The wind was strong and the weather quite stormy. In the sky, large grey and black clouds promised its fair share of rain while in the surface of the sea, high waves moved the water and foam doted white the sea which was no longer blue.
Except form the cries of the seagulls, whistling of the wind and the roar of the waves, no sound could make itself hear above the sea level.
Below it however, several hundred meters below the surface,a soft and monotonous ping could be hear by those who dwelled below the sea.
Swimming at a comfortable speed in the vast dark depths, a lone girl was steadily looking around. She had pink short hairs with some strands wildly sticking out of her head. She also had pink eyes with a small bright light inside of them. The girl wore only a serafuku top with a blue collar and pink tie but under it she wore a blue one piece swimsuit similiar to those used in japanese schools.
The quite short girl continued on her way without any change in behavior for quite sometimes. Inside she was already felt quite fatigued since she has been at it for a long time but she knew better than to complain or laze around, her hard-working personality wouldn't allow it.
Suddenly however, a small buzing noise came into her hears, contrasting with the steady ping her body emmited all this time. Immediatly after, she heard another feminine voice talking directly in her head.
"I-58, here is I-168. Goya-chan, isn't it time to go back to base already ?" asked the voice.
I-58 looked to her left. She knew that the position of her companion was approximatively six kilometers to the west of her position, just outside of her sonar range. She then pondered the question. It was indeed true that she and her team at been out for some time now, to the point that it was not the first time that another of her colleagues asked if it was time to go back home. But at the same time their mission was important and the more time they spent outside, the better it was.
The swimmer remained silent for some time but after a short nod to herself, she finally decided on her answer.
"You're right Imuya-chan. I-58 to all units, gather at rendez-vous point. It's time we go back to base, decchi" transmitted I-58 as she began to turn back.
Then suddently at her words, a collective sigh of relieve overcame her radio transmissions.
"Ah finally ! I'm so tired... I just want to go back and continue to read my book", came a new voice.
"Yes. I think it was time to finish this mission", added Imuya.
"Decchi ! You're really a slave driver !", cried a german accented voice.
This last line triggered something in I-58 mind, sensing a vein pulsing on her forhead, she cried at the radio.
"My name is Goya, decchi ! I told you many times already Ro-chan !"
However I-58 complaint felt in deaf hears. Ro-500 still didn't get her nickname right while giggles came from the others radiowaves.
As the sky was growing darker with the sun probably setting behind the thick black clouds, the group of seven submarines approached the docks of their beloved base. The only thing that prevented them to say they were truly going home was that the water in which they were swimming in was alien to them.
I-58 pushed aside those dark thoughts as she looked behind, to her companions. I-168, I-19, I-26, I-8, I-504 and Ro-500. As their flagship, she couldn't let herself be caught unfocused in a foreign environment.
As she and her team stepped on the concrete ground of the docks, they were greeted by a familiar figure. Seemingly waiting for them was a young woman emitting a motherly aura. She had dark blue hairs and dark pink eyes. She was also clothed in something similar to a sailor uniform and had an apron with a cute whale printed on it.
"Welcome back, everyone" she greeted with a light caring voice.
At her sight, most of her team ran happily toward her. Goya was tempted to join them too but she restrained herself, knowing she was still on service.
"I-58, flagship of the first recon submarine squadron, reporting", said firmly I-58.
"Good work out there. The admiral sent me to receive your report and help you with resupply if needed", answered the woman as she patted the smaller submarines that swarmed her.
"I throught you were on sortie with the I-400 class on another reconaissance mission, Taigei-san".
"I was. However the bad weather made aerial missions difficult so the operation was aborted. I came back to base not long before you", Taigei explained. "You must be tired Goya-chan, so let me have your report and go take some rest. The admiral might need your help again soon".
At these words I-58 let a loud sigh escape her mouth. She was a reknowned workaholic but it didn't mean she liked it one bit. She too liked to have free time, at some point.
While praying that the admiral had mercy for her, I-58 reported to the submarine tender.
Before sorteing, everyone knew they would find some foreign things during the mission. Previous ground, surface and aerial recon missions reported an unknown landscape, unknown cities and town and unknown beings roaming the lands. Not even far before their departure, some women with half fish bodies were sighted lurking in the waters around the base. So I-58 and the others were midly surprised to find strange creatures roaming in the depths of the sea.
The first report came from I-504. The small italian submarine was quite surprised when a "big Jellyfish lady" was appeared in front of her. The contact turned to be quite hostile since it tried to catch I-504 with it's tentacles. Fortunally she managed to evade and get away. She observed that while the creature attacked her, she didn't seem motivated to chase and wasn't even particulary fast, seemingly drifting along with the current.
The second report came from I-19 while she explored the sea floor. There she she met several other creatures : one had the upper body of a woman and a lower body of a red sea cucumber. Another was a pale looking woman living in a seashell with a lot of tentacles. And the last was another woman with the lower body of an Anemone. While Iku wasn't attacked by any of them, the lively and honestly noisy submarine went stayed strangely silent for the rest of the mission.
The last report of importance without accounting the topographic datas, was the discovery of a large structure looking like a building on the sea floor. It was I-58 who found it and while she could have investigated it further, she decided against it since her sonar detected a lot activity around it.
As Goya finished her report, she looked at Taigei who was taking notes on a small notebook with a small submarine-like print on it. After she finished scribing, she turned to I-58 with a smile.
"You did a good work. I'm sure the admiral will be pleased. I'll handle the rest so you and the others are now dismissed", she said.
Then Taigei let her gaze fall on one particular submarine which was quite uncharacteristically quiet and away from the rest. Indeed, I-19 looked nothing like her former self. The busty submaring known for her flirty attitude had her head down, her vibrant blue hairs covering the top of her face.
"Iku-chan... Are you alright ?" asked tentatively the worried Taigei.
At first Iku didn't react. Then, when the submarine tender approached her, I-19 suddently threw herself at her waist, sobbing loudly.
"Iku-chan ! What's wrong ?" asked the now alarmed Taigei.
"I..." began the sobbing submarine before looking up at the motherly shipgirl with big tears rolling out of her eyes. "I lost !" she cried loudly.
Taigei was about to asked what she meant about that but unexpectedly Iku continued.
"Their boobs were so huge ! And what with those tentacles ! It looked like they went out a porn magazine ! So lewd ! Waaah ! This is cheating ! I hate this world !"
Iku crying rant continued some times but everyone already knew better than to say anything. I-19 always had some loose screws and now the self-proclaimed "lewdest thing in the naval base" was facing an identity crisis.
I-58 let another heavy sigh. She was fine with doing a lot of jobs but there is no way she will deal with Iku bullshit.
A/N :
Hello there. Those are my first author notes on this fanfic. First I want to thank everyone who took the time to read this story, specially the person who reviewed. Thanks for pointing the error that I made and I hope you will be pleased to read the rest of this story.
Since I don't plan to do A/N at the end of every chapters, I will take this occasion to give some precisions about this story
First, I am not an native english speaker. I'm actually french and while I can read english just fine, writing in english is quite a challenge. So there is a high probability that the chapters contains gramatical errors and weird phrasing. If so, don't hesitate to notify me in the reviews. And if someone is proposing for beta-reading, I am all willing to accept.
Now about the story. While this is not the first fanfiction I wrote or even published, it is the first story I wrote in english and posted on this site. So, beside the difficulties of writing in a foreign language, there is also the problem of me doing mistakes with the chapter publications (reposting the same chapter, bad editing, ect...).
About the rating of this story : I don't plan to write sex scenes and the likes but Monster Girl Quest being Monster Girl Quest, there is a possibility that the rating may change to M.
Originally, this story was planned to be a one shot. The first chapter was something which was stuck in my mind for some time and I found it quite funny. So it's mean that the next chapters including the second and this one, are me expanding the concept of this story. As such I don't really know where exactly this will go but I still have some ideas. For the time being the form of the chapters will remain the same : ship girls interacting with the world of monster girl quest. If you have suggestions, feel free to share them and I'll see what I'll do with it.
Finally, I'll end this author note with the publication. Since I'm a college student, I'll publish when I am not too busy with classes, homework and the like. So expect irregular updates.
Thank you for reading, feel free to review and have a nice day.