimeter however the amount of casualties that have been pilling up were staggering. All in all, he has tallied around 5000 soldiers dead and 800 wounded who are currently being treated on the Hospital Ward on the East wing of the Naval Base.
"Get the 4th Tank Battalion to clog the entrance we don't want them to close in!" A commander of the army inside the war room ordered via telecom.
Multiple monitors were placed inside the war room. Each monitor assigned on each wing of the inner and middle perimeters.
"Admiral!"
Covered in blood stains all over her body, a small destroyer from the Fubuki-class, Hatsuyuki, yelled. She then rushed towards the Admiral's desk and saluted the admiral with a satisfied look.
"The 11th Squadron has returned but has sustained heavy damage. We need the Main Fleets now admiral or we'll be cut off from the rest of the Southern Army!"
Admiral Goto did not raise his head. He only stared at the terminal in front of him. Displayed on the terminal are six combined fleets composed of three Main Battle Fleets of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
All of which are currently deployed all over the Japanese Area of Responsibility. In which Japan is responsible for protecting its surrounding Sea Sectors as well as the liberated Islands scattered all over the Pacific.
With all MBF's mobilized which composed almost two-thirds of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Shipgirl detachment-The Combined Fleet Detachment; the ones that are remaining are shipgirls recovering their wounds and are detached from the heavier Main Battle Fleets.
Most of them haven't fully recovered from their wounds but are still sortied due to the attack.
"We are all alone for now, Hatsuyuki. Supporting squadrons from the East, West, Central, and Northern Naval bases can't penetrate the heavy concentration of Abyssals on the surrounding sea…. Your squadron and Kasumi's squadron are all we have. "Admiral Goto said with a deep tone. A tone that Hatsuyuki herself bore into her head telling her that the situation is super dire.
"I understand…I will be at the docking area to resupply and await further orders."Hatsuyuki answered before saluting to the Admiral then leaving with hasty strides.
Admiral Goto stared at the back of the small destroyer before she turned to the left disappearing from his view. The terminal before him was blinking red, A shipgirl has sustained heavy damage. His expression changed as a sweat bud trailed from his temple into his right cheek.
"We are being pushed back on all sectors. Where the hell is Akashi…..We need that Repair Fluid now…"
"Hmmmm, it seems we are in a pickle."
Admiral Goto fell silent as he slowly turned his head towards the origin of that voice. Standing behind him is a shipgirl with a long pink hair that was tied neatly with multiple ribbons.
She had this expression on her face that Admiral Goto knew well. It's something that he despised but at the same time admire.
"What are you doing here, Yura. Weren't you supposed to be at the Hospital Ward recovering?"
Yura leans in and waves her index finger and middle finger while at the same time making a tsk tsk sound with her tongue.
"I was, a while ago, that is until I visited Akashi that she presented me the Repair Fluid! Seeee? Even my dismembered arm has healed~!"
Admiral Goto could not believe what he is seeing. A fully regenerated arm is swaying in front of him when a week ago it wasn't even there in the first place.
He couldn't believe it. He couldn't believe that Akashi made something this revolutionary.
"W-Where is she right now?! We need the Repair Fluid to be distributed immediately to the other wounded shipgirls in the Hospital Ward."
"She's already mass producing the fluid as we speak. If you want to find her she is in her Assembly Area right now."
Admiral Goto nodded as he stood up from his chair and said, "Go to the assembly area and distribute it to the wounded shipgirls. Once they have fully recovered call them all here for briefing."
"Roger~" Yura rotated counterclockwise and walked towards the exit. She had her eyes closed…..and a sinister smile painted on her face.
~o~
8th Main Battle Fleet
300 Kilometers away from Okinawa
"A retreat order has been issued! Takao what should we do?!"
Trailing behind a tall heavy cruiser type shipgirl, Takao, is a small destroyer from the Mutsuki-Class. She had a brown hair and a black sailors uniform that had multiple penetration holes all over. She had a bit of her skull fried into crisp but she was still capable of performing speech and critical thinking.
"There is not much we can do. We are falling back to Nagasaki." Takao who is their fleet flagship announced with a soft voice.
"But what about the personnel left on the island?! If we leave them an invasion force will surely come and overrun them!" Another heavy cruiser from the Aoba-Class, Kinugasa spoke her objection.
"What can a heavily damaged fleet of 10 shipgirls do against a combined fleet of battleships and multiple Wo-class carriers?" Takao asked whilst focusing on what's ahead of them.
"We can at least buy some time for the Okinawan personnel to evacuate!"
"With what? There aren't any ships in that island and the transport planes were destroyed from the recent air raid…..if you want a death wish do as you please but I will not let you involve the other shipgirls in this fleet with your demise."
Takao's words pieced Kinugasa's chest like an ice-pick. Its true that they can't do anything to a heavy fleet of battleships and carriers, it's painful to accept it but these are the facts. It was very hard for her to make a counterargument with it. But to leave thousands of personnel on that island alone…
"I will say it once more. We will retreat to Nagasaki. Restock on ammo and fuel then comeback. That is if the admiral orders us to sortie. Any objections?"
No one spoke a word. Takao turns her head towards the rear. She can see a line of heavily wounded shipgirls that have been protecting the island of Okinawa from the Abyssals until the ammo and fuel supplies on the island has exhausted. If she wanted to, she wants Wakaba to take command of the fleet so that she can stay behind to cover their retreat but knowing that the Admiral and her second in command wouldn't allow a lone wolf scenario, Takao chose the bad decision.
"Leaving behind those many personnel….."
"Don't think about it." Wakaba said behind her.
The puny destroyer has seen better days and for her to be this heavily damaged it gave Takao a hard fist jab in the gut.
"The two of us has been through this. Don't dwell too much on it and focus on getting the fleet back to Nagasaki." Wakaba urged wiping away the trailing blood from her forehead.
"Telling me this in that state isn't really convincing." Takao said with a soft tone.
"Since when did you ever listen to my advises? You never listen to me back when I was your flagship." Wakaba complained with a grumble.
"Sorry, senpai"
"Would you stop calling me that? A big girl like you calling me that is gross."
"Hey that hurts." Takao faced the front with a forced smile.
~o~
AKASHI'S WAREHOUSE
NAGASAKI NAVAL BASE
It was like a market place. Small fairies were busy putting Repair Buckets to the bathtub placed inside Akashi's factory. A long line of shipgirls from different fleets could be seen as well as heavily damaged shipgirls that just came back from a long sortie.
They weren't forming a line to take a normal bath, no, they were waiting in line so that they could take a bath with Akashi's miracle invention, The Repair Formula.
One after another, shipgirls with varying wounds were healed like their bodies were replaced with a new one in a split second.
Some were even starting to wound themselves out of curiosity if the fluid really did regenerated their wounds. In which it convincing them that they are not imagining it.
Slowly the long line became short, the last shipgirls being the ones that just recently arrived from sortie.
Once every shipgirl from a certain fleet is fully healed they are immediately assembled in the war room for debriefing.
Before long the last shipgirl heading towards the bathtub was Kaga, Admiral Goto's secretary. She chose not to line with the other shipgirls in favor of overseeing them being healed one by one. When the last shipgirl got out of the bathtub she then followed by putting her legs inside the empty tub first then carried her weight into the tub. She let out a groaning sigh before nodding at the small fairy standing at the rims of the bathtub.
The fairy had two signal sticks on both hands, signaling a crane beside the bathtub. The fairy operating the crane navigated the hook, located hanging at the crane's tip, above the repair bucket before it lowered down towards the handles of the repair bucket. Then when the hook was safely attached at the bucket's handle the hook was pulled up using strong cables that are capable of carrying the bucket..
A warm stream of water then poured inside the bathtub. It was not just a normal water though. This warm water is Akashi's special healing water that is capable of healing small wounds but incapable of regenerating lost limbs and destroyed organs.
The healing water slowly rose until it reaches Kaga's bosom; almost overfilling the bathtub.
Then the repair bucket came overhead. A smaller hook was attached at the bottom of the bucket and when the signal fairy gestured that it was now okay to pour the repair formula the crane operator fairy pulled the lever that controls the small hook the was attached at the bottom of the bucket making it list in a small angle.
The green luminous fluid poured into the bathtub mixing with the healing water and blood from Kaga's wounds.
Kaga let out an assaulting moan. It was as if her insides were being touched. It neither felt numb, disgusting, or weird to her. No, it felt really good to her.
She held her shoulders like a freezing woman left alone in a blizzard storm. The warm feeling all over body was too much that it gave her flushed look on her face.
The fairies near the bathtub were blushing mischievously. For them seeing a moaning and flushed shipgirl is already a reward for their hard work.
"Haaaa~"
Kaga felt rejuvenated after letting out one last moan. She stretches her arms to the point that they could no longer do so. She was like a girl that just woke up from a good night's sleep.
The numbs, shoulder aches, headaches, and stress that was known to be unable to be remedied was also gone. Kaga felt like a shipgirl that was just recently summoned.
"Thank you fairies for assisting us shipgirls." Kaga said as she got out of the bathtub with her clothes still drenched.
"Oi oi oi oi! [Just doing our jobs ma'am!]" The chief of the fairies that resembles Akashi said with a smile of her face and a thumb's up gesture.
Kaga walked towards the changing room located near the bathtub. Once inside she finds her new pair of dry clothes placed neatly on the long table. As she was fixing her inner garments the locker room's door opened with a loud noise. Not knowing who the person was, Kaga slowly turns around as she covered her bosom with her clothing.
"Kaga-san!" A man wearing a worker's attire shouted.
Immediately the worker regretted. What was staring in front of him was a very cold looking Kaga that had her brown eyes almost glowing in fury. The worker's body was quivering in fear as he watched Kaga finished wearing her clothes.
"Why are you here young man?" Kaga asked with a deep voice.
"I was ordered by Admiral Goto to take you to his office. It's an urgent manner." The worker explained.
Kaga nodded as she slowly wore her stockings and shoes before approaching the worker. With her left hand she then rests it on the worker's right shoulder.
"Be reminded that this is a locker room. If this happens again, you know the reciprocation right?"
The worker nodded as hard as he could. The weight on his right shoulder was too much for him. He felt that his shoulder was gonna pop off.
And then just like that the weight on his shoulder was lifted. He opened his eyes once more and Kaga's presence was no longer to be seen. He breathe out a sigh of relief, knowing that he almost died from her presence a while ago there.
~o~
"I'm here~" Kaga's voice echoed inside Admiral Goto's emptied office.
The lights were off and the furnitures were nowhere to be seen. The windows were closed and a man wearing a white officer's attire could be seen sitting behind a table.
"I have ordered a massive evacuation of the Naval Base." A deep voice echoed.
With his back facing Kaga, Admiral Goto observed the fighting that is currently ongoing at the middle perimeter. He could see ambulances going near and out of the perimeter. Soldiers running frantically and workers hastily packing up the equipment inside a large cargo truck.
"Is there no way for us shipgirls to do something about the abyssal problem?" Kaga asked as she walked towards her dear admiral.
When she arrived beside him, he was reading a report that had a few paragraphs written on it. Based on her admiral's expression it was something very important.
"The order came from the high castle. It seems that this is not just a mere attack but a large scale invasion of the Kyushu Island." Admiral Goto explained.
"But-Something like this couldn't have been prepared in a single night right? We were patrolling the seas day and night. This is no such possibility that they could have gathered a large force to invade the mainland." Kaga argued.
"Unfortunately the worst happened. Kagoshima, Naha, Sasebo, and Miyazaki have already fallen to the abyssals. Our last stronghold in Fukuoka will not last long. So the Emperor with his advisers have decided to sacrifice the Southern Army until all civilians have evacuated to the Chougoku region."
"You've got to be kidding me. What about us? What about the Combined fleet?" Kaga felt infuriated after listening her admiral's words.
Admiral Goto leans into the back of his seat and stared at Kaga with a defeated look. Kaga couldn't bare to look at him. Seeing a man like him giving her that face was…..in all respect, disgusts her.
"We retreat first. Leaving behind the soldiers defending here…..orders are orders after all, Kaga." Admiral Goto spoke with a tone that gave Kaga the chills on her spine.
"Most of those soldiers are Navy personnel not the Army. They are your responsibility! You just cant leave them here to die!"
Kaga spoke her opposition. She despised the Army more than anyone else in the Armed Forces. The way they handled the people back from the previous war put a hole in her heart. She can't forgive them nor the politicians back at the time.
So it did not surprise Admiral Goto when he heard Kaga's clear discrimination towards Army personnel. He understands her. He also understands the weight of the problem at hand. With him being the only high ranking officer in the Naval Base and the army commander a rank below him, he alone dictates the decisions that must be done in the Naval Base.
"I've spoken to the Army commander. It was his decision and the ground officers under him. We will retreat to Fukuoka while his men will stay behind to ensure that navy personnel aside from the Marine Guards are to retreat." Admiral Goto explained.
"I don't like it." Kaga immediately spoke.
"What's to like about it? Telling a naval officer to retreat from the mouth of an army officer is really fuckin' irritating me." Admiral Goto scratched the back of his head as he let out a sigh.
"Exactly, we'll be branded as cowards for leaving behind those soldiers while we tuck our tail underneath our legs." Kaga says crossing her arms on her chest and her posture tilted a bit to the side.
"So I basically told him, fuck you and your samurai traditions. Because the Combined Fleet will not retreat until all of his men gets out, alive."
Kaga nodded in agreement. With that said she leans in and listened.
"So the plan is to carve a path towards Fukuoka. We have limited amounts of cargo ships here so we have to leave behind a lot of equipment and prioritize on the lives of the personnel."
Admiral Goto then took a map from underneath his table cabinet and placed it on his table. With a red marker he then drew a path on the sea towards Fukuoka harbor.
"There will be ten Main battle fleets participating in this operation while the other fleets will be returning to their respective sectors and clear out the abyssals on their area. Key important sectors include: Guam, Sakhalin, Okinawa, Busan, Iwo Jima, Vladivostok, Hokkaido, and the Aleutian islands."
Numbers were written in each section designating the fleet that is assigned to clear out the sector. Each sector has two fleets assigned to it with Okinawa having three fleets which means…
"Okinawa is being invaded again?" Kaga asked.
"Yes, I really want to ask the abyssals at least once why they keep invading that island while the farthest island that we control, Guam, is not even attacked at least once." Admiral Goto added with a sigh.
Kaga looked at the numbers assigned on Okinawa. The eighth, third, and eleventh fleets were assigned with notes written on each fleet.
The eight fleet was assigned on vanguard. Third fleet the main body of the task force and the eleventh fleet assigned as the backbone. All in all a total of 31 shipgirls are sent on Okinawa.
"This operation will strain our resources to the point that we will be scrapping the barrel." Kaga spoke, knowing the extent of the expenses that will be used for this operation.
Operation Okinawa and Operation Fukuoka Pathfinder. Including the sector clearing and the excessive use of multiple heavier composed fleets.
"We are in a dire situation, I know. So you must make sure that each one of your girls will do their utmost best until we recover or find a breathing space by retreating to the Chougoko Region." Admiral Goto had a determined look on his face.
Something inside Kaga swirled like a hurricane passing over a major city right at the center of the hurricane. Like a person who has seen the eye of the storm, a calm period where u could see the sun and the strong winds and rain has stopped. But deep inside you still know that the worst has not yet finished and you start to prepare yourself for the second round of harsh winds and rains.
"I will make sure this operation will be successful, Admiral. You can count on me." Kaga said with determination burning on her eyes.
Admiral Goto nodded and a smile was formed on his face, "Let's show this fuckers not to mess on our turf."
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"Gintoki, please listen to me!"
"Stay away from me you monster! I can't believe it. I ate a human flesh. What the hell did you do to me!?"
The abyssal that was locked inside the area where a man named Toshiki Gin woke up, tried her best not to punch the steel door because she knows that the man she calls Gintoki is behind it.
Breathing heavily, Gintoki pressed his rumbling stomach that was shouting for more meat. Tears were coming out of his tear ducks as he slams his head into the steel door making a strong loud noise.
At that point the abyssal behind the door was starting to become anxious. If she can't reach him in time there will be a chance that he will do something irrational.
But then again what is rational to an abyssal like her that has infected a dead human body with her genes? Genes of unknown origin. Genes that came from her queen. Genes that makes her an abyssal, a monster.
"Gintoki listen to me! You died. You were attacked by my sister and I failed to protect you. When you were dying on my hands I didn't knew what to do. So I went here to ask help from a shipgirl to heal your wounds but she didn't came back and you died in front of me. I couldn't accept it…I couldn't accept it at all. I had no choice but to infect you with my genes….." The abyssal empress named Marianna explained with a soft and fleeting voice.
She pressed her armored hand into her cheeks feeling something warm trailing from her eyes. Her cheeks felt warm as well, her heart throbs so loudly that it was hurting her.
Slowly she aligns her finger into her eyes. It was a small speck of water. And she could feel more coming out of her eyes. With both hands she wiped her eyes until it was sore. She never felt this before, this feeling of intense sorrow.
His genes…it has affected me…..
Not just his genes, words, languages, places, things, names and such were as well transferred to her and it also includes the thing called human emotions which she did not posses.
Marianna felt something coming out of her stomach. It was a strong urge and she couldn't hold it in. With a wet sound she vomited out the contents of her stomach. A red looking wet substance that was compressed like a burger patty sprawled into the concrete floor.
What the hell…..is my body rejecting it?
"Why?!"
She heard a muffled scream behind the steel door. Confused, she raised her hand and spoke.
"Gintoki?"
"Why am I feeling relieved when I can't even remember who you are?! Why are you calling me Gintoki? Is that my name?! I can't remember anything at all!"
Marianna gritted her teeth and urged herself not to scream. She miscalculated, that was her first thoughts when Gintoki said that he couldn't remember her. She can bring back Gintoki by infected him with her genes but the brain cells that contains memories need sometime to be regenerated. And also a possibility of a memory not coming back is also there.
"Your name is Toshiki Gin. You live in Hiroshima together with your mother. Your mother left your apartment to serve the army. Her name is Mutsu."
"Why do you know this? Who told you all of this?!"
"My name is Marianna and you told me everything about you. You cooked for me, gave me shelter, gave me everything. You gave me a home, Gintoki."
Marianna presses her forehead into the steel door. She can feel Gintoki's presence behind the steel door. His back was pressed against it and he was hugging his head.
"Please believe me…I would never anything to hurt you. I couldn't bare to do it."
She can feel Gintoki's racing heartbeat slowing down. But that was just not the single thing she felt. She felt another as well. A beating heart of a Chu-type.
Marianna immediately slams her hands into the concrete wall near the steel door, making a hole that was big enough to slip herself through. The force was strong enough that the adjacent wall had a similarly shaped hole on it.
On her hand was the head of the Chu-type. Its body deteriorated into black goo because of the intense force that Marianna forced into its body.
The ceiling, surround corridors, and even the man sitting behind the steel door was painted with the black goo.
Marianna dropped the head of the Chu-type and walked towards the sitting Gintoki. His face was covered in goo so Marianna unmaterializes her gauntlets and touched him by the cheek, removing the black goo that was covering his face.
Gintoki had a pale looking skin. His skin is similar to those of an abyssal than a corpse. His eyes were glowing crimson orange, a bit different from Marianna's gold eyes.
However she can feel nothing about him. She…..sees him as an abyssal, no, but his presence was of a human being. A pseudo abyssal was what Marianna thought.
"Its not safe here. We have to leave." Marianna spoke as she grabbed him by the arm.
"What the hell was that? I felt its presence a while ago but I thought I was just imagining it!"
"Listen to me!" Marianna screamed raising Gintoki into his feet before embracing him, "Listen to me. Whatever happens I am here to protect you. If you need something just ask me. For now, we must go home."
"Home….?"
"Yes, home. Our home…and I will take you there safely." Marianna answered with a gentle voice.
CHAPTER END
Sorry for the late chapter guys. A lot of things happened in my country and I had to serve. Anyways expect new chapters coming out soon
UPDATED 10-09-18 - Corrected wrong grammars and repeating words