I'm bored. Those two words describe what has become of my mental condition for the past few hours. Don't ask me how I could still keep count of my time here. I just know it, well maybe it's one of the perks of being an abyssal.

Back to topic, if you want to know the cause of my boredom, well let me ask you what you will feel if you stuck being held by a crane for more than 4 hours.

While the cranes that held me and my brethren, yes my brethren. I have finally come to terms with being reborn as an abyssal since the past few hours. Anyway, the crane bring us to what seems to be an underground docking area, filled with multiple bays each fitted for a single abyssal destroyer.

(A/N : In this fic the size of abyssal destroyers are roughly the same size as a sailboat. I used the size they appeared with in the anime PV and not the mini size like in the MMD where they are smaller than the fleet girls.)

I was placed in one of such bay. The bay was dry and just waiting to be flooded with water when the gate in front of me opened. That what I presumed after assessing this situation. Unfortunately for me the gate won't open after this long.

While I'm still thankful for this, because it's means I won't be deployed soon, it still doesn't erase the boredom.

In other notes the time I spend idle, give me a lot of time to learn about my new body, well what I can learn anyway while being held by this stupid crane.

The most important thing and so far the most awesome thing I learned is how to activate my weaponry, of course not firing it, but activate it.

As I remembered a late model I-Class Destroyer which is my current body, was equipped with a 5inch Dual Cannon.

While in the game the location of the weapon on my class was unknown, while most fans maybe speculating it to be on the mouth. I found out that it was inside my head. Whenever I want to fired it, a part of my front armor will slide open to let the cannon barrels out. Since I have a dual cannon, each will slide out from each side of my head, a little bit above and front of my eyes.

Well, for me this placement is acceptable, after all the mouth of an I-class was located a bit on the bottom, It will be inconvenient for me to have to rear up my head each time I want to shoot.

I haven't test out the abyssal sonar yet, but I already know that I doesn't have the depth charge, to my disappointment. Oh well I will just ram each subs I find then. Of course being in the form of a ship girl means If hit I will at least could inflict heavy damage on them.

And that's bring me to the topic of killing. As a Kancolle follower, I love my ship girls. But now as a member of the Abyssal fleet, it means we are enemies and they are going to try to kill me. While I love ship girls (well some of it), I still love my life more thank you.

Well, at least if I thought of this as a game maybe I won't feel too much guilt in sinking or worst killing them, fleet girls. Ugh imagining the blood made my abyssal stomach curn.

But one thing I still haven't settled about was the possibility of the change in my gender. Right now there's maybe 50-50 chance when I evolve... if I evolve, I will become an abyssal fleet girl or maybe a fleet boy.

I really angled towards the former, because in the inside I'm still a male.

All of that rant inside my head stopped when a mechanical sound followed by water splashing catch my attention. It was the sound of the gate in front of me being opened and the water coming in to fill the gap.

'Finally!' I shouted mentally, while physically I let out a small shriek.

It was not long before my body was released, and I try to swim my way out.

Swimming my way out, I found my fellow abyssal destroyers swimming around in some kind of large lake. The lake seems to be in an underground cave, because I could see the roof of the cave.

Looking around I recognize the form of the four abyssal destroyer types all present in this lake. I-Class, Ro-Class, Ha-Class, and Ni-class.

What is taking my interest was that not all of them was a late model, based from the lack of organic like parts, only a handful seems to be a late model.

What's more none of them including me possess the aura that the elite enemy in the game has, all of us only possess the green eyes of normal enemy.

So it seems all of us was just newly made, and maybe the late model seems to be made to fill the pack leader role.

I also notice that I'm seems to be a bit bigger than the normal I-Class. This only supported my theory.

Finishing my inner rant, there's seems to be nothing more for us to do but waiting in this lake.

I decide to swim around a bit, trying out my new body. After all If I want to fight with this body, I better get use too it first.

It was in my second half hour that I accidently found how to communicate with my fellow destroyer. It was when I found myself suddenly in the middle of the crowd that I try to let out a scream of what basically 'out of my way' which comes out as another shrieks.

Surprise surprise the crowd suddenly part away and give me a clean path to swim.

After several experiment, I found out that while they cannot form complex words, they still understand what I want to say and vice cersa. Maybe it also involve some mental communication too, I don't know.

It was another hour before the same bays that previously hold me in open up again and comes out another dozen or so abyssal destroyer making the number of destroyer in this place to be about more than two dozen.

Yup maybe this is where they build the destroyer, so it sums up that abyssal destroyer are not coming from a sunken fleet girl.

Then it leaves a question of who made them in the first place?

DOOOONN! A loud wail rob me from my thought. Looking around there's a tunnel that just opened on the other side of the small lake.

All of the destroyer quickly heading to the tunnel. 'Well may as well follow.'

I decide to follow their example and my way through it, the tunnel was pretty big considering it large enough for three destroyer to swim side by side with barely a spare room.

After several turn, finally I could see the exit of this tunnel.

Exiting the tunnel, I was greeted with my first sight of abyssal fleet girl. A Chi-class Torpedo cruiser along with a few To-Class Light Cruiser was waiting for us.

The Chi-Class appearance was almost the same as the one depicted in the game, complete with her symbiote jet bike. What is different is that this Chi-Class has a longer hair and smaller bust size.

She looks over the array of destroyers in front of her. Once she looks satisfied with what she sees, she start to talk.

"Alright, first of all welcome to the abyssal fleet. All of you destroyers are fresh from the factory. I'm here to be your supervisor. Now I want you to form into a pack of 4 each with one late model for each pack. Now go." She ordered us.

With that order the crowd of destroyers moved and form themselves into packs of 4. I myself ended up with 1 other I-Class, and two Ni-Class.

"Good now in each pack the late model will take the role as destroyer pack leader. Now as the member of abyssal fleet, currently we only have one mission. And that is to take out the fleet girl and take the sea as ours."

The destroyer around has begun to get excited, judging by how the water around them is vibrating.

"Alright, now this is your lucky day, because I have gotten your first mission." She said with a smile. This only make the crowd of destroyer to become more giddy and excited.

'Huh, is this it? Are we gonna go into battle? This soon? I'm not even a day old yet. Am I ready for this? Am I ready for my first battle?'

In my nervousness I didn't notice the slight smirk on the face of the Chi-Class. It was not long before we was guided into other area.

/1 hour later/

'I should have seen it coming.'

'I should have known that there's no way they would let us, 'a newborns' into going on a battle mission so soon.'

Instead they send us out into this area deep in the sea floor, where we found a other group of abyssal ships mainly destroyers but with several light cruisers and torpedo cruiser scattered here and there. But no ships from the higher echelon.

The reason why for this gathering here is to collect resources.

Yes you hear me, we are here to mine minerals and oils from the sea floor.

'WTF! This is just the same as those expedition mission in the game, but instead of exploring we are laboring! And no pun intended!'

I would have continue ranting on and on if not because of our supervisor, a Ri-Class heavy cruiser. This Ri-Class was unique because she wears glasses and she haves this student council president aura on her. Oh yeah one more thing, she was strict as hell.

I have already seen some destroyers being hit hard by her when they are found slacking.

Oh well, better to go back to work. But before that 'Hey you Nikku go back here and help Iwa move that chunk of mineral!' I shrieked to one of the Ni-Class under my command.

I have decided to give them name instead of calling them by their class. I called the lone I-Class as Iwa, while the two Ni-Class I called as Nikku and Nina. Not a very imaginative name but it's better than calling them by their class.

Of how do I recognize which one of who in my two Ni-Class. I just know who is who, call it my abyssal instinct in recognizing allies.

Sighing, I started to resume my digging using the mining equipment given(strapped) to me. Well at least I already got to make some friends already. They are pretty friendly when you got to know them.

We have been told that the pack we formed will be our permanent from now on. The only way for any of us to leave the pack was one getting sunk from battle with an unrecoverable damage a'k die. Two if one of us survive long enough to evolve into higher echelon but even then, we could still choose between leaving or staying in the pack.

This confirm my abyssal evolution path theory. Maybe I could become a carrier or a battleship someday. Being changed into a female aside, it will be cool.

/10 hours later/

I'm beat. I don't know how I could feel tired with most of my body made from machine, but I really feel tired now. Tired and hungry.

After continuously mining for almost 10 hours straight, right now we are being guided back to the nearest abyssal base.

All of us were hungry and tired. Even in my exhausted state I still has to help Iwa to keep steady by slightly lifting her with my body. She seem to be the worst of us, she was so tired that she can't swim properly.

'Hey Iwa keep steady okay. We are almost there.'

She quietly let out a quiet shriek which translate as 'I'm trying.'

Letting out a sigh, I shift my position so I was below her, so I could lift her up more efficiently. 'Well this is my job as a pack leader.' I sighed mentally before my mental self rear up his head and crying waterfall.

'Why it must be me!? I'm not good as a leader! I'm a person that is better fit to follow not lead! Whyyyy!?'

Looking at the twin Ni-Class, their condition aren't much better than either of us.

It was not long before we reach an area with a sea cliff, the lead Ri-Class, our supervisor raise her hand in a sign of halt.

Attached on one section of the cliff wall was what seems to be a steel gate.

'So this must be where our base is.'

The Ri-Class raise one of her hand to the side of her head, precisely to her 'earphone'. It seems she is communicating with someone on the inside.

It was not long before the gate opened and we were ushered in.

Passing the gate, we enter another area that seems almost the same as the previous underwater lake, but much bigger.

The other difference is it was also occupied with more than just destroyer. I could see many variety Destroyer, Light cruiser, Light Carrier and etc, but still no battleships.

Then we were directed to go up into and surfacing. I had to work more harder in lifting Iwa to the surface.

Surprisingly there is air inside this cave. Once my head has pass the water surface, the scene I was greeted with nearly making me gape in awe.

There's a full blown seaport in front of me. Complete with docking bay, repair dock, HQ building, warehouses, everything that a proper sea military base would need and more was there in this place.

And there speaking with other humanoid abyssal I could see my first abyssal battleship. A Ta-class if I'm not wrong by looking at her clothes and white long hair. Does every Ta-class only wear string panties?

I could also see two Ru-class carrying some boxes into a building. But where is my Wo-chan?! I want to see my Wo-chan! I cried mentally.

I was cut off from my antique when the group started moving again. We were guided to one of the dockyards in the corner.

Once we reach the area our supervisor addressed us "Alright we will stop here."

"This is dock number 5, this dockyard is where the newbie's like you all are placed. This area is where you will sleep, getting repaired and re-armed. Got it?" She looked around to make sure that we all are focusing on her.

"Good, now I am sure that you all are tired and hungry, but before that I suggest for you to quickly eat and refill yourself the go to sleep immediately. You will need the rest to recover your energy for tomorrow work. "

Aaw man, we still need to do this again tomorrow? And the next day and so on? Give me a break. My way of thought seems to be mirrored by my other destroyers comrade judging from the collective groan they let out.

"Suck it up. This is the way our fleet works. You newbie must work to keep the supply for your elder on the front line, so just do it. For your meal, we serve the usual bauxite and fuel which you can find on feeding area on the back of the dockyard, don't be greedy and no food fight, got it?" This was said in a stern voice. "Good now dismissed."

With a groan I lead my group into the area she told us. Iwa has said that she has recover enough to swim by herself, so my burden has lifted off a bit.

Turns out the way they feed us is nearly the same as feeding a shark. Just throw away a chunk of metal into the water and let them catch it by themselves.

For fuel at least they were kind enough to give it to us using tubes, that we just need to bite and the fuel will comes out, like in the gas station, except this one instead for car it was for refueling a killing machine from the deep sea.

I let the member of my pack to eat first before I take my turn, not from courtesy but just to see how do we abyssal destroyers eat our food.

After all of us has gotten our fill, a Chi-class comes over and assign us our own small bay for each pack like in a dorm.

As an abyssal, the 'dorms' stretch into under the water, to accommodate the large amount of destroyers.

Actually the dorm are just like holes being drilled in the cave walls. Each of it was large enough to accommodate 4 destroyers.

Once settling in, My eyes was quick to get drowsy, and I could feel my destroyers body has gone into recharge mode a'k sleep.

The last thing I thought was 'Heh, life as an abyssal was not too bad after all. At least my life has changed to be more interesting.'

Author note: Sorry for the late update, I got sidetracked by my other fic hence the late update. Sorry if it is a short chapter, but I'm still looking for some ideas first. Well, see you in the next chapter.