New Ship, New Era

The Best Carrier

Naval District

The next day, Nimitz was up early and decided to go for an early morning run. He left his house and ran along the road by the dorms. Huffing along he looked up and spotted some planes flying overhead. Wait, those are zero's. Interesting. He followed the zero's until he came to a house where he saw an arrow being launched and turning into planes. So, there are other large carriers here, I thought it would just be escort carriers. He walked to the door and knocked on it. He heard them talk for a minute, then a girl in a blue skirt and white shirt, with what seemed to be some sort of chest armor, answered the door. She seemed surprised that a shipboy knocked on the door.

"Who are you, and what do you want?" She asked, obviously annoyed by his presence.

"I'm CVN-68 USS Nimitz, Supercarrier. And I wanted to ask if I could join you in some target practice?" She was even more surprised at that idea that a male Kanmusu carrier even existed, she was at a loss for words.

"Well? Oh, I'm sorry, who might you be?" He asked politely. Then another shipgirl, most likely her sister ship, came to the door. She wore a red version of the clothes her sister wore. Her hair was considerably longer than that of her sister's. Damn, she's cute. He thought.

"I'm sorry if my sister was rude, you must be that new ship everyone was talking about yesterday." She said in a calm voice. "I'm Akagi, this is my sister, Kaga." She extended a hand and Nimitz shook it.

"I'm CVN-68 USS Nimitz, Supercarrier. But you can just call me Nimitz." He said starting to blush. Akagi laughed a little before saying something again.

"You're probably here because of the planes flying over, if you want, you can use our range. I'm curios to see what aircraft you have." Akagi said.

"What?!" Kaga said surprised. "You can't just allow another ship to use our range, let alone into our house!" She said, with an almost panicky, but angry tone.

"He's a fellow carrier, and he's new. Besides, it's a nice change of pace from the visits we get from the other ships." Akagi retorted.

"But what makes him so special?!"

"I have my own AA defense battery" Nimitz said. Kaga had a defeated look on her face after he said that.

"Touché, but is it good to withstand our full attack?" She asked with a serious look on her face. Her eyes were boring into his soul. Cute, but scary at times. Duely noted. He thought.

"How about later today, in front of the all the ships. This'll make a great debut." Nimitz said, giving the same look back. "Shake on it, if I win, you let me visit whenever I want. If I lose, I'll stay clear of your presence." He extended his hand. She shook it, and Nimitz continued his run. Now I hope all that training pays off.

Training ground, mid afternoon

The shore was crowded with shipgirls awaiting the battle of the carriers. Akagi and Kaga were both ready on the shore, bows in hand and arrows at the ready.

"Kaga are you sure this is a good Idea? I mean, if this ship does completely obliterate our air wing, we could be out of action for weeks." Akagi explained.

"It's a bit too late now, look." She pointed to a fully armored Nimitz, coming right at the shore. He stopped and nodded at Kaga.

"Ready when you are, Kaga." He said. She pulled back on the bow, with the arrow attached, as well as Akai, who reluctantly sighed and joined her sister.

"Ready AA Defense!" Nimitz shouted. He got into a position where he could take a beating and last longer. He moved his shield into a defensive position. Kaga and Akagi fired, the arrows turned into Type 99 dive bombers and Zero's. They sped towards the supercarrier. He relaxed, angled his deck shield, and closed his eyes.

"Opening up!" The PHALANX system opened on the dive bombers, completely erasing them from the sky, then the SAM missiles were launched and they hit with deadly accuracy. More planes started to come, but met with the same end. Nimitz just laughed every time he brought one down. Zero, gone. Type 99, gone. B5N2, gone. This continued for a while until Akagi, suggested that they stop.

"Sister, we should stop, this is a battle we can't win." Kaga still fired off her arrows, determined to win. But every squadron of planes she sent up was met by the deadly array of weapons fired from Nimitz, who was barely breaking a sweat. This continued for about 20 more minutes, when Kaga ran out of arrows.

"Are you done yet?" Nimitz asked with a smug expression on his face. He saw Kaga glare at him with a murderous look.

"Alright, you win." She grumbled. She walked off while her sister ship stayed behind. The other shipgirls were impressed by the AA defensive batteries of the supercarrier. Nimitz came close to shore and stopped in front of the crowd, who was cheering.

"You should join the carrier group, or a higher-ranking group at least." Akagi said. "You put up a valiant effort, and came out on top."

"Thanks, but I think I'll stick with assault five. They are who I was assigned to." He said, smiling. "Hey, is it ok if I show my airpower, or should it wait until they actually need to see it?"

"That's your choice, we are on a shooting range, you know." She said.

"I think I'll save it for later." He said, before heading back.

Naval District, Later that evening

Nimitz was sitting on his roof, waiting for the sun to set. It was something he rarely did, usually because it was always rainy back home, but when it was clear, he would go to the highest point where he could see the sun, and sit there until it set.

"Nimitz!" he heard another ship call out. He got startled and nearly fell off. He looked and saw Fubuki and a few other shipgirls walking by.

"Where is he, he wanted to meet you guys." He heard her say. He got up the courage to say hello, climbed off his roof and walked over.

"You called? Well here I am." He said, causing the entire group to turn around. The girls all walked up to him.

"So, this is Assault Force Five, well ladies it's an honor to meet you. I am CVN-68 USS Nimitz, Supercarrier, otherwise known as Nimitz." He Bowed, and they bowed back.

"Nice to meet you, Nimitz. I am Shokaku, and this is my sister Zuikaku." She gestured to both.

"These is the other destroyers, Ooi and Kitikami." Fubuki said, gesturing to the twin sisters, both waving.

"You must be a battleship" He said to the taller girl, who was still a bit shorter than him.

"That's right! I'm Kongou, nice to meet you Nimitz!" She said.

"Well it's a pleasure to meet you as well, all of you. Maybe in a few days, we will sortie." He saluted them. Fubuki smiled and saluted back, as well the other ships. "I promise to be the best carrier I can be." He said.

"I know you will, Nimitz. We all do."