Recap: You have convinced Nagato and Mutsu to join the Dragon Empire's navy.

Back to present

3rd person

It has been a week since the attack and betrayal of Nagato and Mutsu by the Sakura Empire. Everyone is currently sailing towards the Sakura Empire to launch a surprise attack on them.

Emperor Hirohito: Please prepare for any cautions okay?

Everyone: Hai!

Emperor Hirohito: Nagato, Mutsu, what do you say we give them another rude awakening? 

Nagato: Hmm, I like the sound of it.

Mutsu: Yes, we can get our revenge on Akagi, Kaga, and everyone else inside the Sakura Empire.

Nagato: I wish to retrieve my foxes.

Emperor Hirohito: You have fox friends Nagato-san?

Nagato: Yes, one is very large and the others are smaller but very playful ones.

Ping Hai: Then we should request some support if we plan to retrieve her missing friends your majesty.

Emperor Hirohito: There isn't a need to do so, because the Royal's have caught their attention again, this time they have the cube with them. While they are distracted, we will sneak into their empire to retrieve your foxes Nagato and any other valuables left behind.

Nagato: U-understood your majesty.

Mutsu: Nagato-nee, we are coming up on the mainland right now.

Emperor Hirohito: Everyone, please prepare to open fire when we receive the signal to do so.

Everyone: Hai!

Emperor Hirohito: Nagato and Mutsu, sneak into the empire and retrieve your valuables and foxes quickly. The Royal's can't hold them off forever. Our allies are supporting them.

Nagato and Mutsu: Understood your majesty.

The two sisters sneak back into the empire and begin the search for Nagato's foxes and their valuables.

Mean while and still in third person

The Royal's and the Azur Lane alliance are currently fighting the Sakura Empire in their home waters. They have stolen something that is considered very important to the empire.

**aircraft engine noises x two**

**aircraft engine noises x two in the distance**

Zuikaku: It's a ruin that's practically built for hiding in. Finding them won't be easy.

Fosou: We can't get impatient. Let's wait for the scout planes to find them.

Furutaka: But Fosou, I'm worried about Akashi, who got kidnapped. We can't just wait around.

**foot steps**

Kaku: **running** Fosou, we got a report from the Iron Blood fleet.

Z-23: Azur Lane!

Z-1: What do we do? Do we take them out first?

Prinz Eugen: Our job is to watch the island. Let the Sakura Empire deal with them.

Nagato's view and still third person

Nagato and Mutsu are still searching for the foxes. They have recovered most of their valuables that have yet to have been destroyed.

Nagato: I'm worried about my foxes Mutsu-nee. What if they executed them or tortured them?

Mutsu: Don't worry Nagato-nee, we will find them. We just need a hint to where we can find them.

Nagato: Well, they can somehow sense if something is wrong, such as our betrayal by the empire. They would normally hide within a cave that we used for as a den until we officially moved into the new house. **gasps** What if they are hiding there?

Mutsu: **gasps** That is very possible and likely Nagato-nee, come on. We have to check it.

Nagato: I know a quicker route to the den. Follow me Mutsu-nee.

Mutsu: Understood Nagato-nee.

Nagato takes a secretly hidden route near the forests edge. Mutsu follows behind her sister and they run to the old den they used to live in.

Nagato: **running** Come on Mutsu-nee. Left. **turns to the left**

Mutsu: **running** I'm right behind you Nee-san. **also turns to the left**

Mean while and still in third person

Emperor Hirohito: What is taking them so long? I hope nothing is stopping them from finding the foxes.

An Shan: Should we go behind their ranks and search for them your majesty?

Emperor Hirohito: No, you girls don't know the land as well as Nagato, Mutsu, and me do. I hope they find them in one piece and safely as well.

Chang Chun: We are still waiting to shell the place your majesty.

Emperor Hirohito: I know, we can't shell the empire until they return with the foxes.

Nagato's view and still in third person

They are still running to the den and they are almost there.

Nagato: **running** We are almost there, just one more turn and we will arrive at the den.

Mutsu: **running** We still have a long way back Nagato-nee.

Nagato ignores her sister and continues to run until she arrives at the den. When she does, she sees that all of her foxes are within the den.

Nagato: **gasps** Fluffy!

Fluffy: **notices her and walks over to her**

Mutsu: **huffing and puffing** N-Nagato-nee? Oh, good, we found them.

Nagato has her moment of reunion with her foxes until she is interrupted by Mutsu.

Mutsu: Nagato-nee! We have to leave, now! They could find us at any given moment!

Nagato: **gasps** You're right. Come on, we are evacuating this corrupted empire. Fluffy, can you give us a lift? We need to make it to the Western shoreline. We have new friends waiting for us there.

Fluffy: **bows and sits down**

Everyone climbs onto Fluffy's back and he runs to the shoreline.

Nagato: **smiling** Thank you Fluffy.

Fluffy: **running and nods his head**

Back at the abandoned island and still in third person

Atago: Concerns? If you want to talk about something, then I can listen.

Ayanami: I am....fine. You don't have to be so cautious...

Atago: Do you have hesitations towards fighting?

Ayanami: I don't dislike fighting.

Atago: But you don't like it either?

Ayanami: I love everyone in the Sakura Empire. They are my precious friends. But...It is the same on the other side. They have friends, like I do. They laugh with each other...

Atago: *slowly walks over to Ayanami and gives her a hug**

Ayanami: **returns the hug**

Mean while and still in third person

Nagato: **riding on Fluffy's back** We are almost there Fluffy.

Mutsu: **riding on Fluffy's back** W-why?

An Shan: SOMETHING BIG IS COMING! GET READY!

Everyone: HAI!

Nagato: **gasps** No! FRIENDLY FIRE!

Ning Hai: Huh? Friendly fire?

Emperor Hirohito: It's Nagato and Mutsu, hold your fire. They have located and recovered the foxes.

Everyone: Hai!

Fluffy stops at the edge of the shoreline. Then, Nagato, Mutsu, and the other foxes climb down from Fluffy's back.

Nagato: **climbs down from Fluffy's back and makes a low groan noise** We found them your majesty.

Emperor Hirohito: Good, but how will we get Fluffy onto one of our ships?

Mutsu: Hmm, I know, he can jump from the shoreline and onto one of the destroyers. They can sail in shallow water while we can't.

Nagato: **gasps, looks at Mutsu, and nods her head**

Emperor Hirohito: Then it is decided. Tai Yuan, can you get Fluffy aboard your ship?

Tai Yuan: Of course I will your majesty, anything for our friends.

Emperor Hirohito: Thank you, Nagato, Mutsu, get the other foxes onto my ship and prepare to shell this corrupted empire and send it to the bottom if possible.

Nagato and Mutsu: Yes your majesty.

The two sisters pick up the foxes and load them onto the Emperor's command ship while Tai Yuan is helping Fluffy get onto her ship.

Tai Yuan: I'm ready when you are Fluffy. Just jump onto the stern.

Fluffy: **nods his head**

Fluffy walks back into the forest and prepares to jump. He begins run back to the shoreline to make the leap of faith.

Fluffy: **running**

Tai Yuan: **prepares to catch him** You can do it Fluffy, Nagato and Mutsu believe in you.

He runs even faster and when he reaches the edge of the shoreline, he makes the leap of faith.

Fluffy: **running and then jump**

He is in the air for about three and a half seconds and then he lands onto her ship perfectly.

Fluffy: **lands on the stern of Tai Yuan's ship**

Tai Yuan: Great job Fluffy, I knew you could do it. Let's get you onto the Emperor's ship yes?

Fluffy: **nods his head**

Tai Yuan sails her ship and docks along side the Emperor's command ship. Then, Fluffy jumps onto the ship and regroups with the other foxes. When everyone is ready and at the correct distance to fire into the heart of the Sakura Empire, the Emperor gives the firing signal.

Emperor Hirohito: **draws his Katana, points it high into the air, and then brings it down and yells** FIRE!

Everyone: HAI!

They open fire with everything they have; main batteries, secondary batteries, AA batteries, scout planes armed with bombs, and etc.

**the loud thunder of Nagato and Mutsu's large caliber guns, secondary batteries, and AA batteries**

**MULTIPLE EXPLOSIONS**

Emperor Hirohito: DON'T STOP SHOOTING UNTIL I SAY SO!

Everyone: HAI!

The Dragon Empire's fleet continuously shell and bombard the empire's heart for multiple hours until they have completely exhausted their ammunition.

Fu Shun: That should be the last salvo we can deliver.

Yat Sen: It feels good to get revenge for disturbing our sleep and causing so much damage to our homeland.

Emperor Hirohito: How does revenge feel Nagato and Mutsu?

Nagato: I can feel this relief like feeling throughout my body. I guess this is what revenge feels like.

Mutsu: I feel a lot of stress going away and exiting my body. Thank you your majesty.

Emperor Hirohito: They had it coming either way. **chuckles** Let us sail back to our land and celebrate our victory of Operation Fox okay?

Everyone: Hai!

The fleet set sails to their harbor with anther victory and revenge in their name's. They will celebrate when they arrive. Mean while, Nagato and Mutsu are happily playing with the foxes and Fluffy.

(THIS IS THE END OF CHAPTER 3. OPERATION FOX. AS ALWAYS, HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY READERS.)