Note: Late, but here's an index of these stories, complete with vaguely useful summaries. Sorry for those expecting something else.


"World War Stories"

Select stories from an abortive attempt for a series. Some were expanded and edited.

01. The Fledgling Eagle

Character(s): Little Enterprise, Original Character

An officer meets a peculiar child upon return to Pearl Harbor.

02. Starry Heavens, Starry Hearts

Character(s): Akagi, Original Character

The star festival and a lull for the conflict at hand—but not within. A heartbroken Akagi meets a mysterious officer in Hashirajima.

03. Wings Spread, Arms Held

Character(s): Shoukaku, Zuikaku, Original Character

A memory of one summer night. Shoukaku and Zuikaku's first meeting with a lifelong friend.

04. Farewell to Innocence

Character(s): Akagi, Commander

Aircraft Carrier Akagi bids goodbye to the old days and welcomes a tomorrow of lies.

05. Mother Bird

Character(s): Houshou, Shoukaku, Zuikaku

She has watched over them for years. Soon it will be their time to soar and leave.

06. The Way We Were

Character(s): Yorktown, Original Character

Yorktown, the memories past, and resolve for the future.

07. Happiness

Character(s): Zuikaku, Original Character

On the battlefield, one's dreams eventually end. Zuikaku says goodbye to a dear friend.

08. Transient

Character(s): Atago

"You're not supposed to cling."

09. Stranger on the Shore

Character(s): Enterprise, Original Character

At a shore, two people who do not know one another reach a much-needed understanding.

10. Saratoga, Homebound

Character(s): Enterprise, Essex, Saratoga

She's coming home.

"Birds of a Feather"

Character(s): Zuikaku, Original Character

11. Shadow Play

The many shapes of shadows.

12. A Rainy Day Happening

A little incident under the pouring rain

13. Storm Before the Calm

A little story about being trapped in a storm shelter.

14. Shut up and Dance

Don't drink and dance.

15. A Starry Night Story

A story about Hikoboshi and Orihime's reunion...not. It's just Zuikaku getting lost.

16. Blessed by the Seas

The sea is kind, for it connects people.

"The Bluebird in the Imperial Capital"

As the storm clears, she spreads her wings and flies toward the future.

Character(s): Helena/Commander, Hiei, Atago

17. The Bird I Saw That Day

18. Daybreak's Light

19. From Here On

20. Summer Night Town

21. Hanabi

22. Calm Days, Gentle Waves

23. Nihonbare

24. Mother

25. One Day in February

26. Through His Stomach

27. December's Bride

28. The Bluebird That Flies Over the Rainbow

"I'll Be There For You"

Glimpses of sisterly affections.

29. All Right Now

Character(s): San Diego, Juneau

30. I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)

Character(s): Glasgow, Newcastle

31. Dancing Queen

Character(s): Queen Elizabeth, Valiant

32. Faith

Character(s): Richelieu, Jean Bart

33. Forever on Your Side

Character(s): Edinburgh, Belfast

34. Jinsei

Character(s): Amagi, Akagi

35. Look, Spring Came

Character(s): Chitose, Chiyoda

36. Mistilteinn

Character(s): Graf Zeppelin, Peter Strasser

37. Picture of You

Character(s): Kaga, Tosa

38. Sleeping Child

Character(s): Admiral Hipper, Prinz Eugen

39. Some Kind of Wonderful

Character(s): Enterprise, Hornet

40. Somebody to Love

Character(s): Bismarck, Tirpitz

41. Stand by Me

Character(s): Hermione, Sirius

"Tomorrow of Ours"

Yesterday they fought, tomorrow they'll nurture.

42. Arcadia

Character(s): Admiral Hipper, Prinz Eugen

43. From the New World

Character(s): Prinz Eugen, Commander

44. Let's Ride into the Sunset Together

Character(s): Oklahoma

45. Mother's Blood

Character(s): Prince of Wales

46. Rampage

Character(s): Roon

"About You, About Me, About Someone"

A miscellany of tales.

47. Fairytale of New York

Character(s): Little Bel/Original Character

Little Bel, a curious Christmas Eve, and the start of a friendship. A boy-meets-girl kind of story.

48. A Shark's Story

Character(s): U-110, Beagle, Bulldog

U-110 attempts to get back at Bulldog but ends up with a surprise of her own.

49. Little Steps

Character(s): Little Bel, Original Character

A rainy day gives her a chance to dance.

50. The New Year in Yokosuka

Character(s): St. Louis, Helena, Original Character

What's a better way to welcome the New Year than getting plastered and making a fool out of yourself before a good friend and her sister?

51. An Asian Rendezvous

Character(s): Yat Sen, Langley, Houshou, Hermes

All men are brothers, and they are all sisters.

52. Close Encounter of the Third Kind

Character(s): Bailey, Commander

One Commander found himself at the mercy of an alien.

53. Empire's Sunset

Character(s): Hood, Nagato

Two kindred spirits bond over tea and sundown.

54. Great Maid Deutschland

Character(s): Deutschland, Commander

Never make a bet with Prinz Eugen.

55. Hands

Character(s): Z23, Javelin, Laffey, Ayanami

Four friends, thick as thieves, and hands held like anchors in the turbulent world.

56. Let Us Cling Together

Character(s): Shoukaku/Original Character

Even if only for a night.

57. Littorio, innamorata

Character(s): Littorio

Laments upon a fabled emotion.

58. Once Upon a New York's Eve

Character(s): Prince of Wales/Original Character

Life is not like a fairytale. Or maybe it is—if you're drunk.

59. Nightmare at the Naval Base

Character(s): Graf Spee/Commander

Graf Spee has never had a Halloween—until now.

60. Mumbles

Character(s): Belfast/Commander

Things left unsaid seldom taste sweet. Even Belfast isn't immune.

61. One-of-a-kind Flower

Character(s): Beagle, Illustrious

Even a small flower is meaningful.

62. Meeting is the Beginning of Parting

Character(s): Junyou, Original Character

Because to meet means to part.

63. This Wonderful World

Character(s): Tirpitz, Mutsu

Tirpitz, Mutsu, and a talk about the world.

64. Towards Tomorrow

Character(s): Suruga/Commander

Suruga and Commander talking about the future during one Hinamatsuri.

65. World Room
Character(s): Bailey, Z46

Bailey strikes up a friendship with an unusual girl over outer space.

66. Deirfiúr

Character(s): Edinburgh, Belfast

The head maid and the only person she ever loved.

67. Vinland

Character(s): Bismarck/Commander

She found the new world, in her new life.

68. I See You Walk Unafraid

Character(s): Intrepid/Original Character

The fearless her is beautiful.

69. Next Stop Brooklyn

Character(s): Brooklyn/Original Character

Brooklyn, a former Commander, and the rekindling of an old flame.

70. Firelight

Character(s): Taihou, Commander

A flame stoked anew by the desire for revenge.

71. She

Character(s): Cleveland, Commander

The Commander's three discoveries about Cleveland.

72. We'll Always Have Paris

Character(s): Dunkerque/Original Character

Because the memories of Paris will never die.

73. A Simple Life

Character(s): King George V/Commander

King George V favors the simple things.

74. The Fairy in the Library

Character(s): Edinburgh, Original Character

What should be mundane, if not boring, work turns out to be not so ordinary.

75. Caught in a Haze on This Lazy Summer Day

Character(s): Little Bel, Original Character

They wish it would always be there.

76. Let the Rest of the World Go By

Character(s): Shoukaku/Original Character

In this perfect weather, they found a place together.

77. The Beautiful Day

Character(s): Edinburgh, Belfast, Little Bel

It's a beautiful day to be free.

78. The Warp and the Weft

Character(s): Taihou/Commander

When matching threads meet.

79. Remember Not the Cold

Character(s): Edinburgh, Belfast

She'll always be warm now.

80. Paradise Road

Character(s): Enterprise, Saratoga

Enterprise and Saratoga are on a road trip, and the former learns some valuable things along the way.

81. A New Spring

Character(s): Arizona, Original Character

New season, new steps.

82. Peonies

Character(s): Hood

Hood and the gift of flowers.

83. The Long Wait's End

Character(s): Junyou, Original Character

A meeting reminiscent of the old days.

84. Evergreen

Character(s): Shoukaku/Original Character

What both of them don't want to lose

85. The Best Years We've Never Had

Character(s): Zuikaku, Original Character

A story of what could have been.