(Remaster) The Ship of the Tempest

Army of One

Material Delights

Music is highly recommended
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Waiting just outside, as the sunlight hit her eyes after kicking the door open, were several Kansens that came running to the top to confront her. There were Destroyers, Crusiers, and Battleships all here and ready to combat her.

"Quite the party you got going here, who's it for?"

"Silence you German Wench!" A familiar face stepped up, belonging to Maya. "When we met a mere day ago, I thought we could end up becoming allies, or possibly friends...but no, there is no chance of that now!"

"That's a shame, you're such an interesting person too Maya..." Z73's eyes turned bright red, and she put her mask on her face. "Now...let's get this talk done with. As much as I'd like to defend myself with words, no one here will believe them over Akagi's."

Maya clicked her tongue, drawing her sword as she aimed her guns at her. "FI

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"...Huh?" She blinked and saw nothing in front of her, a small crator from precise cannon shots, but other than that, nothing of Z73.

"I don't know what just happened, but I spotted her with my planes!" Chitose's voice spoke up over their radios. "She's past you all and running down, trying to make a break for the Ocean!"

"Dammit...how are we going to catch her?!"

"I got that." Some one short stepped ahead, their appearance bringing joy to them all, as they knew she was probably their only chance at catching her.

The girl looked back and smiled. "I'll catch her and take her down. It takes a Destroyer to catch a Destroyer!"
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Clearing several steps as she went down, Z73 was in full sprint away from the gathered group. She knew full well that there must have been many in her way to try and stop her, but she would just have to bulldoze through it or find ways around.

"There she is!" As if on queue, there were two girls, possibly Cruisers, at the bottom of the stairs looking up at her.

Their guns aimed up to her, and she smirked as she slid to a stop just as they fired. She vaulted off the ground, clearing the shells and spinning over the two of them, landing right behind.

"What the-?!"

"How did she-?!"

She spun and swept their legs out, sending them to the floor and getting their riggings tangled together. "Sorry girls, have to bounce!"

Off she went, continuing down while the two shouted and yelled at her for being a coward and not battling head on. Though, above those girls, a figure blurred past, in hot pursuit of Z73.

The German Destroyer leapt onto a stairrail, grinding down it and sending sparks flying before vaulting off at the bottom, land on one of the Market stall carts and then moving up to the building tops. With the new height advantage, it's even harder to stop her, as they need to get up to her level as well.

"Should slow them down a bit...now to-"

"Gotcha!"

She snapped around at the voice, but was tackled and launched off the rooftop. She looked down at who it was, seeing someone she dreaded to run into in battle: Shimakaze.

"Y-You...!"

Shimakaze smiled at her, looking quite vicious for a literal Bunny girl. "Me~."

Z73 grit her teeth behind her mask, twisting the two of them around so that Shimakaze hit the floor instead. They slammed into the hard pavement, and for her defense, Shimakaze didn't make much beyond a grunt.