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No one's POV
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In the Pacific,there were 4 factions at sea,they mostly comprised the organization known as "Azur Lane",together they pushed the Siren out of Humanities seas and retook the ocean,that were once lost but now,things were getting out of hand,the 4 faction had gone to war with each other,splitting Azur Lane into,2 parties,the first party,being loyal to the cause of the organization,to protect humanity and beat the Sirens,the party who remained loyal to Azur Lane,then there was the second party,the new party who believes,that the Sirens can only be beat with their own technology,the party known as Crimson Axis,this party was made of Sakura Empire,Iron Blood,Vichya Dominion and Sardegna Empire,whilst,Azur Lane was composed of Eagle Union,Royal Navy,Northern Parliament,Iris Libre and Dragon Empery,the 2 parties went to war for dominance of the sea as both sides for for their ideals

In the north of the Pacific,a fleet from the proud Navy of Iron Blood,sailed north as they went toward the cold Arctic seas of the North,they were being led by a woman with snow white hair and silver eyes,she wore a white uniform with a white cape over her shoulders,along with a black skirt with yellow and red lining,she held a flag pole with the flag of her nation attached at the end and a white cap perched on her head

To her side was a girl with blonde hair and purplish-blue eyes,she had a blue beret with a black and white top,that extends as a cape,shoulderless sleeves and black shorts

Behind the 2 were 2 women,one with long white hair and red eyes,she had a black hat on and wore an open black and red vest with a fur collar,showing a fair bit of cleavage,along with a black skirt with an Iron Blood cross pin

The other with long white hair,like the other woman but with Amber colored eyes,she wore a gray leotard with yellow buttons going across it,it had long red and gray sleeve and extend a little further down

The 4 women had mechanical rigging,that looked like mechanical sharks as the said mechanical sharks moved as if they had a life of their own,sailed forward,not uttering a single word to each other,the blonde one looked to the white haired woman next to her as she looked worriedly

???:Ms.Tirpitz,are you sure you ok with coming with us,you didn't have to come on this mission,we know that your not fond of the Arctic sea

Tirpitz:I'll be fine,Z23

???2:I have to agree with Nimi here,you don't need to push yourself to come with us

Tirpitz:again,you don't need to concern yourself with Me,I'll be fine,this is a simple mission,Eugen,nothing much will happen,during it

???3:still,your past may hinder you in this mission

Tirpitz:are you underestimating Me,Graf Zeppelin

Zeppelin:of course not,I would never but we know your fond of the place,I just thought,that you wouldn't like to come

Tirpitz:a mission is a mission,I will go,whether I like it or not,it's our purpose

Eugen:your starting to sound like your schwester

Tirpitz:despite my schwester's tendency to work herself to her core,she does it all for our factions,do not disrespect her or her work

Eugen:I'm not but,we'd hate to see another good battleship,pushing their limits,even tho it is not needed

Z23:she us right Ms.Tirpitz we're just worried for you

Tirpitz:I thank you for your concerns but I will be able to handle myself,just fine

They all stayed quiet,knowing that the white haired battleship,no longer wants to continue the conversation as they all sailed forward to their destination

Timeskip brought to you by all my OC's doing the Konosuba dance

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Tirpitz's POV
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after about 30 minutes of sailing,we had made it to the Arctic sea,giant icebergs,,snow and ice,littered the ocean as my memories of this place came flooding in

AN:I don't exactly know were Nazi Germany sent Tirpitz to in WW2 but I know she was sent north so I just made it the Arctic sea,please don't sue Me historians

I looked around the area as I looked for anything suspicious,right now,there was nothing but ice and snow but we had to keep our eyes open for anything that seemed out of place

Tirpitz:let's go over the mission again

Z23:alright,Lord Bismarck has ordered us to stop and sink Royal Navy fleet,that is carrying cargo to the Northern Parliament

Zeppelin:from the intel,they should be around the 3 areas where we can encounter them

Eugen:the fleet is being escorted by a 2 cruisers,a destroyer and a light carrier

Tirpitz:we need to find this fleet before they can reach the Northern Parliament,so let's make this quick,it shouldn't be much of problem to sink the fleet,since their not any real threat in it

Z23:but intel also said that there might be Sirens in these waters,since the Northern Parliament is struggling to handle them

Tirpitz:if that's the case,then we'll sink them too

Everyone:Ja

we all sailed,deeper into the Arctic sea,we ended up being caught in a snowstorm as our vision of the area,significantly lessened,the storm was so bad that we couldn't even see 2 feet in front of us,I had Graf Zeppelin send out her planes,in hopes that we could gain any more vision of our surroundings,but it was futile as not even her planes could see a single thing while the strom grew stronger

Eugen:the storms getting stronger

Zeppelin:what should we do Tirpitz,we can't see a thing

Z23:and I'm getting frostbite,we need to get out of this storm

I looked in front of Me as I tried to make out anything in front of Me but the storm was too strong,I looked back at the 3 as I gave my orders

Tirpitz:summon you ships,we'll all get on my ship and warm up in there,this storm has probably stopped the Royal Navy as well,so they won't be going anywhere

everyone summoned their ships as I did the same,our riggings disappeared and turned into hundreds of glowing blue cubes,that then formed into our ship,we jumped onto my ship and quickly went inside,I led everyone through my ship as we went into my bridge,I quickly brought out a few thermal packs and gave them to the others so they could warm up,they immediately eased up as the warmth from the thermal packs,quickly eased them all,I looked out the window of my bridge as I saw the heavy downfall of snow,outside,I sighed as I looked back at my 3 other team member,who were warming up

Z23:Ms.Tirpitz,are you not going to warm up

Eugen:ja,you must be freezing

Tirpitz:I have been in this place and it's temperature for most of my reborn life,the feeling of cold to Me has been gone for a very long time now,I haven't had it in a VERY long time,now

Zeppelin:I see,even so,don't you think,you should get at least a bit of warmth

Tirpitz:it's unnecessary,I don't need it,I'll just be in my room for a while,if anything happens,alert Me,immediately

Z23:understood

I left the bridge and entered a side room in the corner,it brought Me into a decently furnished room,there was a wooden bed with a wooden bed desk to the side,there was a closet a small hanging bookshelf,a lamp,2 cabinets and a few drawers,I went over to my bed and laid down as I covered my eyes with my arm,I sighed as I let the memories rush through my head,they were right when they said,I was not fond of the Arctic sea but it was not for the reason they think,they all think,that I hate place because I was left her on my own but it was the farthest from the truth,tho it was true,that I was left here and I was glad that I was able to leave but it was my mission to keep watch in this area,the real reason,I hated this place was because,this was the same place,that I had lost someone,very very important to Me,he was forgotten by almost everyone from Iron Blood,not even my own sister could remember,I was one of the few that could and would never forget,I grabbed a picture frame,that was on the bedside desk as I uncovered my eyes and looked at the picture,it showed a happy young boy in my arms,his snow white hair and silver eyes,replicated mine perfectly,his clothes were of similar appearance to mine,apart from his white pants and white fur snow boots,he resembled me perfectly,I could still remember his cheery smile and happy demeanor,like it was yesterday but ever since that one encounter in the past,I could no longer hold him in my arms,I felt a single tear go down my face as the thought of him got to Me,when I lost him,I couldn't bare with it,I slaughtered every Siren I saw from that day forward but when it came to Me,that it wouldn't bring him back to Me,I just stopped,I denied any calls from HQ and broke down in my ship for a few days,from the thought of losing him,I had cried myself until I ran out of tears as from that day forward,I had sworn,that I would find him and bring him back

Outside Tirpitz's rooms

the Carrier,Destroyer and Cruiser were looking at Tirpitz lay on her bed,they saw her hold a picture frame in her hand as they could clearly see her crying,she touched the picture with her hand as the 3 looked at each other

Z23:is she ok

Zeppelin:clearly not,I mean look at her,she's crying,that's THE Tirpitz,crying

Eugen:the question is,why is she crying

Z23:it's logical to assume,that it has something to do with that picture,she's holding,it seems very important to her

Eugen:sure but,that just leaves another question for us

Zeppelin:whats in the picture,that made her cry

Eugen:exactly,it has to have a very high sentimental value if it made her cry

Z23:something from her past,maybe

Zeppelin:it's a good guess but there has to be more to it,than just that

Eugen:which again,leaves us with another question

Z23:you 2 can keep spying on her if you want,I don't want to invade her privacy,anymore than I already have

Z23 left the 2 as they look to each other for their next move,they decide to follow Z23 and not disturb Tirpitz's privacy as they left after her while Tirpitz continued to look at the picture frame in her hand

Back to Tirpitz

I moved my across the picture as I remembered all the good times I've had with him,even tho were left to guard this frozen ocean,he saw joy in everything,despite the barren and boring sight of the Arctic he enjoyed his mission just by staying at my side,we kept each other company the entire time,enjoying everything together,we survived together and fought together as I could remember the sound of his cannon,tear through siren ships like it was nothing,his armor was tougher,than even our Schwester,his firepower was unmatched,that it could make Yamato herself tremble

I decided that I've laid down for long enough as I wiped my tears away and placed the picture frame,back down on the bedside desk,I stood up and straightened myself as I left my room,I looked at the window and saw that the storm had passed and we could go back on the move,I looked at the as they were silent,I was curious about their silence but didn't bother to ask them about it as we had more important thing to do

Tirpitz:the storms ceased for now but it might come back,we should move out and find that Royal Navy Cargo Fleet

Graf Zeppelin:I've already sent out some of my planes as soon as the storm cleared

Tirpitz:well let's not waste our time here then

we all left my bridge and went back out into the Arctic climate,we summoned our rigs as our ships dematerialized and turned back into our rigging,we then sailed away from our position as we went to look for the Royal Navy Fleet

Timeskip brought to you by Bismarck and Tirpitz,sibling bonding

We had been searching for the Riyal Navy fleet for a while now but still failed to find them,we've gone to and followed the 2 of the 3 possible routes,they could have taken but didn't find them there,Graf Zeppelin's planes had not spoten any hostiles and we were running out of time to complete the mission

Z23:we've checked 2 of the possible routes already but no sign of them

Eugen:do you think,they've made it to the Northern Parliament already

Tirpitz:I doubt it,the snow storm would have delayed them as much as it delayed us,they wouldn't have made it yet unless they kept going through the storm which us unlikely

Zeppelin:there's,still the 3rd route,if we don't find them there,then this operation was a bust

Eugen:agreed

Tirpitz:just keep your eyes out for anything suspicious

We sailed on,following the 3rd route as we continued to look for the Royal Navy,I noticed another storm approach but it was still a good distance away,which means we can still search safely for the time being,I then saw Z23,looking at the icebergs around us

Tirpitz:is there something wrong Z23

Z23:no,nothing is wrong,it's just this area is off putting

Eugen:looks like,someone has paranoia

Zeppelin:what do you mean,Nimi

Z23:I mean,look these icebergs,they don't look natural,normally Icebergs are giant,plain,connected pieces of ice but these ones look weird,their spiky,jagged and unnatural looking,they kinda look like they were frozen explosion if you look at them

Tirpitz:I guess that is unnatural

Eugen:they do kinda look like,explosions,as if they were artificially made

Zeppelin:but why what would cause this

Z23:don't know

Eugen:maybe the Northern Parliament is creating a weapon that can create an explosion of ice

Tirpitz:perhaps but it's far fetched,the Northern Parliament,barely has the resources to beat the Sirens,out if their waters,I doubt that,they would have to resources to make such a weapon

Z23:then what could have caused this

Tirpitz:I don't know but right now,we just need to find this fleet and sink it so we can get out of here

Zeppelin:well,speak of the devil,I found them,their north east of our position

Tirpitz:let's finish this mission

we sailed north east of our position at top speed as we soon found the Royal Navy fleet,we were tasked to sink

Tirpitz:I can see the enemy,Graf Zeppelin,launch you planes and provide air support,keep their planes off us

Graf Zeppelin:understood

Tirpitz:Eugen and Z23,stay in front,keep them away from Me and Graf while I shell the cargo

Eugen:jawohl

Z23:affirmative

Graf Zeppelin,launched her planes as they took to the skies while I aimed my cannons,I fired a salvo,alerting the enemy to our presence as I saw them turn to us,Z23 launched a wave of torpedoes as Eugen fired her cannons,I looked and confirmed that there were only 1 light carrier,a destroyer and 2 cruiser,luckily,the intel was right and that was our only real opponents in the fight,they evaded the bombs and shells,that flew towards them as one of my shells hit 1 of the 4 transport ships,I fired another salvo at their light carrier but she dodged and launched aircraft but they were quickly shot down by Graf Zeppelin's fighters,Z23 and Eugen went into clo quarter combat as they charged the enemy,Eugen brought out 3 rotating shield and covered their charge,Z23 launched another wave of torpedoes as 2 hit their cruiser,one of the heads Eugen's rig grabbed the arm of the other cruiser and raised her up while the other head aimed and prepared to fire but before it could,the Royal Navy destroyer passed through the shield and launched her torpedoes at Eugen,3 of the torpedoes hit and forced her to let go of the cruiser as the 2 of them backed off,Z23 retaliated by firing her gun,but it was blocked by the other cruiser a they grouped up sa they focused their fire on Z23 but Eugen shield was keeping them safe,I took the opportunity and fired my cannons at them as they were very close together but they noticed my attack and dodged,unfortunately for one of the cruiser,she didn't dodge in time and was hit by salvo,the hit,broke her rig and incapacitated her,taking her out of the fight,I suddenly heard the sound of engine in the air,near Me,I saw aircraft flying towards Me as I fired my anti air but it wasn't enough,the planes dropped their payload as I evaded the bombs,that were falling,Zeppelin then counter attacked and had her planes drop bombs on the Royal Navy light carrier,I decided to finish off the transport as I shelled the remaining 3 transports,the Royals saw their cargo,sink into the depths as they gritted their teeth,they fired shots into the water,blocking our sight of them,when the water came back down,we saw,that they were making a hasty escape

Tirpitz:after them,we shouldn't let them escape

Graf Zeppelin launched more planes as we chased after the fleeing Royal Navy fleet,Eugen and I fired shells,hoping to hit or slow them down but they were evading our attacks,they were to fast for us as we slowly got left behind,Zeppelin pulled a last ditch effort as her planes bombed a nearby iceberg,making large pieces of ice fall in the path of Royal Navy but they didn't slow down,they went faster as the ice fell,as soon as the ice fell onto the water,the Royal Navy ships had already passed,blocking our path to them

Tirpitz:dammit,they got away

Zeppelin:perhaps it wasn't the best plan to hit the iceberg

Tirpitz:no,it's fine,the transport have been sunk,our mission has been accomplished

Eugen:wait,wheres Nimi

we quickly looked around and saw that Z23 was looking into an iceberg,she seemed very fascinated with it for some reason

Eugen:Nimi,what are you doing

Z23:Graf Zeppelin,I think you uncovered something when you bombed this iceberg

we went over to her as she continued to inspect the iceberg,it was the iceberg,Graf Zeppelin had bombed to block the Royals path but did Z23 see in it

Zeppelin:what do you mean,I uncovered something

Z23:I can see something in this iceberg,the cracks that came from the bombing are giving off a weird gray color,kinda like steel but I can't clearly make out,what it is

I went up to the iceberg,to see what Z23 was seeing and she was right,through the cracks,I could see a gray color,that was similar to steel which was peculiar,I looked at different parts of the iceberg as I saw another peculiar sight

Tirpitz:look up there,I can see another color

Zeppelin:is that red and black

Eugen:I think so

Z23:but what would it be

I tried to think of,what could possibly be in this iceberg as I pieced together what we know so far,I looked at the iceberg as I inspected it,I then noticed a figure moving,the other saw it as well,it was moving from the right to the left at a slow pace as if it was weakly walking,looking at it,gave a eerie feeling as the figure went down as if it fell,I pieced everything together,trying to make sense of what we were seeing,until it hit Me,my grip on spear tightened as I looked at the iceberg,the other saw my tension as they looked at Me

Eugen:Tirpitz?

Tirpitz:you 3,back up a bit

Z23:why,what are you going to do

Tirpitz:just do it,that's an order

they all stayed silent and backed up as I let go of my spear and gave it to one of the shark heads of my rigging as it held my spear in it's mouth,I curled my hand intoa fist as I looked at the iceberg from top to bottom,I sighed and prepared to punch it,I wound up my arm and delivered a single punch to the ice berg as it sent a crack,straight through the middle

Z23:woah

Eugen:such strength

Zeppelin:impressive

I took back my spear and stbbed it into the iceberg as I pushed one side away with all my strength as if I was opening a crate with a crowbar,the left side broke off and and sank into the ocean as I kicked the right off as it sank as well,after clearing the ice,we finally got a clear look of,the object inside the ice,we looked at it and saw GIGANTIC ship,anchored to the water,the ship was bigger than Yamato,carrying cannons of massive calibers,it had some holes in it but it remained a float

Eugen:it's a ship

Z23:AND IT'S MASSIVE,IT'S BIGGER THAN YAMATO

Zeppelin:it looks.................familiar

we all looked up,to the top of the ship as we saw the source of the black and red color,it was a flag,that showed a red cross

it was the flag of Iron Blood,the flag our faction

Z23:IT'S AN IRON BLOOD SHIP

Eugen:when did our faction make such a massive ship

Zeppelin:I don't know,but it seem familiar to Me,but I can't remember it clearly

Z23:Ms.Tirpitz,do you know this ship

I didn't pay attention to Z23 as I looked at the ship in front of Me,the structure of the hull,the giant cannons and seemingly impenetrable armor was all too familiar to Me,I felt my tears go down my face as I tightened my grip on my spear,even my own rig seemed to be feeling nostalgic at the sight as the others looked at Me

Z23:Ms.Tirpitz?

I still didn't pay attention to her as I turn my rig into my ship and anchor it to the side,I jumped up into the air and landed on the deck of the unknown ship,surprising everyone,they quickly followed Me onto the ship,I looked at the deck,trying to find that figure,we saw,I found it as it revealed to be a young boy,laying down on the deck,I ran to it as I knelt down and brought him into my arms,I faced him to Me as I saw his pale complexion and snow white hair,he was wearing a white cap like mine,a similar uniform,white pants and white fur snow boots

AN:just imagine,he's wearing the clothes,that were described above and

he was unconscious as I looked at him,I felt myself lose it as I couldn't hold myself back anymore,my tears came out as my team members came to Me and looked at the sight in my hands

Z23:a-a male

Zeppelin(mind):this boy

Eugen:Tirpitz,who is this

I didn't answer her as I looked at the unconscious boy in my arms,for the first time in a very long time,I felt contempt and happy,the boy I had been looking for,for 2 years now,is now back in my arms

Tirpitz:I finally found you..........Bruder

Author:and that will be all for the first chapter of my new story,I do hope you all enjoyed it,I honestly dub this as the most sentimental crap,I have ever written and I've written my fair share of sentimental crap so I do look forward for the next chapter and for the rest of the story,until next time

Shadowgamer254 out