Hello everyone I'm back for Chapter 3 in the Fanfiction.
Now I have been getting a few questions regarding if the new Ship Girl Iowa will be in this Fanfiction or not. Well I just want to confirm that she will be in this Fanfiction. She won't hold a major role until later.
Another thing is that the loss of Akagi will be explained later in the story. So please be patient.
I also would like to thank everyone for the support. I don't think I would continue this story, without all of you.
So now without further ado on with the story!
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Angel's Of Our Future Chapter Three: Battle Born
Pacific Ocean
August 18, 2024
Deep below the waters of the once historically significant Naval base that was Midway. A massive structure sat. It was almost triple the size of the atoll. Hordes of Abyssal moved in, and out of the structure. Deeper inside, in what looked like a strange throne room, two figures could be seen. One was sitting on the throne, while the other kneeled before them.
"Ah Battleship Hime you've come to report?" The one on the throne asked, looking down at the women
"Yes." The women now know as the Battleship Hime revealed.
"I've heard that the Japanese made a pact with the American's?" The one in the throne asked. She was clearly the one in charge here. She had pure white skin, with strange red lines moving across it. She had on an equally white dress, with a strange, black line collar around her neck, covering her mouth. It almost looked like it was made out of some sort of rock. Her hair was as equally white, as the rest of her, as well. But the strangest thing was the two horn like objects coming out of her head.
The other was as equally strange. She had pure white skin like the other, but with long straight jet black hair. Unlike the one sitting in the throne, she had on an equally black dress. It was fairly simple, no extravagant designs to it. And again like the other one, she too had strange horns, growing out of her forehead.
"Yes." Battleship Hime finally answered after a moment of silence. "They have gave the superpower their complete cooperation. But that's all the information I was able to gather." She added. The one one in the white dress simply smiled. Everything was going according to plan, the U.S. was playing right into their palm.
"And our attack group has successfully engaged Yamato, and Nagato?" The one on the throne asked.
"Yes. We plan to knock them out here. They've also sent out some of their Carriers." The Battleship infromed her.
"We can take out two bird's with one stone." She said, with a sinister chuckle. She swore that humanity was always so stupid. "Do you know how the European, and Southern Asian campaigns go?" She asked, shifting in her seat.
"With the swift defeat of the Spanish military, we're now successfully pushing threw France. They can hardly stand up to our might. The only country's that can hold their own against us now are Germany, and Britain." She explained to her leader.
"What about Russia?" The all white one asked, wondering if their plan, and attacks had been successful. She wanted to keep the superpowers busy for as long as possible.
"Our hit, and run tactics in Siberia have proven very successful. They've never faced an enemy that could handle the winter better then them. They won't be assisting Europe for awhile." Battleship Hime, informed her, still kneeling.
"And the assault on Asia?" She asked, looking almost bored.
The black haired women was reluctant to answer her question for a moment. Know that her leader would not like the answer. But she knew she must tell her. "They've got us bogged down in a nasty ground war. We've defeated much of the southern Pacific country's. Australia's barely hanging onto Sydney, and most of it's military has fallen. They'll be gone by the end of the month. China's giving us a hard time. With their massive population, and military it'll be a while before they fall."
The white haired beauty simply laughed at this. "It doesn't matter. It's all preparation. For the grand finale. The prize." She said, staring up at the ceiling.
Battleship Hime knew exactly what she meant. The only superpower in the world, that still launched offensive's against the Abyssal's. "The United States." She hissed out.
The one in the throne simply smiled at this. Her subordinate knew well. "With their advanced technology, and large number of Ship Girl's. They've proven a problem. That's why I wanted to save them for last. Defeating them, will be the last step in the eradication of mankind." The white one said with a smile.
"So that's why we haven't set foot, or gone on a major offensive against them." The Battleship said with a sinister smile. It all made sense to her. They were going to bleed the U.S. dry of allies, and resources.
"Right, but we don't want them getting too relaxed. That's why I brought you here. Show them our power." She said, standing up from the throne, and walking down to the waiting women.
"Whatever you wish Midway Hime-Sama." The smaller ship said, bowing even further.
"Take your Fleet to their mighty Coastal wall. Punch a hole right threw it. Show them, that we are still very much a threat." The one now known as Midway Hime said to her.
The Battleship immediately stood up, and stared at her for a moment, before she remembered the other reason she came to speak with Midway. "Something else Midway-sama." She began.
"What is it?" Midway asked.
"It's about Northern Hime." She revealed. Midway immediately perked up at this.
"What about my youngest daughter?" She asked.
Battleship Hime hesitated for moment, but decided it would be for the best to tell her. "She's been captured.….By the Northern Korean's."
Suddenly Midway's facial expression, changed drastically. From calm, and collect to slightly annoyed, and angry. She hated it when her Girl's failed. Even if it was one of her daughters. "It's her own pathetic self, that got her into that mess. She's always crying for her brother. If she's unskilled enough to let such a primitive country, as North Korea capture her. Then she has no place in our fleet. If she can survive until the coming invasion then we'll go get her, if not it's an acceptable loss. The Hime said to the other. Her order was clear, forget about the little Girl.
"Understood." Battleship Hime said, nodding her head, but in her mind she was incredibly shock. She knew Midway could be cruel, but she didn't know she would do that to her own daughter.
"Now go." Midway said, motioning her towards the door. She quickly obeyed the order, and left the room. Leaving Midway by herself. As the door slammed shut to the room, Midway slowly walked back to her throne. "Good luck. My eldest daughter, you're a proud Battleship." She whispered out.
Okinawa, Japan
August 18, 2024
United States Special Force's, Lieutenant Kurt Housley
Kurt looked down at Kaga one more time. The Carrier wasn't fairing that well. Technical she wasn't able to float anymore, so she was completely out when it came to combat. But that wasn't even the worst of it, she was bleeding heavily all over her body, and has severe burn wounds all over the left half of her body. She wouldn't last very long out here.
"Leave me." Kaga said, looking up at him. She was suppose to be dead right now. Why the hell did he save her!
"Not a chance." The Seal said, with a smirk, moving her so she would be able jump on his back. Even with her verbal retaliation, she still latched onto his back, for dear life. Which in this case it was. Kurt didn't notice this at the time, but Kaga smiled when she heard that he wasn't going to leave her to die. But all of them other Carriers noticed this.
They all watch this, and smiled even though they were being fired upon by Abyssal's. They were happy to see one of their sister's happy again. They maybe different classes, but all the Carriers consider themselves sisters.
But all that happiness quickly faded, when Amagi, who had been holding onto Shoukaku back and then the rest of them noticed a dark object approaching them.
"Kurt watch out!" Amagi screamed out, just as an Abyssal destroyer jumped out of the water. They were about to repeat what had just happened. But Kurt wasn't going to have any of it!
He unstrapped his SR-25 DMR, and swiftly moved to the side to dodge the Destroyer. "Don't fuck with me!" Kurt shouted out, as he wiped back around, and fired upon the Abyssal. The shots from the power rifle, torn right threw the Abyssal's armor. Shattering it.
It was dead before it hit the water.
More Abyssal's began to engage Kurt, and Kaga. While Shoukaku, and Zuikaku fired all of their planes, still trying to support the Carrier's.
Kurt moved side to side in the water, trying to dodge all their shots, but with Kaga on his back it made him slightly sluggish. Luckily for him, he was wearing armor. A few bullets impacted his body, and bounced off the armor, as he protected Kaga from any fire.
Once the bullets stopped firing, Kaga began to speak out. "Kurt don't be stupid! Forget about me, and get out of here. I'm already sinking! I'm dead!" She pleaded with him to retreat.
"Like hell you are! I don't care if you sink, I'll still pull you back up, as many times as it takes!" He shouted back, as he punched an incoming Abyssal light cruiser.
Kaga stared at the back of his head for a moment. He kept moving side to side, and every attack that came his way, he made sure he took the front of it. He really did plan on protecting her. "K-Kurt." She stuttered out, with a small blush.
"Zuikaku cover us!" He shouted to the Aircraft Carrier behind him. Her, and Shoukaku were the only ones that could effectively assist the reminding forces.
"Right!" Zuikaku yelled out, as she once again began to fire her bow. The amount of planes she launched in the next minute, even made her sister a bit shocked. Over a hundred planes now flew threw the air, trying to hold their own against the Abyssal's. But it wasn't enough, soon Zuikakusl's planes were getting knocked out faster, then she could send them out.
Kurt seeing this, knew there was only one option. We reluctantly fell back to the three Aircraft Carrier's. "We have to fall back." He said, as he approached them.
"Where's our Destroyer support!?" Zuikaku called out, as she continued to launch planes, but was running out of arrows fast.
"N-No idea. Our comms have been silent for awhile!" Amagi shouted out, weakly. It never amazed Kurt how much damage these girls could take before dying. Amagi had her whole arm blown off, and she was handling it quite well. They could replace her arm, but she was losing a lot of blood, which worried him. Her, and Kaga wouldn't have much time. They had to think of something quick, or they'd all be dead.
Then suddenly, and idea crossed Kurt's mind. It was risking, but he was sure they could do it. "Wait a minute. Can you still contact the Battleships?" He asked, the group of Carriers.
"Yeah, but what for?" Shoukaku asked, knowing that he probably had some crazy plan up his sleeve.
"Tell them to make their way to our position." He told the girl, as he gunned down two Destroyers. Her eyes suddenly widened in shock, that plan was pure suicide. There were way too many Abyssal's around for them to make a clear path for them. Even with her, and her sister, she doubted they had enough firepower to help the Girl's.
"But without enough air support they'll be taken out!" Zuikaku protested.
"Then we better give em enough support. It's up to us." Kurt said, as he moved back to the Aircraft Carrier's. There wasn't a lot of option, right now considering their Destroyer support group was no where to be found. He was going to have a chat with the Admiral if they survived this.
"I don't know if I can!" Zuikaku shouted back. Kurt immediately stared back at her. Her tone of voice was very familiar. It was the sound of a soldier cracking under pressure. This wasn't good.
Without thinking, Kurt moved towards her, and put his hand on her shoulder. "You can do it. Trust me." He said with a confident smile.
The Carrier hesitated for a moment, before nodding her head, with a determined expression. He smirked, these Girl's never seemed to give up. The Seal quickly turned to the other able bodied Carrier. "Alright. Shoukaku tell them."
She nodded, before tapping the her small ear piece. "Attention all friendly Battleships make your way over to us. We have a better chance for survival if we stick together. We'll cover you with air support."
After she ended the communication, they all waited for what seemed like minutes, for a response. Suddenly Shoukaku's comm started to crackle a bit, and then Yamato's voice boomed through it. "Understood. Making our way over to you now." The legendary Battleship responded, just as more Abyssal's began to engage them. Not wanting to the Girls to get hurt, Kurt gladly distracted the incoming Abyssal's.
This was the Aircraft Carrier's cue. They both breathed in for a moment, and arched back their bows.
"Give it your all!" Kurt shouted back, as he took down a destroyer.
"You got it!" Zuikaku yelled, firing her bow. Same with Shoukaku. A split second later, planes were sent flying through the air, and were soon engaging Abyssal's. The two kept firing more arrows from their bows, while Kurt did his best to protect them.
"I don't know if they'll make it." Kaga whispered out behind him. She was now literally hanging onto Kurt, her body was already giving out on her. He need to get her out of here immediately.
"They'll make it! I swear, I'll make sure none of you go down!" He shouted back to her, with fierce determination. This made her eyes widened, his voice had the certain tone, and sway to it. For some reason, she knew he was right…..somehow. "A-Are you stupid?" She asked with a small blush appearing across her face.
"Maybe. But who cares? We have to focus on getting everyone out of here." He said, looking towards the next approaching group of Abyssal's. He resolve didn't waver at all, as he stared at them. This is another thing that shocked Kaga. Usually any Japanese man that saw the Abyssal's would be slightly frightened.
But that was one thing about the American's that hasn't changed since World War II. Their determination. Back during the war she had heard her sailor's talking about it, and she even witness it first hand. They weren't afraid to jump into the fry, even if the odds weren't in their favor, they would always hold their ground to the very the end. They would never go quietly into the Night. They were the perfect enemy for the Abyssal's to face.
"I'm out of arrows!" Zuikaku suddenly yelled out. Snapping Kaga out of her thoughts.
"Take mine!" Amagi shouted, tossing her, the remaining arrows she possessed. Zuikaku quickly thanked her, and began to fire the arrows around like crazy. She didn't want the Battleship's to sink, she didn't want to lose any of her friends.
"Abyssal's incoming!" Shoukaku warned Kurt. The Seal looked directly infront of him to see a small group of fighters headed straight for them. Allied planes were already close behind the fighters, trying to take them out.
Luckily for Kurt, they got all but one. He didn't have enough time though to adjust his rifle to the correct angle. "Hopefully a pot shot will be enough!" He shouted, opening fire with his SR.
But thankfully Kurt had luck on his side. One of his rounds clipped the side of its wings, and it began to spiral out of control.
It immediately crashed, not even five feet infront of them. Pelting them with water, and debris. The Seal did the best he could, to cover Kaga from the blast. As they recovered from the shockwave, Kaga's eyes went wide, as the memories of her fallen sister came flying through her mind.
"Are you alright!?" He shouted out, looking behind, with distress. Something was wrong with her.
She was now shaking on his back, and tried to hang on for dear life. Kaga also kept, clutching the side of her head, as if she was trying to stop certain pain. "Snap out of it!" Kurt shouted back, as he continued to give the Carriers cover fire.
Suddenly she wrapped her arms around his chest, and leaned into him, tightly. Tears were coming out of her eyes. "Not like my sister please don't!" She yelled out, gripping the back of his uniform.
Kurt now knew what was going on, she was still incredibly unstable right now, and was suffering greatly. This wasn't good, along with the blood she lost, and the emotional stress that was getting to her. He didn't know if she'd survive.
Kurt being himself knew that he needed her to calm down. So he stopped dead in the water, and stared back at her. "HEY! Snap out of it! We can have an emotional breakdown later. When we're out of a combat zone!" He yelled. Something instantly snapped inside the Carrier's mind. He was right, she was acting like a little kid. She thought she was over Akagi's death, but meeting Kurt made all the feeling's she'd had repressed, resurface.
Kaga remained silent for another moment, thinking over everything, before looking up at Kurt. "Alright I got it." She said with determination.
"Good. Now take this." He said, handing her his Walther P22.
"You got it." She said sternly. She had to do her best to defend the Ship Girl's. This IS what Akagi would've wanted.
"Battleship's incoming!" Shoukaku shouted out. Looking at the approaching group of Ship Girl's.
"They did it." Kurt said looking out, with a smirk. He knew they could.
But the celebration was short lived, as an Abyssal Cruiser flew out of the water infront of him, and began to open fire. He was unprepared for this. He quickly tried to raise his rifle in defense, but he wasn't quick enough.
Suddenly he saw, something approaching from behind the Cruiser, and a couple seconds later the enemy Cruiser was flattened by the legendary Battleship Nagato. "OUT OF MY WAY!" She yelled out, as she rammed into the enemy, and pushed her down to the bottom of the ocean.
A couple seconds later the remaining Battleship's, Carrier's and escorts came flying by. They began to cover the Carrier group.
"Thanks for the cover." Nagato said, looking towards the Carriers, and Kurt. Her eyes immediately fixed on him. 'Shit.' Echoed through his head.
"W-We tried our best." Amagi stuttered out, trying to catch her breath.
Nagato immediately saw Amagi's condition, and widened her eyes in shock. "Amagi!" She shouted out. Shoukaku was barely holding onto the other Carriers. She was too heavy for her.
"We're in deep here. Two of our Carrier's are down." Kurt said, as he scanned the skies, shooting shots out to any approaching fighters. Lucky for him that the SR-25 could penetrate the Fighters armor. His regular M27 couldn't even scratch it.
But as Kurt's words, echoed out, Nagato was immediately fixated on him again. This time with eyes full of rage. "American!" She spat out, moving straight up to him.
"Not this again!" Kurt shouted out, clearly frustrated with this. He just got Kaga to stop calling him that, and now he had this Battleship on his ass again.
"What the hell is this white pig doing here!" She shouted out, looking at the rest of the Girl's for answers.
"Nagato-sama calm down." One of the Battleships said, as she continued to give cover fire for them.
"Stay out of this Haruna!" Nagato yelled back. Her voice was full of venom at this point.
"I'm on your side." Kurt said, not backing down from the Battleship.
"Bull shit. The only good American is a good American!" She shouted out, trying to push him away, he quickly evaded her hand. But his movements caused Kaga to begin to cough violently, making Nagato take notice to her. "And what're you doing with Kaga!"
"I-I'm fine Nagato." Kaga responded back weakly, blood trailing out of her mouth. She was beginning to become very pale, and weak.
Kurt did not have time for this. He needed to get the injured back to base.
"What the hell did he do to you!" Nagato shouted, trying to reach for her, but Kurt quickly jerked back. He didn't want anyone to accidentally injury her more, but there was something else as well. A sense of being protective of her. "She's gravely injured. If I put her down, she'll sink." He said, keeping her out of reach from the Battleships. Many couldn't see it, but Kaga slightly smiled.
"So she picked survival, instead of the honorable way out? Disrespectful." Nagato spat out. This Battleship was beginning to really piss him off. Not to mention, they were in a warzone!
"I saved her. I pulled her back when she was sinking." Kurt said, defending her from any further of the Battleships insults.
"So you keep her from her honorable death!" Nagato shouted approaching him again, with the intent to do harm. This Ship Girl did not like Americans one bit.
Nagato was about to strike Kurt, but a sudden shout caught her attention. The Battleship looked to the source of the shout. Kaga. She had a menacing expression, causing a slight bit of worry to manifest in the Battleships mind. "I'm not going to throw my life away, for nothing. Akagi wouldn't want that! There's more to life, then just death, and honor." She said, looking to Kurt, as a slight blush appeared across her face.
Nagato began to chuckle. "You're wrong. Akagi would be disappointed in you." She laughed, causing the Carrier to look down down in sadness, and disappointment. This pissed off the Seal.
He didn't want to deal with the stuck up Battleship's crap. Someone needed to bring her down a peg. "Hey!" He shouted out, catching both of the Girl's attention. "She's your damn comrade. I don't care if you insult me, but show her some respect. I don't know how you run it in Japan, but where I'm from we show our men, and women respect!" He said, getting right up into Nagato's face.
The Battleship felt insulted. How dare this American, come, and stomp on her! She was the part of the Big Seven! She would not be treated like this. "Like America has improved at all in these past seventy-nine years. Brutes, will be brutes." She said with menacing expression, trying to intimidate the Seal.
"Well us Brutes are the only country that's trying to save all of you right now!" He said, reloading his SR.
Nagato looked ready to rip off Kurt's head. All the other Girls were getting extremely worried. Suddenly the sound of feet gliding across the water, caught everyone's attention.
"HEY!" Yamato shouted out, moving between Kurt, and Nagato. You could tell she was the leader type, just by looking at her.
"Stay out of this Yamato." Nagato urged, but she didn't move. She stood her ground, and stared directly into the eyes of Nagato. "I will not. He is our Ally, he's spilled blood for us. We are the Japanese. We treat our allies with respect." She said.
Nagato was about to respond, but the sound of an Abyssal fighter flying over head caught everyone's attention. "Dammit. We'll discuss this later. We have to hold all of them off." Nagato said, eyeballing Kurt the entire time.
All the girls began to fire their cannons at the approaching Abyssal's. Kurt stayed back with the injuried, and Carriers. His rifle wasn't suited for close range. Yamato came gliding up beside him, firing her massive 18.1 in guns at the Abyssal's.
"Where's the rest of your Fleet?" She asked loudly.
"Unknown. The Admiral hasn't contacted us. We're on our own." He responded back to her. That was all she needed, she immediately went into leader mode. Seeing that she felt Nagato wasn't up for his anymore.
She immediately began ordering Girl's around, and calling out targets. All the heavy Battleship's formed a circle around the other's, while the Aircraft Carrier's, and injured remained in the center.
Massive shells flew in every direction, as dozens of planes flew over head. He looked back at Kaga, she was steadily firing his pistol. She had a determined look in her eyes. She wasn't going to give up here.
Kurt was going to make sure she wouldn't die. He could promise her that.
"WHY THE HELL NOT!" Tenryuu shouted, as she slammed both of her hands down on the Admiral's desk.
"Tenryuu-sama please." Inazuma pleaded, with the rest of her sister. They both stood behind her, clearly afraid of the pissed off light cruiser.
"Why won't you send us out!" She yelled out, looking back to them.
Currently Tansho had all the Destroyer support groups hold in the docks for the time being. He wouldn't let a single one of them out, and Tenryuu was in his office to find out the reasoning behind this.
"It's not tactical sound. All of our remaining Battleships are in the repair bay, same with our Carrier's. If we were to just send Destroyer's out…you'd all die." He said, with a grim, and stoic expression. Houshou stood behind him, with an extremely worried look. What was her husband doing?
"What about everyone else out there already! They could be dying right now, because of us." She asked, advancing aggressively towards his desk.
"They knew well before going in there, what would happen to them." He simply stated. His tone was really pissing her off. He wasn't acting like their usual Admiral anymore.
"What about Kurt huh? If he dies out there, we'll have to answer to the United States!" She yelled out, not wanting a war.
"We'll just say he died defending the base against the Abyssal." He said, sitting back in his chair, and staring at his computer screen. Which was currently in sleep mode.
"What! I will not let my friends die out there!" She shouted back in rage.
"If they do, it would've been a necessary tactical-" Tansho was never able to finish, before Tenryuu's fist connected with his face, sending him flying back in his chair.
"Tenryuu!" Inazuma panicked out, as her, and the rest of the Akatsuki sisters held the Cruiser back.
"Don't ever say that again. We're not mindless machine's, stop saying it, like we are! You shitty Admiral!" She screamed out, wanting to punch the man more. "I know You know you lied to us." She added, as the Akatsuki's held her back.
Tansho who was still recovering from the punch, immediately looked at her with suspicion. "What do you mean?" He asked, rubbing the right side of his face, where the punch had hit.
"You told us that the Abyssal's targeted us specifically. That's why we've been attacked so much, and lost so many Ship Girl's. But Kurt told me otherwise. He says it's all over the World. It makes me think, what else you've been lying to us about Admiral." She explained to him, before getting out of the other girls hold, and walking towards the door.
Tansho eyes immediately widened, from her explanation. They weren't suppose to know. The Lieutenant had to be muzzled, and quickly. "Where are you going!" He yelled out, getting up from his chair.
Tenryuu stopped for a moment, before looking back at him. "To go save my friends." She said, walking out of his office.
Tansho immediately looked at the Akatsuki sisters.
"Go stop her." He ordered. They all nervously nodded their heads, before heading out the door. After the left he looked back to Houshou. "Make sure they do it." The Admiral told his wife.
"O-Of course." She said with a slight stutter, moving out of the room quickly. She was beginning to get caution of her husband.
"If only those Girl's knew the truth." Tansho said to himself, as he woke his computer up. The screen of an open email quickly appeared. The Admiral read it once again.
JMSDF High Command
We know what you've done. Do not send anymore Ship Girl's out, to try, and save them. That is all.
Long live the Emperor.
From: Fleet Admiral Jun Koto
Tansho couldn't keep the secret from his Girls for long. And when they find out….they'll hate him forever. Maybe even kill him."
"Hold the line!" Kurt shouted out, as he brought down an Abyssal Destroyer. The other Girls had continued their circular guard formation around them, but some Abyssal's were beginning to break threw.
"Defend the Carriers!" Yamato ordered, as she blew away an Abyssal Battleship with ease. Humanity was seriously lucky to have her on their side.
After a couple more minutes of fighting the Abyssal's began to back off, regrouping for another attack.
"T-That's the last of them. For now." Nagato said, breathing heavily. She was already injuried before this fight began, so she was at a severe disadvantage.
"How's everyone doing?" Kurt asked, looking behind him. Amagi layed on the surface of the water, as another girl worked on her, and Kaga who was still on Kurt's back.
The girl who was working on the Carrier's had long jet black hair with, what Kurt could only explain as flaps that might have mirrored a dogs ears. She wore an black serafuku. But it was covered in blood from the now unconscious Amagi. She had to work hard on both of the Girl's just too keep then alive. Kaga wasn't doing good at all. Kurt entire back was stained with blood from her.
The black haired girl, finished tying a tourniquet on her arm, and moved over to Kaga. She tried to stop the heavy bleeding on her back. "I'm doing my best to stop their bleeding." She said, as she cleaned Kaga's back of blood.
"S-Shigure focus on Amagi. She's got it worse." Kaga stuttered out, trying to push the Girl away.
"Kaga-sama." The Girl now know as Shigure said, with worry.
Kaga smiled weakly at her. "Go Shigure."
The Girl reluctantly moved away, going back to Amagi, who's body was beginning to fall slightly into the water. Shigure quickly picked her up, assuring she wouldn't die.
Kurt looked back towards Kaga in concern. She was to injured to deny help. "You need to get back to the base." He said to her softly.
"Don't you start." She said, looking at him, with an annoyed expression. She wasn't going to abandon all her comrades, and friends.
"I'm getting you out of here." Kurt said, moving his shoulders so she was more comfortable. She was literally latched onto the man.
"We need to find someway to cover are retreat." Shoukaku said, as she fired more of her arrows. She was getting dangerous low on them though, even with Amagi's arrows.
Suddenly the engine roar of Abyssal's bombers caught everyone's attention. They all looked up to see waves of Abyssal aircraft approach their position. All the Girl's raised their guns, and began to unload their shells at aircraft. But even with their best efforts the Abyssal's kept coming, and dropping their bombs on their intended target's. Some of the Girl's got damaged even more.
"These things are like annoying little drones. They don't stop coming at you!" Zuikaku yelled as she grabbed a low flying fighter out of the air, and ripped it in two. She had run out of arrows long ago, so hand to hand was the only thing she could do.
Something immediately clicked in Kurt's head, when he heard Zuikaku say drones. "Wait….drones. That's it!" He shouted out, as he knocked a fighter out of the sky. He was running low on ammo, fast.
"What?" Kaga asked, as she fired the pistol, pelting an Abyssal aircraft with fire, giving Kurt enough time to take it out. The other Girls had to admit, those two worked together well as a team.
"NORAD developed the planetary drone defensive network. PDDN for short." He said, nearly knocking himself in the head for forgetting about PDDN. His sister would be slapping him upside the head if she was their with him.
"What the hell is that!" Nagato yelled out, as she shot down two more fighters.
"We have the largest drone Fleet in the world. Our military thought it would be a brilliant idea to put most of them in the upper Stratosphere. So we would be able to call them down at any point, anywhere. For any situation." He explained to them. In truth the PDDN was revolutionary. It was deployed in late 2018, it took 80% of the drone Fleet in total. They would've done this sooner, but their main issue was power, they didn't know how to keep their drones fully powered up without landing again. But then some of them came up with the idea to stick them up in the Stratosphere, where they could collect sunlight, and be fully solar powered. Now any team in the field could call down a drone strike immediately. God he loved technology sometimes.
"That's insane!" Zuikaku said, as she can gliding up beside him. Kaga was also amazed. She had no idea his country was so technology superior to hers. Nagato although a lot of the Girl's didn't see it was also surprised.
"Maybe, but we have over 100 thousand drones flying over us right now. I'm sure some of them can spare their time to help us." He said with a smirk.
"Even so how the hell are you even going to get one down here?" Nagato asked. She seriously doubted the man.
"Like this." He said, tapping a button on the side of his sunglasses. Almost immediately his sunglasses HUD lit up a bright blue.
"Welcome. Please wait for DNA confirmation." A feminine computerized voice said. Kurt knew what it was about to do. On each side of his glasses, their were two small scanner nodes. That scanned his very DNA make up, to assure it was the living breathing thing. But it also did a brain scan too, it could detect the slightest negative thought, about anything. That being so if he was captured the enemy couldn't just use him to access the network, and kill him. He needed to be in constant connection with the network, to access the data he needed.
A couple seconds later, the computerized voice began to speak again. "DNA confirmation code accept. Please enter typed confirmation code."
Kurt almost slapped himself in the face. He didn't know if they changed his access code yet. If they did the Girl's, and him were screwed.
He took a deep breath, before beginning to speak his old code. "Tango-Whisker-Zulu-Omega-One-Five-Nine."
He waited a couple seconds, to wait for the computer to recognized the information. "Confirmation code accepted. Welcome Lieutenant Housley. Patching you through to a drone handler immediately." The computer said, with a almost happy like sound to it.
But a couple seconds later the computer voice was gone. Replaced by another. "Ah Lieutenant good to hear from you. You're with Seal team Saber, a detachment of Seal team 6 if I'm correct? This is United States Airforce Captain Mark Jones on station, ready to assist. What can I do for you?" Captain Jones asked. His voice was as rough, as gravel.
"Sir we're in deep here. Surrounded on all sides by hostiles. We have a few critical wounded here as well." Kurt said, looking around at all the Ship Girl's. They were all weakened in some way of form.
"Understood Lieutenant. We have a view on you from above.…..damn what did you do? Attract the entire Abyssal armada?" The Airman joked.
"Sure feels like it." Kurt said with a small chuckle.
"Don't worry. What do you require?" He asked, just as more Abyssal's began to pass over all of them.
"Anything sir. To cover us, as we retreat!" He shouted out, shooting at the Abyssal's. There was a slight pause on the comm, before the Captains voice echoed through his headset again. "Copy. I'm deploying 10 Sentinel Warfighter's to your AO. ETA 2 minutes and 30 seconds. I suggest you tighten your position. Their coming in hot."
"Understood." Kurt said, putting a fresh mag in his SR-25.
"Good luck. I'll keep you posted. Jones out." He said, before clearing the channel.
"Everyone group together. We got a drone strike coming in!" He yelled out to all of the Girl's.
They all moved closer to him without hesitation. He guessed without their Admiral, they decided to follow him for now.
"This better work American." Nagato said gliding beside him. This girl seriously did not like him.
"Don't call me that." He spat out. She was about to protest before, the sudden wall of lead stopped her.
"Abyssal's advancing!" Haruna called out, as she shot the approaching ships.
"Light em up!" Yamato called out, firing her guns. Ripping apart the enemies directly infront of her. They were simple Destroyers, and Cruisers. So they never stood a chance.
"More aircraft inbound!" Shigure called out, pointing into the sky.
"Aircraft carriers fire!" Kurt yelled out. The remaining Carrier's didn't hesitate to fire all their remaining arrows upwards. Dozens of friendly aircraft now squared off with the Abyssal's. But it wasn't going in the Girl's favor.
"Your drones better hurry up!" Nagato shouted as she fired her one remaining gun. Kurt knew they would be here any second.
"10 new targets!" Shigure shouted out, as her radar picked them up. "Advancing from…" She paused, and raised her eyebrow questionably.
"Where Shigure!" Nagato shouted out. Getting more, and more frustrated at the moment.
"Above?" She said looking directly above. 10 silhouettes appeared above in the face of the sun. They all barreled down towards the battle.
"Incoming Lieutenant." Jones void said, suddenly bursting through the comm.
"Here they come!" Kurt shouted out. All the Girl's looked up at the drones. They were stopping. They were going to crash right into them! "They're going to hit us!" One of them shouted out with fear.
But Kurt already knew they wouldn't. They were already angling away from them. A split second later the Sentinel's arrived.
Slick metallic black objects zoomed straight over the girls heads, and literally almost hugged the waters surface. Kurt had to admit, he was glad they were Sentinel's. They looked just like the modern stealth bomber, except extremely smaller. They each carried enough ordinance to level a small town.
The Sentinel's flew across the water, and immediately began to engage the shocked Abyssal's. They hadn't expected these to show up. They were the ban of Abyssal's existence. Their fighters were to slow for the advanced drones that traveled mach 2. They immediately begin to tear though the Abyssal lines. They flew all across the battlefield, firing their 20mm guns.
Two immediately flew right past the Aircraft Carrier's, their left wings were hitting the waters surface, as they flew past. Splashing the Girl's with water. All of the Carriers began to cheer for them. They all loved to see aircraft, tear apart the enemy.
"Yeah! Kick their ass!" Zuikaku shouted out, as one of the Sentinel's blew a Battleships out of the water. The Abyssal's were not prepared for this. Not at all.
"Lieutenant they've cleared an escape route for you. I suggest you take it." Jones said across the comms. Kurt, and the Girl's looked behind them to see a break in the Abyssal line. He knew it was do or die right now.
"Affirmative. Everyone let's move!" He shouted out, as he pushed his Exo to the max. Shoukaku picked up the unconscious Amagi, and began to follow him. Along with everyone else. Nagato, and Haruna came up beside him, helping clear any remaining Abyssal's. Yamato stayed in the back to cover their retreat.
But as the group moved, even taking the drone fire the Abyssal's began to followed close behind.
"Kurt their following us!" Kaga shouted out, firing the pistol behind her, getting some lucky shots on some Destroyers.
"Sir do you have a solution for us?" Kurt asked the Captain.
"Just one. One of the Sentinel's is carrying a GBU-43/B." He said with a small chuckle. Kurt's face paled for a moment, but then a grin quickly replaced it. "A MOAB?" He asked, using the usual term for the massive weapon.
"That's right. Now hurry your ass's out of there before you become Swiss cheese." Jones called out.
"Don't have to tell me twice." Kurt said, pushing his Exo as far as it could go. "We have to move! One of drones is dropping a MOAB!" He yelled out. The girls immediately understood, and began to push themselves to go faster. All except one.
Yamato was lagging behind severally, trying to cover the rest of the group. She was quite slower then the rest of the Girl's. "Yamato-sama!" Shigure shouted out, turning back to the legendary Battleship.
"Get out of here!" Yamato protested, as she brought down Abyssal's aircraft. She wasn't going to leave anyone vulnerable to attack.
Kurt quickly turned to see her holding her ground in the back of the formation. "Dammit." He said to himself, she would die out there against a Fleet that size. He thought for a moment on what he should do. But for him well…being him he knew he had to do the right thing. "Someone take Kaga." He called out to the group, stopping dead in his tracks.
"Kurt?" She asked looking at him, with worry. What did he plan on doing here? He wasn't going to sacrifice himself here, so they could escape.
"I have to do this." Kurt said, looking back at her. His eyes filled with resolve.
Suddenly Kaga's mind began to race, she knew he had to do this, but she didn't want him too. But why didn't she want him to? Sure he was an amazing soldier, and leader but there was something else. Just the type of person he was. He seemed so unique, compared to everyone's else. His resolve, determination, and unshakable will. His caring, and kind mind. Kurt was so different, more then anything he had experience the pain that she feels.
He was someone that she could talk to about it, and he'd understand. She didn't want him to leave, she wouldn't. Kaga didn't want to admit it but she was getting attached to the man. She was being to care for him, just as he did for her. Defending her from harm, saving her life, and speaking in her defense against Nagato. She didn't want to lose someone she cared for. Not again.
"Kurt no." She said harshly. She was going to put her foot down, no more death.
"Kaga I have too." He said, looking to her. He knew that she was unstable, but he needed to do this. These Ship Girl's were much more important then him.
"Then I'm going with you." She said sternly.
"You're not. I won't let anyone die here." He said, setting her down on the water, just so he could pick her up again, but this time bridal style.
"Kurt I swear." Kaga said looking up at him with an angered expression.
"This isn't up for discussion." He told her, as Nagato moved closer to them.
"I'll take her." Nagato said, with a slight cringe. She still didn't like the American, but he had guts, for what he was doing.
"Thanks." Kurt said, as he handed Kaga off to the Battleship.
"Kurt!" Kaga shouted, with anger and fear. She tried to reach for him, but Nagato held her back.
"I'll be back, but someone needs to cover Yamato!" He shouted out, as he began to move to the back of the group, nearing the Battleship.
"Kurt!" Kaga screamed out again. She was losing someone she cared for again! All because of this damn war, and the fucking Abyssal's.
Suddenly shots rang past her head, and impacted Nagato on her chest. Luckily for her, they were a smaller caliber, so they bounced off of her.
"We have to leave!" Zuikaku said, as she began to back away from the approaching Abyssal's.
"Everyone fall back!" Nagato shouted out, as she began to move away from Kurt, and Yamato. Kaga was still trying reluctantly to get out of her grasp, trying to get to the Seal. She needed to stand next to him. To fight beside him. To support him. Akagi would want her too. She wanted too.
As the group fell back Kurt skidded to a stop besides Yamato, who kept shooting off her massive Gun's. She didn't even notice the Lieutenant until he began to fire off his rifle.
"Lieutenant fall back. I'll make sure everyone gets back safely." She said, taking down another Abyssal with her guns, as the Sentinel's flew over still giving covering fire.
He stopped firing for a moment, and turned to her. "Can't do that. Everyone's getting home." He said, placing his hand on her shoulder, with a smile, and eyes full of determination.
In truth he was about to start laughing his ass off. He didn't realize it when he said it, but he did now. He just sounded incredibly like his mother when she was the Vice Admiral. He remembered that she would always tell her men that. He must've picked it up from her. She would be proud.
Yamato was taken back for a second. She'd only seen that look before once. When she first met the Admiral, he had the exact same look. He looked like he could've taken on the whole world. That was Kurt looked like right now, except there was something different this time. She actual believed that HE could take on the whole world. "Lieutenant." She said blankly, staring at him.
"Now go!" He yelled out, motioning her to get away. She was still reluctant to leave for a moment, but she could've bet all her money that he would return.
"Good luck sir." She said giving him a salute.
"Same to you." He said with a smile, returning the salute. Yamato quickly began to make her way back to the rest of the Girl's who were now passing over the horizon. Kurt knew they would be save at that distance. He turned back with a confident smirk, staring at the approaching line of Abyssal's.
"Alright you piss poor creature's, let's see how dumb you really are." He said, cracking his knuckles.
Without another thought Kurt raised his SR and began to take down as many as he could. These things were not good at dodging. Not at all.
But suddenly he felt a sharp pain slice across his torso. He took a quick look to see what had happened. He saw a small slice in his armor. The shell didn't go inside him. It simply grazed him, but this wasn't good. His kinetic armor was failing. He had took to many shot while covering Kaga early, and now he was paying for it.
"What's the ETA on the MOAB?" He asked activating his comm channel.
"The drone needs to get higher in altitude. Give it 30 seconds." The Captains voice rang out, as Kurt spotted a Sentinel break off from the battle, and begin to climb in altitude.
"Alright. I'll keep them at bay." He said before cutting off his comms.
Kurt kept firing and reloading his SR so many times, that he hadn't realized he was now done to his last mag.
"20 seconds." Jones void said across the headset.
"Acknowledged." Kurt said, as the Abyssal's slowly inched closer, and closer to him. Without warning a Cruiser jumped out of the water, and began to wrestle with Kurt. He wasn't about to end up as fish food, so he slammed his foot directly into the Abyssal's face. She struggled trying to remove the foot, but it was no use, with the power of his Exo she was already doomed. "I'm not going through this crap again!" He shouted out, applying more pressure to her head, until a sickening crack was heard, and she fell limp. He didn't even notice the Sentinel's flying away from the Battlefield.
Kurt backed away slowly, trying to recover from his close encounter with death. "You're one crazy SOB Lieutenant." Jones said with a chuckle. Kurt smiled at this, he didn't know half of it.
"Pulling drones out now! Releasing MOAB." Jones suddenly announced from the comm. Kurt's face whitened, he was too close to them. The MOAB had a mile impact radius in every direction. He was half a mile from them. He had to move now or he'd be killed.
"This is not good." He said to himself, as he tried to speed his way from the impact zone. If he didn't hurry the shockwave would kill him instantly.
He didn't dare look behind him. If he did then it would've just been precious seconds wasted before the impact of the bomb. He looked below the water, and realized there was an option that would keep him from being blown away. "Fuck it." He said outloud, cutting his thrusters, and boosters on his Exo.
He instantly fell into the deep blue, just as the MOAB detonated over the approaching Abyssal's. He saw the impact in the water, and was amazed by the amount of force it made on it. He stared for a moment longer, until he saw the approaching wall of water near him. He immediately braced, as the water flew past him, his sunglasses nearly shattered from the overwhelming amount of pressure.
"S-Shit." He mumbled to himself, surfacing from the water, as debris from the explosion flew by him. The adrenaline was so hot in his vanes that he didn't even feel the small piece of metal cut him about his left eyebrow. He just starred at the large mushroom cloud infront of him. It was enormous for a non-nuclear bomb, he was glad that his side had it, and not the Abyssal's.
"Lieutenant can you hear me?" Jones voice asked, coming across the comm.
"Affirmative. I'm still here." Kurt said, breathing heavily. He did not want to do that again.
"Thank god. I'm checking the area now. All Abyssal's have either been eliminated, or are retreating." He said with a relieved tone. "You should really head back too Lieutenant."
"I will, and thank you sir." He said, activating his thrusters on his Exo, so he rose up above the waters surface. These new Exo's were really revolutionary. But that's what he gets for being Tier 1. Best equipment, and best resources. In return they were suppose to preform the best.
"Don't mention it. You're the only one over in Japan right now. We wouldn't want to lose you." The Captain said with a small chuckle.
"Heh. Yeah." Kurt laughed.
"Another thing. I just got a message from Ambassador Ross Free. He wants you to contact him as soon as possible." The Airmen said over the comms.
"Understood sir." Kurt said, in a respectful tone.
"Alright. Stay safe. Jones out." He said before the comm went silent. Kurt was now on his own again.
He wasted no time in moving back to the Naval base, after all they weren't that far out. Just a couple minutes away in fact. How did the Abyssal's get so close he wondered? Usually there would be larger warships patrolling the waters. For an Abyssal's fleet to ambush Ship Girl's like that, without any prior knowledge is extremely suspicious. But the Girl's deal a severe blow to the Abyssal's before the MOAB dropped. He counted atleast 50 or so go down.
But another thought quickly pushed it's way into his head, as he passed by some bloody fabric laying on the waters surface. He quickly dismissed it. "I'm sure they made it all back." Kurt said to reassure himself.
He moved a couple more minutes in silence until the Naval base finally came into view. He let out a sigh of relief, but it quickly faded when he saw what awaited him on the docks. "What the hell?" He asked outloud.
A mass number of Ship Girl's (The ones who had just got back.) stood on the dock surrounding a couple others. The ones that they were surrounding looked like they were restraining each other. Kurt moved in closer for a better look.
"Let me the fuck go!" Tenryuu shouted out, as she tried to get out of the other Ship Girl's arms. They were holding her back, and Houshou was standing directly infront of her with arms crossed.
Over to their right stood all the Akatsuki sisters. All four them were handcuffed, and guarded by more girls.
"Tenryuu-sama please." Akatsuki called out, trying to get the Cruiser to calm down.
"Hell no if the Lieutenant's still out there, then I'm going! I don't care what the Admiral said! He lied to all of us!" Tenryuu shouted out with anger, turning towards them still trying to get free, from their grasp.
"Keep her restrained." Houshou said, with a emotionless expression.
Tenryuu turned to her, with a lust of anger in her eyes. "And look at you Houshou. Ever since you married him, you became his personal bitch! You went along with every plan he came up with. No matter how suicidal! Like the ones that got Akagi killed!" She yelled out, extremely pissed.
The emotionless expression that Houshou held quickly faded, as it turned to shock. Then rage. "How dare you!" She screamed out, walking up to Tenryuu, and slapping her across the face. Tenryuu looked at her in shock for a moment, but then quickly recovered, and put on an evil like smirk.
Houshou was about to slap her again, until Kurt came out of nowhere, and pushed the two apart. He still had all his gear on, and was slightly bleeding from various places. As well as a massive gash on his forehead, that caused half of his face to be covered in blood.
"HEY!" He screamed out, with anger. He did not like the way, that the Girl's were treating each other. If the American Girl's did this, then they'd spend a night in the brig.
"Lieutenant!" Tenryuu, and Houshou shouted out in unison, and shock.
Kaga who was standing in the crowd lit up at his appearance. "Kurt!" She shouted out, moving over to his side. She was glad the he was okay.
"Why the hell are you doing this!" Kurt shouted at Houshou. Wanting answers.
"Admiral's orders." Houshou simply stated. Tenryuu chucked at this.
"What were his orders?" He asked.
"He ordered that no more Ship Girl's be deployed to help you. That's why your Destroyers never arrived. That's also why we're restraining Tenryuu. She was clearly disobeying his orders. She even got the Akatsuki sisters to go along with her on it. Lieutenant you understand right? You can't disobey orders." Houshou explained to him, with a now emotionless expression. She knew that the Lieutenant would understand, he was a soldier after all.
"I'm well aware of that. But still you were leaving us to die. In America, or atleast with my Seal teams we never did that. We never left someone to die, it's just who we are. Everyone makes it home. I understand where you're coming from but, even if it's an order, you don't have to follow it. If it goes against your morals, or it'll leave your own people to die, you don't have to." He said to the Ship Girl with a defiant, and confident tone. All the other Girls were looking at him now. Especially Kaga, and the Akatsuki sisters.
"Lieutenant you can't be serious?" Houshou with a shocked face.
Kurt continued. "I am, and now you're sitting here fighting with your own comrade. Someone who would gladly spill blood for you, or sacrifice themselves. You're being divided when you should be your most strongest. We need all of you, it's a fact. If you girls weren't here right now we'd all be dead." He paused letting that sink into all of the Girl's. He turned away from Houshou for a minute to look at all of them. They all had their complete attention on him.
He quickly turned back to Houshou, and said. "You know when Iowa first showed herself to us back in 2020 we didn't know what to think. But she told us one thing that put our minds at ease. She said… it's Okay, you've fought long, and hard, but now let us handle it from here on out. She showed us hope. Something almost everyone had lost until then." He paused again looking down, he had lost hope the moment he saw his mother die by the Abyssal's, and when his father left him, and his sister. He had lost it all.
Kurt took another pause before starting up again. "That's what all of you Girl's are to humanity. I'm not talking about the high ranking military Admiral's, or world leaders. I'm talking about the Dad's, Mom's, son's, daughter's…me. You're hope. Everyone is depending on you to see us through this storm. So stop acting like this. You're all better then it." He said staring at each, and everyone of them.
All the Girl's looked at each other for a moment, and surprisingly Kaga was the first to speak up.
"Kurt's right."
"I have to agree with the American." Nagato added, as she stepped out of the crowd with Yamato.
Houshou who remained reluctant for a moment, turned back to Tenryuu. "I'm sorry Tenryuu. We should be working together not fighting each other."
"Same." Tenryuu said in an apologetic tone, as the two Girl's holding her back, let go.
"Release them." Houshou commanded to the Girls who were watching over the Akatsuki sisters. Without a second thought they all did what was ordered.
All the Girl's immediately turned to Kurt with bright smiles.
"Thank you Lieutenant." Yamato said with a sincere smile. She really was glad he was able to calm the situation down.
"Don't mention it." Kurt said waving it off. A few seconds later, multiple Ship Girl's arrived with stretchers to take all the injuried away.
Kurt was about to walk away, until he felt a stinging sensation on his lower abdomen, and his forehead. He was simply going to wait until all the girls had already left to the Medbay to go himself. They needed to be treated first not him. But Kaga reached out, and grabbed his hand stopping him.
"You should really get those wounds check out." She said pointing to his forehead, and torso.
"Kurt you can come with us to the Medbay." Yamato said, as she ushered Kaga onto a stretcher.
The Seal was reluctant to do so for a moment, but deciding that it's what they wanted, he'd do it. "Alright."
The Girl's all smiled, and began to walk along with the stretchers long the docks towards the Medbay. Kurt lagged behind slightly, getting more, and more fatigued from his injuries. He'd taking a beating protecting Kaga.
"You okay?" Yamato asked, as she fell back, and walked along side him.
"Yeah I'm fine. Just tired." He said, with a weak smirk.
Yamato looked up into the sky, watching seagulls fly over. She smiled. "I bet. With the day you've had."
"Heh." Kurt laughed.
"You mentioned Iowa?" She asked, looking back at him.
"Yes that's correct. She's one of our best Ship Girl's. Although I've heard the brass talking about someone else, that's even better." He said, looking towards the sea. What could be more powerful then Iowa he wondered.
"Interesting. I've always wanted to meet her, and Bismarck." Yamato revealed.
"Why?" The Seal asked a bit confused.
"From what I could remember we were the biggest, and baddest things to roam the oceans. My sister especially would like to meet her." She explained to him.
"Your sister?" Kurt asked.
"Yes. Musashi. Most of the time she's in the Medbay tending to the wounded. What of Iowa's sister's? Are they doing well?" The legendary Battleship asked.
"I don't know about Wisconsin, or New Jersey but Missouri's doing well. She's on our Seal team in fact, she's a close friend." Kurt said with a smile, wondering what the Ship Girl was doing. She was probably running like a chicken with it's head cut off.
"Really?" Yamato asked going wide eyed.
"Yeah." Kurt said, not noticing the Battleships eyes going wide. He was too focused, on Kaga who was a few feet infront of him. She layed on a stretcher, not moving, the same could be said for Amagi. The different Girl's around then kept trying to fix their wounds as they moved.
"That's rare." Yamato said, bringing the Lieutenant back to reality.
"What do you mean?" He asked, looking over at her with confusion. Missouri instantly befriended him, when they first met.
"It's very rare for a Ship Girl to befriend a regular person. Well at least here. Considering our civilians aren't even allowed to see us, and most of the military hates us." She said with a sigh. Yamato never understood why there was so much hate, between the Ship Girl's, and the military.
"Most of them?" Kurt asked, ears perking up at this.
"Yes. Our airforce, and Navy do not like us. But our ground troops adore us. But I'm getting past the point. The bond you're forming with Kaga for example is certainly strange." Yamato explained to him.
"Bond?" He asked, looking to her. Why would she use that word. Bond?
"Yes. I thought you saw it too?" Yamato asked, tilting her face in confusion. Surely the Lieutenant had to too know, just a bit.
"I mean, I've kinda noticed it." Kurt said, as he rubbed the back of his neck, and taking of his helmet, revealing his light brown hair, that was spiked to the right slightly. He rubbed through it, thinking over what Yamato was saying.
"Kaga's in a very unstable position. She's forming a bond with you, because she's finally finding a connection with someone who understands her pain." Yamato said in a slightly darkend tone.
"Her sisters right?" Kurt asked. Kaga immediately opened her eyes, and looked over at the two.
"Yes that's correct, and you must've lost someone dear to you as well." She said, as they got closer, and closer to the Medbay.
"My mother." Kurt said, looking down to the ground, getting remained of his loss. He never saw Kaga raised her head, and stare at him for a moment. Her expression was filled with sorrow.
"I'm sorry for your loss. But my point remains, both of you have lost someone dear to you. You know what her pain is like. I've already seen you two in the field. You both fight in perfect sync, something that's very rare, even for Ship Girl's."
"The bond that you two are forming, can turn into a very powerful thing. All I'm saying is get to know Kaga more, you might be surprised. She may be attached to you, but who knows if she even cares for you." Yamato said, looking at him. A hardened expression filled her entire face. She was being completely truthful to the man.
"I care for him." Kaga said, looking at the two.
Kurt, and Yamato's eyes went wide. Same with Kaga, once she realized what she had just said.
"K-Kaga." Yamato stuttered out with shock filling her voice.
Kurt just stood there flushed, and wide eyed, same could be said for Kaga. Yamato looked between the two. Luckily Kaga was a Fleet Girl so she slowly healed over time, other right now she was sure she'd be passed out.
"I-I could hear your entire conversation, and I-I didn't mean it like that, and uhhhhhh." She said with an extremely tomato red face.
As Yamato stared at the two, she suddenly got an extremely, sneaky, and clever plan. But she'd do it later, right now they had to make sure they got to the Medbay.
"There's the Medbay!" One of the lead Girl's called out. The group wasted no time, and immediately rushed into the building. Where other Girls were waiting for them. Both Kaga, and Kurt were both still blushing.
But while Kaga was blushing, and training to figure out herself. Kurt was having an inner battle in his mind, with himself. 'God Kurt get ahold of yourself, you're a Seal, and you've only known her for a couple days…..Okay two weeks, but still. But why the hell do you feel so attached? Holy crab is Yamato right!' He shouted out in his mind, he didn't know what to think anymore. He put his head down in comedic defeat.
"Yamato you're okay!" A voice shouted out, as different Girl's were being rushed in different directions in the Medbay.
Kurt looked over to see a tall women rushing towards them. She had dark brown skin, and light blonde hair. Her iris's were surprisingly red, with a pair of glasses over them. For her outfit Kurt could say it looked like Yamato, except the entire midsection was missing, and was replaced with pieces of Fabric. The fabric barely cover her large breasts, Kurt already knew this was a Ship Girl.
"I'm fine Musashi." Yamato said, as her sister Ship ran up to her. Kurt's eyes filled with shock. This was Yamato's sister! They didn't even remotely look the same. Not one bit!
"Kaga, and Amagi need immediate repairs." Yamato infromed her.
Musashi went from her sister to Kaga who layed on a stretcher infront of her. Amagi had already been taken back, and now it was Kaga's turn.
"Follow me." Musashi told, them as they began to move Kaga back.
"And the Lieutenant here as well." Yamato said, pointing towards Kurt who was leaning against Kaga's stretcher, clearly feeling the pain from all his gashes, and bruises.
Musashi looked at him for a moment, before turning around. "Kashima!" She yelled out.
Kurt looked around for a moment, waiting for something to happen, until footsteps were heard running down the hallway. They immediately caught the Lieutenant's attention.
A split second later a girl with snow white hair, that was made up into two ponytails on each side, rounded the corner. She has a doctor scrubs on, with a few stains of blood. "Y-Yes Musashi-sama?" She asked with a slight stuttered, trying to catch her breath.
"You're one of the only people here with medical training, when it comes to regular people. Take care of the Lieutenant here." Musashi ordered. Kurt was about to say something, but a sudden jolt of pain made him nearly fall to the ground. He gripped the side of Kaga's stretcher to keep himself stable.
"Kurt!" Kaga shouted out with concern, trying to get up, but she was stopped by Yamato who rushed towards him.
"Lieutenant?!" She asked with concern, helping him stand.
"I-I'm fine. Just a little cut." He said, trying to wave her off, but she was being reluctant, and support him as he stood. They looked towards Kashima, who cleared her throat. "Follow me Lieutenant." She said with a smile, walking over to him, to help support him. Yamato handed Kurt over to her, he was showing great signs of fatigue now. Even with the help of his Exo, he still felt like his body was about to collapse.
They began to walk down one of the hallways towards an empty room. Kurt looked back at Kaga, who stared back at him with concern, as he left. She really did care for him.
Once they reached one of the empty rooms, which was similar to the one he had layed in, unconscious for two weeks, Kurt sat down on the bed, still wearing all his gear.
"Let's take a look." Kashima said, with a smirk. Kurt did, as he was told, unstrapped his Exo. Once done with that, he unzipped his kinetic body, which was ripped to shreds. He lifted up his combat shirt, to reveal the large cut across his lower abdomen.
"This'll take some time." She said examining the wound, carefully. Kurt sighed.
-Time Skip - 1 hour later-
"There. Should be all done. How do you feel?" Kashima asked, as she finished the finally stitches on his stomach.
"Terrible. But I'm okay. Thank you." He said, with a smile, dropping his shirt back down. He was exhausted in all truths. He wanted to sleep.
"Well It didn't help that you kept trying to crack jokes every 5 seconds Lieutenant." Kashima laughed.
"Heh. Call me Kurt." He said with a laugh, putting his hand forward. She smiled at him, as she shook it.
Suddenly the Captains words echoed back in his mind. The Ambassador wanted to talk to him, but the only way was his smart phone. He didn't have anything else. His comm couldn't pick up his channel, the only option he had was his phone.
He immediately began to slowly get up from his bed, but Kashima stopped him. The Ship Girl looked down at him with concern. "I need to my phone." The Seal said, still trying to get up.
"Please Lieutenant you shouldn't move." Kashima said, still trying to get him to stay put.
"Don't stress yourself." A voice suddenly said, from the other end of the room. Kurt, and Kashima looked over to see Houshou standing in the doorway.
"Houshou?" Kurt asked. Why the hell was she here?
"Since I am the secretary Ship, all the information comes through me first. Your ambassador already informed me on his need to contact you. He told me the he emailed it to you, which is odd. Take your phone." She said, throwing him the small smartphone. Kurt caught it will ease. But he was wondering how the hell she got it.
"You didn't." He began, thinking she stole it, and had it the entire time.
"Don't worry I can't unlock." She said, with a soft smile.
Kurt didn't know what to think. Should he trust her? After that whole ordeal they just went through. She may have something against him now. But he decided, it would be best to read the Ambassador's email.
"Let's see here." He said, pressing the DNA scanner on his phone, and then the email notification. He immediately found the message, and began to read it.
From: U.S. Ambassador Ross Free
Lieutenant it's good to hear that you made a full recovery. Everyone here is relived. It's been a busy couple of weeks here in Tokyo, and I wanted to tell you that we're making progress with the Japanese. But that's not the reason I contacted you.
Japanese, and South Korean intelligence has informed us that they've gotten word, that North Korea has capture an Abyssal-hime. We're still trying to piece everything together, I'll contact you more about it soon. But I've also gotten word that there's a soon to be an Abyssal land invasion on the Korean peninsula. We're mobilizing the South Korean military, and China's going to be mobilizing the North. We're working on a peace agreement between the two.
Your Seal team will be deployed in that area soon, to over see the peace talks. To show that we can cooperate together, Japan will also send a few Ship Girl's with your team. I'll keep you updated.
Also the reason for me sending you an unsecure email, is to test the Japanese trust. If they break into your phone, and view this then, we'll have a situation on our hands Lieutenant. I'll handle it accordingly then.
I'll keep you posted on everything. You, and Admiral Tansho will most likely get to pick the Girl's going. Estimated time till deployment 3 weeks. Good luck Lieutenant.
Kurt closed his phone, and looked up to the two girls who were eyeballing him. "Well…shit." He said outloud. Causing the Girl's to look at him, with more confusion. 'I better enjoy the downtime I have right now.' He said in his head.
Done with Chapter 3!
I love writing this story so much! I have the creative freedom to do what I want, unlike other fics where you're forced down a set path. Kanati collection is amazing like that. No set storyline, except you know Abyssal's.
Okay question time: When Kurt was talking with Yamato he said something about how the U.S. had someone better then the Iowa class. Any ideas?