"I-I can explain, mom…" Issei repeated what he said earlier to his mother, who was eyeing both him and Yamato, who were on Issei's bed. The perverted boy gulped, thinking that he might be in serious trouble.
Then, much to his surprise, his mother just let out a soft sigh and smiled at him before she picked up the ladle that she dropped earlier.
"Seriously, Yamato-chan…" Issei's mother said. "Don't you think you should put on something when Issei's around?" She said to Yamato gently, chiding her for the lack of clothes.
"I-I'm sorry, Baa-san!" Yamato lowered her head in apology as she used Issei's blanket to wrap the entirety of her naked body. "I-it's just that… I feel more comfortable sleeping naked."
Shaking her head, Issei's mother went over to the bed and patted Yamato's head. "Now, now, young lady, comfortable or not, sleeping naked in the same room as a boy is improper, you know? Come, you better put on something, or else you'll catch a cold."
Nodding, Yamato got up from the bed, her body was still wrapped in blanket before she followed Issei's mother out of Issei's room, leaving Issei alone.
"…What?" Issei blinked in confusion. "W-what's going on here?"
Poof!
Suddenly, there was a small explosion in front of Issei. When the smoke that was formed from the explosion faded, Issei could see a small, humanoid creature that looked like a chibi character from an anime. Clad in white sailor uniform and white shorts, the humanoid creature seemed to have a cowlick on top of her brown hair, and she looked at Issei, blinking a few times.
"What?" Issei's confusion grew.
Then, the small humanoid creature that looked like a girl waved her hands, as if trying to communicate with Issei.
"Umm…" Issei looked at the small creature closer. "H-hello?"
The small creature looked at Issei, and Issei thought that she looked rather cute. She looked around before saw a notebook that seemed to be halfway out of Issei's bag. She pointed at it.
"You… you want that notebook?" Issei asked.
The small creature nodded.
"A-alright," Issei said as he took the notebook and put it in front of the small creature. Due to her size, the notebook looked like a mattress. She kneeled on the note, tapping her stubby, seemingly-fingerless hand on it several times. "Huh? You want something else?" Issei asked, and the small creature nodded.
After a while, Issei realized what she wanted.
"Oh? You want a pen?" Issei asked.
The small creature nodded.
So, Issei took a pen and put it in front of the small creature. She held the pen with both hands as she wrote something on the notebook. It took her a few moments before she managed to write a word.
"Hello."
"Uh…" Issei looked at the childishly-written word on his notebook. "W-well, hello to you, again…" he studied the small creature's look. She was so small he thought he might be able to pick her up in one hand. "So, what are you?" Issei asked.
The small creature flipped the notebook to the next page and wrote her answer.
"Fairy."
Issei raised one eyebrow. "Fairy? Are you saying you're a fairy?"
The self-proclaimed fairy nodded.
"So, do you have a name?" Issei asked.
The fairy thought about it for a moment before she shook her head.
"So, what should I call you?" Issei asked again.
The fairy seemed to be pondering about it for a moment before she wrote something on the notebook.
"46 cm Triple Gun Mount."
"46 cm Triple Gun Mount?" Issei frowned. "You want me to call you that?"
The fairy seemed hesitant. And at that moment, the door was opened.
"Ah…" Issei could hear a soft voice coming from the door before he saw Yamato, this time in a rather simple, sleeveless dress, pink in color. "I see that you have met 46 cm Triple Gun Mount, Issei…" Yamato said as she kneeled beside the fairy and held out her palm. The fairy looked at her before she hopped onto the palm and disappeared in a poof.
"W-what is she?" Issei asked.
"She's the personification of my cannons," Yamato answered. "46 cm Triple Gun Mount."
Issei remembered seeing those giant cannons that Yamato used last night. "S-so, those cannons I saw last night… they were the fairy?"
Yamato nodded. "Yes. The main body isn't the only thing that can manifest in humanoid form, Issei. Everything that is related to the battleship Yamato will manifest in one way or another. In case of my equipment, such as my cannons, they are manifested in the form of the fairies, just like the one you saw just now," Yamato explained.
"I-I see… so that makes sense," Issei said. "B-but what about my mother? I mean, what did you do? She wasn't surprised when she saw you on my bed."
"Ah, about that…" Yamato held out a hand. "Let's just say that once I manifested into this form, the reality was altered a bit," she said. "It only worked because I've been with you for ten years, which means I'm practically a part of Hyoudou's household. Formally, I am Yamato Hyoudou, your cousin who recently joined the household." She gave Issei a sad smile. "I feel bad about this, because technically, I've been lying to your parents. But this also allows me to stay by your side, Issei."
"A-altered reality…?" While Issei might not be a terribly bright student, he was smart enough to understand what Yamato really meant. The moment Yamato manifested her humanoid form, the reality was adjusted to accommodate her existence, and due to the fact that she had been together with Issei, a member of Hyoudou's household, in the form of a talisman for ten years. That was why Issei's mother wasn't freaked out when she saw Yamato earlier, because due to the shifted reality, she saw Yamato as her niece who had just recently joined the household. "But if my mom sees you as her niece, what will she think about your parents?" Issei realized how stupid that sounded because there's no way a ship could have parents, but Issei wanted to know how much was changed due to the shift of reality.
"She will think that I had just recently lost my parents in a traffic accident, and I had to move into your household because I had nowhere else to go…" Yamato said. She didn't seem to like having to take advantage of the altered reality, judging from her tone and expression. "Still, all those are necessary lies so that I can be with you, Issei." She held Issei's hands. "My life is yours, Admiral. Use it as you see fit."
"…Huh?"
Kantai DxD
Kantai Collection and High School DxD Crossover
Chapter 02: Admiralty Order
Issei Hyoudou couldn't believe it. Never once in his lifetime he had a beautiful girl swearing her life on him, giving herself entirely to him. For someone whose greatest wish was to get laid, it felt like having a dream coming true.
"W-what do you mean by that?" Issei asked. He was still unable to believe that a girl just declared that he could do whatever he wished to her.
"Issei Hyoudou, I acknowledge you as the one to command me, battleship Yamato. You are now my Admiral, the one who will use me as he sees fit," Yamato said. "That will mean that you are worthy to command the fleet of shipgirls. Earning an approval from someone who used to be a flagship during the war allows you to command other shipgirls as well."
Issei's eyes widened. "Wait, did you say there are other shipgirls?"
"Why of course," Yamato nodded. "I'm not the only one who fought during the war. There were some other ships that were made famous due to their accomplishments during the war. Now that you have me, you are now given the authority to command all the warships that had fought for the Imperial Japan."
"So… are you saying that I can have a harem of girls who are the manifestations of WWII's warships?" Issei asked. The idea of having a harem of beautiful girls who were the personifications of ships that fought during the WWII was quite appealing for the perverted boy. And considering how beautiful Yamato was, Issei thought that the other shipgirls might be beautiful as well. "And I'm free to do whatever I like to them?"
"Harem? Well… I suppose you can do that too…" Yamato said. "After all, that is your decision to make, Admiral."
"Awesome!" Issei exclaimed. In real life, there's no way he could make his own harem. He couldn't even get himself a girlfriend. Well, he did, but that girlfriend of his somehow almost killed him on their first date. He couldn't restrain himself from shivering in excitement when he was presented with the possibility of building his own harem.
"But, please bear this in mind, Admiral…" Yamato said. "In order to gain the shipgirls, you have to prove yourself to them first. We are made from the ideals that represented the ships, and you have to make sure that you are worthy of inheriting such ideals."
"Inheriting… ideals?" Issei mused. "But… how about you, Yamato-chan? Am I…" he felt a little afraid asking her about this, considering about what happened last night. "Am I worthy to inherit your ideals? Am I worthy to inherit the ideals of Yamato?"
He grew up admiring Yamato, but he wasn't sure whether that could make him worthy to inherit her ideals or not.
"Issei, I saw everything…" Yamato said. "From those ten years I spent with you, I could sense how beautiful your admiration to my ideals was. Never giving up, no matter what odds. Never faltering, even against overwhelming obstacles. You have proven yourself again and again. You have earned my loyalty, Yamato's loyalty. That is why I will help you, Admiral. No matter what your dream is, I will stay by your side, helping you realize your dream."
"Y-you will?" Issei asked.
"Even if you wish to make a harem that consists of shipgirls, I have no objection," Yamato nodded. "That is Admiral's decision to make, and I have no right to question it. All I can do is help you achieve it."
Issei thought about it for a moment. To have Yamato agreeing to assist him to make a harem of shipgirls was far too convenient for his taste, which made him feel slightly uneasy. But then, he studied Yamato's face. When Yamato smiled at him and tilted her head cutely, Issei could feel his heart throbbing.
"A-alright…" Issei finally said. "I-I'm really glad you're willing to help me, Y-Yamato-chan…" he couldn't help but be embarrassed when Yamato was listening to him intently. "L-let's work hard together, s-shall we?"
Issei held out his hand, offering Yamato a handshake. Yamato looked at the hand for a few moments before she held the hand.
"Whoa! Her hand is so soft! So nice!"
"Yes, let's work together, Admiral…"
After that, both Issei and Yamato joined Mr. and Mrs. Hyoudou for a breakfast. Yamato talked to both Issei's parents as if she had been a part of the household for quite a while. Issei knew that it wasn't true at all. From Yamato's explanation earlier, the memories of both Issei's parents were altered the moment Yamato's humanoid form came into existence. It's safe to say that the reality for Hyoudou's household had been changed to accommodate Yamato's existence. For Issei, it was quite hard to believe. It felt like something that came straight from the manga or anime.
Yet, the proof was there. Issei had seen Yamato the moment she appeared right in front of him in order to save him from his girlfriend, who somehow wanted to kill him. Speaking of his girlfriend, Yuuma Amano, she somehow grew a pair of jet-black wings and was capable of flight using those. And she also was capable of conjuring some kind of spears made of light and used them to attack him. He still could remember how painful it was to be stabbed by one of those spears. Even though the wound was already healed, thanks to Yamato, Issei still could remember the pain of having the spear embedded into his thigh.
"So, Yamato-chan…" Issei's mother spoke to Yamato. "Today is your first day going to Kuoh, right?"
"Y-yeah…" Yamato nodded. Somehow, the shift of reality also included Yamato being enrolled into Kuoh Academy. Personally, Issei thought it was too convenient. "But I'm not worried. Today, Issei-kun is with me," she beamed cheerfully. "And… thank you for accepting me, Baa-san, Ji-san…" Yamato bowed slightly. "Even though I am not your daughter, you two are still treating me like one."
"Y-Yamato-chan, you're such a nice girl…" Issei's father said, tearing up a bit. "If only our pitiful son can learn from you…"
Issei's mother smiled gently at Yamato. "Don't mention it, Yamato-chan. No matter what, you're still family…"
Issei couldn't help but feel guilty after hearing that from his mother. Their memories had been messed up thanks to the shifted reality that occurred thanks to Yamato's existence. He glanced at Yamato, who seemed to have a guilty expression on her face as well.
"Thank you, Baa-san, Ji-san…" Yamato said. She looked like she wanted to say more, but then stopped herself as she continued eating her breakfast.
After they were done having breakfast, Yamato and Issei walked to school together. On their way to school, both of them were discussing about their current situation.
"I'm sorry that I have to lie to both your parents, Issei," Yamato said. From her tone, Issei could tell that she still felt guilty for having to lie to his parents.
"W-well, it can't be helped, can it?" Issei reassured. "Still, everything is too sudden for me, I dunno where to start."
"Then, I suggest that the first thing we do is to locate the fragments of other ships," Yamato suggested. "While their main bodies might have sunken into the sea, just like mine," her expression seemed melancholic as she recalled the fact that her main body was sunken into the sea at Okinawa before she continued, "their shards can be anywhere around the country. A tiny piece of metal is enough as long as it used to be a part of the ship's main body. A Kanmusu's spirit still lingers within that shard."
Walking alongside Yamato, Issei asked, "But, how do we locate the fragments?"
"By these, of course," Yamato said before three fairies poofed into existence. Two of them were sitting on her shoulders, while one was sitting on top of her head. "These fairies are capable of tracking down where the shards may be, and considering that they don't need nourishment, they can do the tracking for an extended period without tiring themselves." All the fairies saluted at Issei. "And when they manage to track the fragments, they will return to me in order to report their findings."
After saying that, Yamato ordered all the fairies to move. Giving Yamato their last salutes, they disappeared, leaving behind small clouds of explosions.
"So, any other question?" Yamato asked.
"W-well…" Issei scratched the back of his head. He wasn't sure what to say to Yamato. Of course, being a pervert he was, he wanted to squeeze those large breasts of hers with his hands, but due to Yamato's innocence, Issei was unsure if he wanted to do that. Well, one thing that he wanted to focus on was to gather other shipgirls and make a harem of them. Then, he would be free to do anything he wanted on those shipgirls.
He imagined what kind of girls might show up from the fragments of ships. Being a fan of the battleship Yamato, he had quite a collection of books about WWII's warships, and those were a few of his reading materials that weren't erotic in nature. There were a lot of WWII-era warships other than Yamato, such as Kongou, Haruna, Inazuma, Ikazuchi and many others. The idea about those warships turning into cute girls made the boy smile lecherously.
"I apologize for asking, Issei, but are you drooling?" Yamato asked as she saw Issei drooling while smiling in such a lecherous manner.
And so, both Issei and Yamato talked more about the nature of shipgirls as well as their needs, they finally arrived at the school gate. Of course, the other students who arrived at the school notice Yamato.
"Who is she?"
"Is she a new transfer student?"
"Whoa, she's a cutie!"
"Man, I wanna date her!"
"Why is she walking together with that pervert?"
"Damn you, Hyoudou!"
"This isn't happening! This isn't happening!"
Both Yamato and Issei just looked at the other students reacting to Yamato's presence. As expected, the boys were giving him evil eyes for daring to walk alongside such a bishoujo like Yamato. Meanwhile, Yamato giggled after seeing the other students reacting to her walking alongside her Admiral.
"Looks like it's going to be fun here, Admiral…"
Issei could only laugh nervously. He knew that the moment he met Yamato, he could tell that his life would never be the same again.
"Ah, it looks like there's a commotion over there…" a blond, handsome boy spoke to a petite, white-haired girl beside him as they walked through the school gate. Apparently, some of the students who arrived at the school seemed to be fussing over something. "Is that… a new student?"
The boy looked at the girl who became the center of attentions of the students. He never saw the girl before, so he thought that she might be a new student. From what he could see, the girl was quite tall, and her long, brown hair was tied into a ponytail. She was also walking alongside a boy, whom the blond boy identified as Issei Hyoudou, a member of the infamous Perverted Trio.
Meanwhile, the white-haired petite girl beside him looked at the girl and sniffed the air. The blond boy raised one eyebrow and looked at her.
"What's the matter, Koneko-chan?"
The petite girl, Koneko, seemed to be mulling over something as she brought her hand to her chin.
"Her smell…" Koneko said.
"Hmm? What's about her smell?" The boy asked. It somehow concerned him because Koneko was unlike most girls. One could even say that Koneko was special. If she was able to smell something from this new girl, then it would be right to inquire her about it.
"…No," Koneko then shook her head. "Probably my imagination."
"I see…" The blond boy mused.
And so, both of them walked into the building.
"My name is Yamato Hyoudou…" Yamato introduced herself to the other students in front of the class. "I am Issei Hyoudou's cousin, and I'm currently living with him. Pleased to meet you all."
Issei gulped as the eyes of other students were focused on him. Some of them were murmuring among themselves, talking about this new student who claimed to be Issei's cousin.
"Issei!" A bespectacled male student immediately went to Issei's desk, glaring through his opaque glasses as he went closer to Issei. "What's the meaning of this?! You never told us about this before!"
"W-well…" Issei averted his eyes. He really wished that he could get away from this place, away from the attentions of his classmates.
"Don't you think you can get away from us, you bastard…?" Another male student with bald head hissed as he approached Issei from his other side. Those eyes of his seemed to be radiating pure rage as he glared at Issei.
"Uh… Matsuda, Motohama…" Issei said the names of the boys, who were also the other members of the Perverted Trio. The bald one is named Matsuda, while the bespectacled one is Motohama. "What's up with you two?"
"Don't play dumb with us, you bastard!" Matsuda grabbed Issei by his collar. "Why didn't you tell us you have a cute bishoujo as your cousin?!"
"Damn you, Issei! I know you didn't want to tell us about this!" Motohama shouted.
"G-guys, stop it!" Issei protested.
Both Matsuda and Motohama were shaking Issei. Without them realizing it, Yamato walked over to their direction, ignoring the teacher who was at the front before she tapped her hands on their shoulders.
"You two…" Yamato's voice was scarily sweet. "Will you two please kindly stop doing that to Issei-kun? You're hurting him."
"Huh?"
"Eh?"
Both the perverts glanced over their shoulders to see Yamato, whose smile didn't seem to quite reach her eyes.
"It would be nice if you two can unhand him right now…" Yamato said gently. "Well, if you can't, I probably can help you to unhand him," her smile and voice were too sweet, it's so scary. "If you two don't find any use in your hands, that is."
"Y-yes ma'am!"
"W-we're sorry, ma'am!"
Yamato giggled. "Ah, thank you."
From that day onward, the whole class had agreed that Yamato was someone not to be trifled with, especially when Issei Hyoudou was involved.
During lunch break…
"I-I'm so sorry, Issei! I didn't know what came over me, so I did it without even thinking!" Yamato was panicking as she apologized to Issei. Both of them were at the rooftop, having breads for their lunch.
"Uh, i-it's okay…" Issei said. "I-I mean, it's hardly a big deal."
"B-but I threatened your friends!"
"Well, it's their fault, I guess…" Issei shrugged. "C'mon, Yamato-chan, relax. Don't let it bother you, 'kay?" He grinned at Yamato. "Still, you're awesome!" He thought that Yamato telling off both Motohama and Matsuda was a nice thing to see. While Issei still considered both his fellow perverts as friends, sometimes they needed to be told off for getting uppity.
"I-if you say so…" Yamato said before she took a bite of her bread.
"Umm… I have a question," Issei said. "Do shipgirls eat?"
Yamato looked at Issei before she answered his question, "Yes. We do need nourishment, unlike our fairies. Normally, our diet consists of bauxite, steel and fuel, but normal food will do as well. We replenish our strength much faster by consuming bauxite, steel and fuel than normal food."
"I see…" Issei mused before he realized what Yamato meant. "W-wait, did you say you eat steel?"
"Yes," Yamato nodded. "Is there anything wrong with that, Issei?"
"W-well, no… I guess since you're a ship, that make sense…" Issei scratched his cheek. "B-but how do you eat steel?" He couldn't exactly imagine Yamato biting off metal with her teeth.
"How? Well, I just put it into my mouth and eat it. It depends on the type of steel, actually. If it is alloy, it'll be easier to chew," Yamato said. "I actually prefer bauxite. As for the fuel, I can just drink it…"
Issei just stared at Yamato. He almost forgot one tiny detail, considering how beautiful Yamato was, but she wasn't exactly a human. She was a tsukumogami, a formerly-inanimate object that became sentient, and the inanimate object in question was a WWII-era battleship, Yamato. It shouldn't have bothered him to learn that a Kanmusu like her was capable of consuming things like steel and bauxite.
"Issei, are you bothered by my choice of diet?" Yamato asked.
"What? N-no, I mean-"
"I understand…" Yamato looked down. "I may have the appearance of a woman, but I am still far from human…" she smiled sadly. "I am a tsukumogami, a youkai. I can never dream of having a body made of proper flesh and blood. Still, that does not stop me from doing what I desire the most…" Issei could see Yamato's expression hardened, her eyes filled with determination. "I have watched over you for a decade, Issei Hyoudou. And now that I have a proper body, I will do whatever it takes to continue watching over you. I do not care if I am a human or not, because as long as I live, I will continue protecting you."
Issei looked into Yamato's eyes. True, those eyes of her were filled with determination, but he could also feel something else.
"Yamato-chan…"
Unconsciously, Issei moved his hands to hold Yamato's as he continued looking into Yamato's eyes. He could feel lingering sadness in her eyes, her lamentation over the fact that despite having a body of a woman, she could never truly call herself a real woman.
"Yamato-chan, listen to me…" He didn't know what came over him, but he knew that he needed to say something to Yamato. He couldn't bear to see the sadness in her eyes. There's no way he could allow such sadness to mar the beauty she displayed. Something had to be done. "I don't care if you're a shipgirl or not. I don't even care what kind of things you eat. I want you to know that whatever you are, you're still Yamato…" Still holding Yamato's hands, he brought them to his forehead, tapping her knuckles on it as he continued, "And… I never got any chance to say this to you, but… thank you, for watching over me…"
"I-Issei…"
Issei could feel Yamato's hands trembling while he was holding them. Then he looked up and almost panicked when he saw tears coming out of Yamato's eyes, rolling unbidden down her cheeks. Seeing that Issei was panicking, Yamato gently pulled back her hands and used them to wipe away her tears.
"I'm alright. You don't have to worry anymore." Yamato said, wiping her tears. "I'm just glad."
"Y-Yamato-chan…"
Before they could say more, suddenly there was a small explosion not too far from them. As the cloud that was formed from the explosion dissipated, they saw one of Yamato's fairies, giving them a salute.
"Ah, you're back…" Yamato went over to the fairy and lowered her body, holding out one of her hands. The fairy jumped onto her palm. "Did you already find one?" Yamato asked, and the fairy nodded. "That was fast. I figured it would take a whole week to find a ship fragment."
"Y-you found a fragment?" Issei asked. That would mean he would be able to meet another personification of warship, preferably a cute girl like Yamato.
"Looks like it, Admiral…" Yamato nodded.
"What kind of ship?" Issei asked.
"Not sure," Yamato answered. "But, one thing for sure is that we finally find another one. And we can invoke the ship's spirit so that she can materialize her humanoid form."
"I see…" Issei mused. "So, are we going to find this fragment?"
Yamato nodded. "Yes, once the school is over. The fragment is located at an empty warehouse three miles from here."
"Alright, let's go after school, then," Issei said.
After lunchtime ended, both Issei and Yamato returned to the classroom.
Without them noticing it, the whole time, they were watched by a petite, white-haired girl who remained hidden as she listened to their conversation.
"Shards… fragments… Admiral…" Koneko muttered to herself. Most things that they talked about didn't make any sense, but she could feel that there was something going on. "Yamato Hyoudou…"
She recalled the distinct scent that she got from the new girl back then. Her scent didn't smell remotely human, which baffled her.
One thing for sure, whatever Yamato Hyoudou was, she was not a human.
"So, are you saying that the fragment is here?" Issei asked Yamato as they stood before an abandoned warehouse.
"Seems like it, Admiral," Yamato nodded. "Let's enter, then."
Both Yamato and Issei entered the warehouse, using the fairy to guide them where the fragment was found. A few minutes later, they found a metal bar lying on the floor. Issei didn't know how it somehow ended up on the floor, but he could guess that it's probably due to the spirit of the ship within the metal bar moving it.
Yamato had told him earlier that Kanmusu reacts to the others. So, the moment Yamato came into existence, other shipgirls would react to it, causing their spirits to awaken within the fragments they resided in. It's just that Issei couldn't imagine a metal bar moving on its own after reacting to Yamato's presence.
"So, is this a ship's fragment?" Issei asked.
"Yes, it is," Yamato answered as she picked up the metal bar. She closed her eyes as she held it in her hand. "I see. This is another well-known warship during the war. Issei, this is a fragment of aircraft carrier Kaga. I can feel her presence within this fragment. It's faint, but she's here."
"Uh, right, that's cool," Issei said. "So, what should we do now?"
"We begin the awakening ceremony," Yamato said. "A Kanmusu can be awakened through many means, but the ceremony is the easiest way to invoke a Kanmusu into existence." After saying that, three fairies poofed into existence, and all of them were garbed like shrine maidens. They were also holding wooden sticks with paper tassels on one end. "They will be the one who perform the ceremony, so we can sit back and watch."
Yamato placed the metal bar on the floor, and the fairies stood around it, waving their wooden sticks or gohei around, as if performing a kagura dance. Issei watched the ceremony being performed with bated breath before the metal bar glowed.
"It's starting…" Yamato said.
With each passing second, the glow grew brighter and brighter, and the fairies continued their dancing.
Go away.
Issei flinched when he heard a voice inside his head, telling him to go away. He glanced at Yamato, who seemed to realize that there's something wrong going on.
"Issei, get back!"
She yelled, but it was too late as a figure started to form. The dancing fairies were blown away and disappeared into clouds of smoke. Their surroundings became noticeably darker as the new figure became more solid.
It was a woman with deathly pale skin, clad in white body suit. Her yellow eyes were glowing eerily, and sitting on her head was some kind of oversized hat that looked like a crab or an octopus with massive maw and a pair of round, big eyes, as well as tentacles. The woman was holding a walking stick. There were four drone-like entities hovering around her as the woman looked at both Yamato and Issei with her glowing eyes.
"W-what's going on?" Issei said as he stared at the pale woman. "W-what is she?"
Yamato's expression was grim. "That is Kaga, but not the Kaga that we should meet."
In a flash, Yamato's cannons appeared on her back.
"I was careless. I should have detected the corruption within the fragment…" Yamato said as she aimed her cannons at the pale woman.
"C-corruption?"
"Yes. When a Kanmusu is corrupted due to negative emotions, she becomes a monster…" Yamato said, her tone sounded tense. "We call our monstrous forms... 'Abyssal'…"
TO BE CONTINUED
Author's Note: Hello, this is me, Prince Arjuna. First, I would like to thank those who reviewed the previous chapter. I didn't expect that I managed to get more than 30 reviews. You guys are the best! So, I made several adjustments for the Kanmusu to fit into DxDverse, and as you can see at the last part of the chapter, the shipgirl who showed up was an Abyssal ship, a Wo-class standard aircraft carrier, and in this story, she is the corrupted form of aircraft carrier Kaga. Expect a battle in the next chapter, and it will be the time for Issei to shine as well.
Also, special thanks for lojzek91 for beta-reading this chapter. It is so nice working alongside you.
So, please stay tuned for the next chapter, and if you don't mind, will you leave your reviews for this chapter as well? As we know, the reviews are essential to keep the author moving so that he can write the next chapter with more vigor and stuff. See you guys in the next chapter, Chapter 03: Aircraft Carrier Kaga. Bye!
Prince Arjuna (2015)