Sakura Empire Naval Base is a rge Isnd full of Sakura Trees, several hours away from the Mainnd.

  Music echoes through out the isnd as the Commander of the Base sits under a rge Sakura tree.

  Baxterbro

  Chi Osami, kneels under the rge tree as she sips some tea.

  "I've gotten word that the strike force is back." A mature voice says from the side.

  "From what I've also heard, the attack on Azur Lane was a success." Another mature voice says from the side.

  Osami lowers the cup from her lips and looks towards the voices. "What news have you heard, Yamato? Musashi?"

  The the side of Commander Osami are the Kitsune Battleship sisters Yamato.

  And Musashi.

  "Only what Nagato has told us." Yamato informs. "Is it wise to put her in charge?"

  Osami nods. "As my secretary, Nagato can handle maintaining the Base and dealing with ships, while I pn out strikes and do paper work."

  "I have heard that the Siren Sub, Alicorn, has been in py." Musashi says as she waves her fan a little.

  "Hmm, do they not see that more creations like Alicorn will benefit humanity?!" Osami growls.

  "But many lives have been lost because of her." Musashi says and Osami gres at her, making the ship blush and cover most of her face. "Commander, giving me a look like that makes me all warm inside."

  Osami dead pans and looks away from the Kitsune ship.

  "She is right, Commander." Yamato speaks up. "We lost a lot of our own people because of her."

  Osami takes a sip of her tea. "Then more will die for what we want, for the Emperor wills it. I have given Nagato orders to proceed with Project Orichi."

  Musashi waves her fan. "Ohhhh~ This will be fun once it's complete."

  Yamato just sips some tea as her tails sway behind her. 'I do wonder how Alicorn is doing, I haven't seen her since she was very little.' She smiles. 'All she wanted to do was fluff my tails and sleep in them.'

  Baxterbro

  Alicorn grunts as sunlight hits her face and she sits up from her bed as she rubs her eyes. Alicorn looks to her night stand and sees that it's 7:49 A.M.

  "My internal clock is still not working?" Alicorn questions.

  Alicorn yawns and lets out a stretch, enticing a high pitched moan from her. Alicorn then slips out of bed and walks over to her wardrobe.

  Alicorn spends a couple minutes getting dressed before walking over to her mirror, to make sure she looks presentable. She smooths out several creases in her military coat.

  "Hmmm, I do wish Sheffield and Edinburgh were here." Alicorn mutters. "I do enjoy their company."

  Alicorn puts her tiara on and stretches a little, before heading out of her room.

  "Alicorn!" Clevend walks over with a smile. "Good morning~"

  Alicorn nods. "Good more, Clevend."

  "It's nice that you have finally dropped the Miss part, after how many times I asked you?"

  "87 times."

  "It was rhetorical." Clevend says with a straight-face.

  Alicorn just hum as the two exit the dorms.

  "So... where are you going?" Clevend asks.

  "I am heading to breakfast." Alicorn informs.

  "At least you do, Belfast had to force Enterprise to go to breakfast this morning. Sheesh, she's such a hassle." Alicorn just stares at her. "What?"

  "You do know talking bad about a higher rank ship is bad."

  Clevend sweats a little. "It's just a little banter, nothing too bad!" She waves her hands in defense.

  Alicorn just looks back head and they continue to walk in silence, before someone yelling breaks it.

  "STILL NOT YELLING!" A authoritative female voice yells.

  "STILL NOT YELLING! AYE AYE MA'AM. OOHRAH MARINE CORE!" Many voices yell, then cp. "KILL!"

  "HIGH KNEES! HIGH KNEES!"

  "HIGH KNEES! HIGH KNEES! AYE AYE MA'AM. OOHRAH MARINE CORE!" Many voices yell, then cp. "KILL!"

  The two rounds a corner to see a group of 100 Marine men and women doing PT training. With a female Marine, in her dress blues, standing in front of them.

  The Female has long bright red hair with bright green eyes. A rge burn scare is on the left side of her face, with her left eye slightly cloudy white."GET THOSE KNEES UP!" The Marine yells.

  "GET THOSE KNEES UP! AYE AYE MA'AM! OOHRAH MARINE CORE!" The soldiers yell, then cp. "KILL!"

  Alicorn and Clevend watch the training. "Who's that?" Alicorn questions.

  "That's Major Freya Leslie." Clevend informs. "She's here to train new privates and PFCs and slightly help the Commanders around the base."

  Alicorn hums. "She has an authoritative aura around her."

  "I know. Apparently she's a part of the OSS and they sent her here. And from some rumors I've heard, she has hearing and the ability to smell like a wolf does. That's grant her the nickname, Wolf. And her canine teeth are abnormally rge."

  "GET THOSE FUCKING KNEES UP, OR I'LL HAVE YOU RUN FIVE LAPS AROUND THE BASE!" Freya yells at a private.

  "AYE AYE MA'AM!"

  "YOU JOINED THE MILITARY TO FIGHT OFF THE SIREN THREAT, NOT FUCKING SLACK OFF!" Freya yells at all the soldiers in front of her. "I WILL NOT HAVE FUCKING EMBARRASSMENTS ON THIS BASE! SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SHIPS AND MILITARY FIGURES ARE ON THIS BASE! IF YOU EMBARRASS ME ONCE, I WILL HAVE YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE PLATOON CLEAN THE DAMN HEAD* WITH YOUR FUCKING TOOTH BRUSHES!"

  *(HEAD - the Marine term for bathroom.)

  "DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME!" Freya yells.

  "YES MA'AM!" All the soldiers yell.

  "I HAVE FOUGHT LONG AND HARD AGAINST THESE ALIEN BITCHES! I HAVE LOST MY FRIENDS AND MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS TO THOSE BITCHES! SO IF YOU CAN'T FUCKING LISTEN TO ME, YOU WILL DIE OUT THERE! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME!"

  "YES MA'AM!"

  "Oof, makes me gd I'm an Azured Ship and not a full human sometimes." Clevend states.

  Alicorn nods. "I'm starting to like her, gets stuff done."

  Clevend shivers. "She kinda scares me."

  "NOW!" Freya yells and points to the side. "ALL OF YOU RUN AROUND THE DORMS FIVE TIMES!"

  "AYE AYE MA'AM!" The soldiers yell and starts running.

  "GO! GO! GO! FUCKING MOVE THOSE LEGS YOU PIECES OF SHITS! YOU WILL HAVE MY RESPECT, ONCE YOU EARN IT FROM THE SHIPS AROUND THE BASE! NO MOVE OR I WILL HAVE YOUR ASS ON THE QUARTER DECK FOR I.T.!"

  The soldiers disappear out of sight and Freya takes a few heavy breaths, before wiping sweat off her head.

  "Okay, she really scares me." Clevend states.

  "She's my favorite human." Alicorn states.

  Freya notices the two ships watching, and she gives them a salute, before running after her men.

  The two get a move on.

  "I feel bad for humans sometimes." Clevend says. "They're so fragile and weak." Clevend then holds up a fist in determination. "Only makes me want to get rid of the Siren threat faster, to protect them all!"

  "You're very admirable, Clevend." Alicorn gives a small smile. Clevend gasps and smiles. "What?"

  "You're smiling!" Clevend points out. "I never see you smile, you should do it more!" Alicorn then stops smiling. "Awww, come one. Alicorn~ Smile~"

  "Tch." Alicorn walks faster, leaving Clevend behind.

  "Hey. Come on, don't be like that!" Clevend walks faster to catch up with Alicorn.

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  Later that day at the beach, Alicorn sits on a beach chair next to Unicorn and illustrious. They sit under a rge umbrel. Javelin and Laffey sit nearby under their own underbelly.

  Unicorn, Javelin and Laffey eat some panda sweets made by Ping Hai and Ning Hai.

  Down the beach are Team Destroyers, having fun in the water.

  Unicorn looks at Javelin, as said girl eats her sweet. Unicorn looks down at her sweet, unsure of how to eat it. Javelin notices Unicorn's dilemma, and she turns to Unicorn and takes a big bite out of the sweet.

  Unicorn then takes a bite out of her treat. "It's delicious."

  Javelin smiles. "Yes, it's delicious!"

  Unicorn then takes several more bites out of the sweet. Before illustrious takes a cloth and wipes a few crumbs from Unicorn's face.

  "I hope Ayanami can eat with us next time." Laffey says.

  "Huh?!" Javelin turns to the bunny girl.

  "You refuse?"

  "No!" Javelin shakes her head. "Of course not." She looks out to the ocean and eats her sweet. "You're right. It would be great if Ayanami could join us..."

  "One can only wish." Alicorn states.

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  Inside a meeting room at the Azur Lane Academy. Ping Hai and Ning Hai are expining how they ended up in the situation a few days ago.

  Enterprise, Hornet, Vestal, Prince of Wales, Clevend, Belfast and the two Commanders are in the room, listening. They all, minus Wales, Enterprise and Belfast, have panda sweets.

  Sicilia's head is no longer wrapped up in bandages. Showing off a newly gained rge scar above her left eye.

  "The Dragon Empery detected some suspicious activity by the Sirens." Ning Hai informs. "It could be a sign that they're preparing a massive attack. We went out on a scouting mission to find out more, but... We were attacked by a Siren fleet led by a high-css Siren."

  "You mean high-css Sirens could be doing something?" Hornet asks."

  Ning Hai nods.

  Hornet heats the rest of her sweet and wipes her mouth, with her hand.

  "Hornet, mind your manners." Vestal reprimands.

  "The Dragon Empery are one of the camps in the Azur Lane alliance." Wales starts. "They brought us this information."

  "Maybe they're trying to strike while Azur Lane and Red Axis are fighting each other..." Ning Hai suggests.

  Commander Stait rubs her chin. "It's a high likelihood."

  Sicilia sweats. "I-I-I don't like this a-a-at all."

  An hour ter.

  Enterprise and Belfast are walking down the halls of the Academy.

  "Increased Siren activity and Sakura Empire's new technology..." Enterprise says. "Their ability to control mass-produced Sirens." She puts a hand on her chin. "It can't be a coincidence. We should look into it.

  Belfast stops and puts a hand over her chest. "That is an activity we Royal Navy excel in."

  Enterprise stops and looks at her. "Nani?"

  "We, the Maid Corps, are already on a new mission." Belfast informs.

  "Maids? On a mission?"

  Belfast Curtseys.

  "'Cloak and Dagger' ... Espionage." Belfast informs.

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  Sheffield and Edinburgh, both in disguise, look up towards the rge tree at the tallest point on the base. Before moving on, looking for any information.

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  Osami smiles as she looks up at the falling pink petals around her.

  "Project Orochi..." Osami mutters. "We will show the world that Sakura Empire is not a push over. And that Siren technology will be our savoir in pushing them back out of our waters. Alicorn was the best thing that came out of it this technology, but they refuse to use her to her full potential!" She growls.

  "Commander, project Orochi will be finished soon." Yamato says. "Akagi says it'll only be a little while longer, before she and Kaga can finish it."

  "It's not fast enough." Osami grows angry. "I don't care if we have to wipe out Azur ne's new base fully to make it happen, but I want this project done within the next week."

  "Osami~" Musashi calls out. "Do calm down, don't put to much pressure on them, they are facing a strong opposition." She covers most of her face with her fan. "Grey Ghost and Predator are our biggest threat."

  Osami closes her eyes and takes a deep breath in and holds it for a few seconds, before letting it out. "You're right, I lost my cool there. I apologize."

  "Fufufu~" Musashi waves her fan a little. "I do have a way you can make it up for me~" Osami gives her a light gre as she moans.

  "Sister, please don't make it weird." Yamato asks.

  Osami sips her tea. "I have no qualms if we kill Grey Ghost, but Alicorn, I don't want her dead. But if we have too, we will eliminate her as well."

  "Commander, I don't think killing either will be beneficial. If we do end this war peacefully, we'll need them to push back the Sirens."

  "This war will only end when one side is wiped off the map!" Osami shouts. "I will bring this Empire to victory for my emperor, even if many of my old comrades have to die for it. Even if I have to die, I will die with honor."

  Yamato looks at her Commander in worry. 'Your loyalty to your nation is blinding you to the threat in front of you.'

  Musashi blushes a little with a smile on her face. "See you like this, Osami, oh it just makes me all hot."

  "STOP MAKING IT WEIRD!" Osami blushes as she yells.

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  Destroyer Shiranui is watching Manjuus and soldiers unload supplies off a ship, reading the papers in her hand.

  "Where is that bumbling fool Akashi scking off at...?" Shiranui asks herself.

  Sheffield and Edinburgh walk behind her. But Edinburgh trips and falls over. Shiranui looks over. "Oh, are you okay?" The Sakura Empire ship asks.

  Shiranui floats over, with a purple fme floating next to her.. "By the way, are you...?"

  Edinburgh panics a little as she looks for her mask and gsses that fell off. Sheffield walks over and puts the mask back on Edinburgh, before helping her up.

  Sheffield bows, then grabs Edinburgh's hand and drags her away.

  "Oh... Excuse me." Shiranui calls out, making the two ships stop. She holds out Edinburgh's gsses. "You dropped this.

  Edinburgh walks over, gives Shiranui a little bow, then grabs her gsses. She puts them on and gives another little bow before running back over to Sheffield. Sheffield walks off as Edinburgh turns around and gives the Sakura Empire another bow, then follows Sheffield.

  Shiranui watches the two leave and puts a hand on her chin.

  Sheffield and Edinburgh get out of Shirianu's view and they run along the docks, till they get to a hidden shadowy spot.

  The two Royal Navy ships take a couple deep breaths and take off their masks.

  "Why was I assigned to this undercover mission?!" Edinburgh compins. "I'm totally not cut out for it!"

  Sheffield looks around the corner of their hiding spot. "Quiet, please We've studied their logistics. It seems like they are building something massive. But... Where?"

  Sheffield watches as the green haired girl, Akashi, walks into a cave where some train tracks lead.

  Akashi looks down at the doll she's holding, not looking where she's going. "Shiranui doesn't know how to treat a cat. I can't take it anymore." She compins and light shines onto her face, and she looks up. "Where am I?"

  Akashi finds herself in an underground cave that leads out to the ocean.

  Akashi gasps in awe and drops her blush. She looks around for it after she drops it, and notices a path off to her left. The girl follows the path for a while. "I'm lost..."

  Then Akashi comes into a rge room and finds the Project Orochi Ship. She looks down at it from high above. "Is this the Project Orochi ship? It looks just like a Siren ship..."

  "Is it really okay to build something like this?" Akashi questions and she looks down and spots Akagi on the ship. "Akagi? What is she doing?"

  Akagi holds up the bck mental cube shes holding and it floats up. Before glowing brightly and let's out a force wave that shakes the cave slightly.

  The cube sparks, before disappearing into the ship. The ship glows blue for a few seconds, then it shines red and the ship turns on.

  Akashi gasps in awe,

  "With so much energy gathered, the activation of Project Orochi is imminent." Akagi states.

  Akashi gasp. "Is that...?!"

  Sitting on the highest point of the ship, is Observer Alpha.

  "At this rate, I'd say... One more, perhaps." Observer's robotic voice echoes in the cave. She holds up her hand and creates another bck Mental Cube, which floats down to Akagi. "The goal of the Orochi Project is not to create an ordinary ship. It's a... shall we say... An ark, carrying every wish across the ocean. Much like Alicorn was meant to be." She floats down and whispers into Akagi's ear. "Your reunion is soon."

  Akagi gives a light gre at the Siren. "Leave this pce. You don't want to be seen."

  Akashi sweats a little. "Oh, dear, oh, my. I saw something terrible..." She starts to walk away.

  "You there." Kaga calls out, which makes Akashi panic. "What are you doing?" Akashi looks behind her and see Kaga. "You saw?"

  "Wh-What are you talking about? I just got lost..."

  Suddenly a pair of tentacles wrap around the cat, which makes her yell in panic, and they lift her up and off the ground.

  Observer lifts Akashi up to her. "Oh, she saw. Well, too bad, I guess." She aims her ser cannons at the cat and they light up. "Like they say, curiosity killed the cat, right?"

  "No!" Akashi yells as tears fall down fer face. "Help me!"

  "Halt." Akagi walks over. "I won't let you have your way in the Sakura Empire."

  Observer looks down at Akagi. "You say that, but you must know she can't just be left alone, right?"

  Akagi doesn't say anything, but a couple gunshots ring out, and bullets sm into Observer's tentacles, making her drop the cat girl.

  Over to the side is Sheffield with part of her rigging out,

  "Who are you?!" Kaga yells and throws out several paper air pnes and they fly towards the maid.

  Sheffield jumps out of the way, losing the disguise, and she fires her cannons at Kaga a couple more times. Which the Aircraft carrier blocks with her paper air pnes.

  "That ludicrous outfit... you're Royal Navy!" Kaga observes.

  Sheffield nds on the ground and runs along the wall, firing her cannons at Kaga, before lunging at Akagi.

  Akagi leans back as Sheffield wipes her guns at her. Then the maid raises her leg up, which makes the aircraft carrier eyes widen and blush as she looks up the maid's skirt.

  Akagi slides back and avoids Sheffield's leg. But the maid kicks the cube out of the girls hand, which she reaches for, only for Sheffield to shoot it off the ledge.

  "Dear sister!" Kaga calls out.

  Akagi looks at Sheffield in anger and the maid gres at her.

  "Edinburgh!" Sheffield yells out.

  Edinburgh, on the ground below, runs out of cover and reaches for the cube. Which she misses and it sms onto her face.

  "I got it, Sheffield!" Edinburgh calls out.

  Observer frowns and charges up her ser cannons.

  "Retreat!" Sheffield orders and throws a smoke grenade on the ground.

  Smoke swiftly fills up the area.

  Kaga summons more paper air pnes. "Impudent fools!" She throws her hands to the side, with the pnes in her hands, and the smoke dissipates. Revealing that the maids, and Akashi are gone.

  "Oh, dear. This is on you, Akagi." Observer states.

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  Osami drops her tea cup as arms ring out around the base. "What's going on?!" She yells.

  "Oh, dear, the arms are going off." Musashi rubs her ears.

  "Are we under attacked?!" Yamato questions.

  A soldier runs over to Osami and salutes. "Ma'am, we have intruders!"

  Osami growls. "Get some one to bring me their heads!"

  The soldier nods and runs off.

  Osami stands up and motions for the two Kistune sisters to follow.

  "Commander?" Yamato calls out.

  "We are going to see if we can find them ourselves."

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  The maids, with Edinburgh carrying Akashi, make it to the docks.

  "I prefer gold ingots!" Edinburgh compins.

  "You can compin ter." Sheffield states. "Why are you carrying that extra load?"

  "Don't leave me behind!" Akashi begs.

  "Why are you following us?!" Edinburgh asks.

  "They would have gotten rid of me! Silenced! Dead cats tell no tales!"

  "I suppose we have to see this through." Sheffield frowns a little. "Let's head for the ocean." She runs faster and Edinburgh swiftly follows.

  The two maids jump off the docks and sail onto the ocean as their rigging activates.

  "If we can make it to that small isnd..." Edinburgh points in front of them.

  "Watch out!" Sheffield yells.

  Several shells nd in the water in front of Edinburgh. Sheffield looks to the top of a shrine gate and sees Heavy Cruiser Takao.

  "You're not getting away!" Takao shouts.

  "I will handle her!" Sheffield informs. "Go ahead without me, Edinburgh!"

  "B-But Sheffy!" Edinburgh starts, but the other Maid ship sails toward Takao.

  Sheffield summons her guns and aims them at the enemy Heavy Cruiser. Sheffield pulls the triggers and her cannons go full automatic as Takao jumps off the shrine gate moves around Sheffield, avoiding the shells.

  Sheffield manages to score several hits and smoke covers Takao. The maid desummons her gun and holds her hand out. A rge ball of light shines in front of Sheffield and she fires it through the smoke.

  Takao holds up her sword and sheath, blocks the attack, and manages to push it back.

  "This is absurd." Sheffield compins as she summons her guns again.

  "Slow and steady wins the race." Takao states. "Dripping waters wears away the stone. My sword has been trained over a long period of time..." She lunges at Sheffield. "There is nothing it cannot sever!"

  Takao swings her sword as Sheffield, but the maid moves back just in time. She aims her guns at Takao, but the girl slides to the side, forcing Sheffield to swing her guns at the girl as she moves past.

  But Sheffield misses Takao and the Sakura Empire ships sms the handle of her sword into the side of Sheffield's face. Sheffield goes flying, but she aims a gun behind her and fires, slowing the maid down.

  Sheffield then fires at Takao , but said sword girl moves to the side and avoids getting hit. She stops a little ways in front of the maid.

  "My praise goes to you, my enemy." Takao says.

  A shadow covers Sheffeild and she looks up to see Ayanami flying down towards her, sword high up. The maid moves back as Ayanamu brings her sword down and it hits the water.

  Sheffield readies her guns. "Reinforcements."

  Edinburgh and Akashi hide behind a rge rock. "What should I do?" The maid asks. "What should I do...?"

  "Umm, aren't you going to run away?" Akashi asks.

  "I have to do something..." Edinburgh looks around, and spots a bunch of rope tied around another rge rock.

  "What is it?" The cat asks.

  Edinburgh smiles and cps her hands together.

  A sign is embedded into the rocks. "Unexploded bomb disposal area. Danger: None shall enter."

  Sheffield gnces between the two Sakura Empire ship. But the sound of an engine make the three look towards the sound.

  "What is this?" Takao questions.

  Edinburgh drives an old PT boat towards Sheffield. The baot has several rge bombs on it.

  "Edinburgh!" Sheffield yells out.

  Akashi holds onto Edinburgh as the maid leans out the boat and holds her hand out. "Sheffy, over here!"

  The two then panic as the engine of the boat catches on fire.

  "It's on fire!" The two panic.

  Sheffield grows confused. "This is a bit..."

  "Bad, yes." Ayanami sweats.

  "Don't come this way!" Takao yells in panic.

  Aksahi screams in panic as a bright light starts to shine.

  "Somebody stop me, please!" Edinburgh yells out.

  A rge explosion goes off between the group.

  Later that night.

  Osami is standing at the docks, with her two kitsune ships behind her. The Commander has her hands curled into fists.

  "I'm such a failure!" Osami holds up a fists. "How could I let them get away. If the Emperor gets word of this, he'll have my head. Why am I such a bad Commander!"

  Yamato sweat drops as she watches her Commander panic. But Musashi walks over to her commander and puts her hands on her leader's shoulders.

  "Don't worry Commander." Musashi's hands travel down her Commander's body. "Sakura Empire will find the intruders and get the Bck Mental Cube back." One hands stops on her Commander's left breast, as her other hand travels lower. "How about Yamato and I help you rex." Her other hand stops at a private area.

  Osami blushes a little, but her angry face and panic disappear. "Fine."

  Musashi grows a happy smile. "Great!"

  'I'm not going to lose this war!' Osami shouts in thought. 'I don't care if I have to wipe the Azur ne base off the map to make it happen!'

  Baxterbro

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  06-22-2023

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