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Captured

The year is 1942, Summer Season

Your name is Y/N L/N. Commander of a Fletcher-class destroyer and fleet commander of a not so small but not so big patrol fleet in Midway atoll

You are a calm person and also a unique one because you don't feel the peer pressure of people who are at a higher rank than you. Making you a little "fearless"

Just one thousand five hundred kilometers (932 miles) away from Midway, you are at your usual patrol route. Looking for any potential event that will probably happen any minute now

Meanwhile you are sitting on a chair l, reading a book while your legs crossed

Your XO (executive officer) yawned "Man, I know sailing is fun but, where is the fun in this?" He said

"Go shoot some seagulls or something. I don't know, go read a book or something." You said to your XO

"Nope, too boring." (XO)

"Then let's have some activity in the fleet then. What is the status of the weather and sea conditions?" (Y/N)

"Weather status: Sunny. The sea is like a swimming pool for the time being but it will be slightly wavy in the next 5 hours or so, Commander." (XO)

"Then next up is to check the crew's wellbeing." (Y/N)

"Energetic and ready. Most are all well rested, sir" (XO)

"What about the boys who are outside admiring the view?" You are referring to the spotters outside using binoculars

"They won't be getting heat strokes, sir." (XO)

"Man...." You closed the book you are reading and stands up to stretch "ugh, God. These Sakura bastards are annoying as hell. They keep pushing and pushing, I'm kinda worried if we could win this war." You said to your XO

The XO said to you with a slight sigh "Well, looking at the recent reports, it's.... It's kinda demoralizing to be honest with you, sir."

"Yeah... Alright it's time to head back to port base. Notify the others for me." You then leave the bridge area towards your quarters and lay you slightly aching back on the bed

*Sigh* "Brother.... I hope you are fine in the Philippines..." You worriedly thought of your own brother as you sat right back up and under your bed is a box full of your brother's letters

One particular letter made you proud

Hello brother! How's your side in Midway?

We recently recaptured Manila and we're currently pushing them out of the Luzon region with some of McArthur's Aussies and the New Zealanders. Maybe some Filipinos are joining in our fun bus!

You silently laugh when your brother calls them New Zealanders rather than Kiwis. Though both are correct in some weird way, people from New Zealand prefer being called the bird's name (Kiwi) rather than that mouthful of a name like "New Zealander"

Though you are worried. In recent reports from the intelligence bureau that a freaking monster of a battleship, the Yamato-class has been spotted near the Island of Taiwan. You recently heard the capabilities of these battleships that even torps are basically minimum damage towards them

You can't help but sigh in worry that you pray that it should be targeting you rather than your brother.

No this is not some troupe where the big brother wants to save the little brother from trouble. Well quite similar but you are 3 years younger than you brother in the Philippines

But going back, you yawned even though you slept well the other day so it's kinda weird you are currently tired

But you ordered the patrol fleet to return to harbor. So it's time to have a well earned break and nap