Anchors Aweigh

chapter 11

New Arrival

Over at a table in the cafeteria were the 3 girls of Bismarck, Prinz Eugen, and Graf Zeppelin. These ships were girls from Germany's navy, the Kriegsmarine.

On one side of the table was Graf by herself. On the other side was Bismarck alongside Prinz Eugen.

"Are you okay from that debacle Prinz?" Bismarck asked in a comforting tone with a little hint of worry towards Prinz Eugen.

"I'm alright Bismarck-nee-sama, it's fine now." Prinz Eugen said waving her hands in front of her.

What Bismarck was referring to was the event where Bismarck and Prinz Eugen had been confronted by a certain USS Saratoga. She approached them because she had apparently wanted to talk to Prinz Eugen. Apparently, Saratoga had known Prinz Eugen from before because they were both at Operation Crossroads together and ran off her mouth about it. But the recollection had caused Prinz Eugen great discomfort and Bismarck had to get Prinz Eugen away from Saratoga.

"The Americans are certainly quite something aren't they?" Bismarck said.

"I'm kind of wary of them." Graf said. "They were of course our enemies during the war. It's kind of skeptical to have former enemies working together. I've seen them causing some discomfort for people like Prinz here or Akagi."

"Well..." Prinz interjected and Bismarck and Graf turned their heads towards her. "It's not like I hate the Americans. I was even in the American fleet for a short time after and I actually enjoyed the little time I spent with them." Prinz Eugen said with a small smile. "I just really don't like to be reminded about what happened concerning mine and so many others deaths from that experiment. In fact, I would like to talk to Saratoga again and maybe meet the Americans again."

Bismarck and Graf both knew that Prinz was a kind-hearted girl that they should have expected something like this.

Bismarck let out a little smile. "I don't know if I really have an opinion on the Americans. I was sunk before they had joined the war so I don't know if I could have actually considered them my enemy." Bismarck said.

Graf was surprised at the responses she got from Bismarck and Prinz Eugen but she shrugged.

"I guess that it is true the Americans hadn't been our main combatant that we fought. Especially since I never even got to fight." Graf said grumbling the last line.

"If there was someone we'd have to be wary about, it would honestly be the British." Bismarck said. "They're the ones I'd watch out for."

Bismarck, Graf, and Prinz could only sweatdrop as they saw the new arrival. Nagato had called in another for another announcement that another ship from a foreign fleet was joining them at their base. Instead of an American this time, however, it was someone from yet another foreign fleet.

"The Royal Navy has also decided to send some of their girls here after hearing about the exchange we had with the Americans." Nagato said.

"Hello, my name is Warspite, thank you for having me." The new arrival said.

"So please, I hope you welcome our new arrival to our fleet warmly to demonstrate the bond of this coalition fleet against the Abyssals." Nagato said. "Dismissed!"

As the introductions concluded, varying amount of reactions had come from the girls at the introduction of the new girl.

The Italians were shifting kind of nervously, most notably Zara and Pola.

The Japanese ships were piqued with interest at the new girl. Much how like the Germans felt about the Americans, they felt no grudge towards the Royal Navy despite being on the allied side because they had mainly fought in another ocean. Although those that had fought in the Indian Ocean Raid recalled she had been there during that battle.