Azur Lane: Light And Dark

Hunting The Big 7

Sakura empire.

With closed eyes, a young girl prayed inside a large shrine peacefully, incense burning slowly around her.

"Please Nagato...."

Her sister Mutsu was the Guardian of the great Sakura hall now as she continued to watch over her frozen sister.

"Come back...."

Suddenly a klaxon cried out in pain outside as Mutsu's eyes shot open.

"Kawakaze!"

The IJN girl swiftly got to her feet, she wasted little time getting underway as one of the big 7 exploded out the front door and landed in the courtyard, completely alert.

To her left, she saw a figure in black with red horns standing over the white-haired Sakura enforcer.

"Kawakaze!" Mutsu's eyes widened as she saw the predicament the IJN destroyer was in.

"Mmmmm…" The larger ship-girl had a black and red hatchet stuck deeply in Kawakaze's left shoulder, while the smaller, white-haired girl had her black sword across her chest, holding it back just under it's blade.

"Mutsu-sama! Aaargghhh! Stay back!" Kawakaze screamed, the figure slowly pressing the axe deeper with one hand.

"Who are you!? What are you doing here!?" Mutsu demanded furiously as her rig focused on the demonic-looking stranger.

"Güd Köder...." The attacker leaned up with an evil smirk, pulling her hatchet free of its prey.

"Ugghhh!" Kawakaze growled lowly, dropping to the shallow water, her white hair matching her ears now, spotted black with oil from her wound.

"My name is... Friedrich der Große..., First and only H-class battleship..., and I'm looking for you and your sister...." The gothic woman's German accent, dripped like the oil from her hatchet as Mutsu also recognized the colors, even with the horns.

"What do the Iron-blood want with us?" The German laughed wildly to the sky, pointing her murderous axe at the IJN battleship girl.

"Hahahaha absolutely nothing..., this is personal...." The dark-haired girl's gold eyes beamed wickedly.

"But you're an ally! Why do this?" Mutsu could tell this girl wasn't going to be reasoned with at this point as she prepared to open fire...

Or worse....

"I'm looking for seven ships..., Seven girls that hold a title my country was denied...." The German girl smiled crookedly, continuing her tale. "And when I find them... I'm going to take one barrel from each one of them...."

"Willingly..., Or not...." Friedrich's native tongue threatened viciously.

"You're hunting the "Big Seven"...?" Mutsu glared at the German with surprise as she finally understood.

"You know..., for being one of the seven... I thought you'd be... Bigger...." The dark-haired woman chuckled mockingly, using her hatchet to show a much larger height.

"Now... just hand over them barrels... and you and your little sister can just stay here and play with your "animals" in your big sacred tree for all I care...." The KMS girl grinned insanely, reaching behind her back and pulled out another hatchet.

"Tick, tock... M-u-t-s-u-Sama...." Friedrich began to click her blades together as she walked toward the IJN girl.

"NEVER!!!"

After a short, but fierce battle, Friedrich stood victorious as she sat roughly on Mustu's chest, forcing the air from her lungs.

{Creak...}

"Now... I'll take this..." The German hunter began to slowly turn one of the Mutsu's barrels out of her rigging as it felt like someone was twisting the Sakura girl's arm off.

"Oh my..." Friedrich heard the familiar sound of a projectile flying through the air as she tilted her head back swiftly.

{SWOOSH!}

A black sword passed just in front of her face as the german felt a sudden sharp pain in her port-side.

"Uggh!" Looking down, Friedrich saw Kawakaze with a short blade in her right hand, her left useless as she was using her body to slowly push it deeper into the German's ribs.

{CRACK!}

"Filthy little mongrel!" Friedrich violently back-handed the white-haired destroyer away from her as the German raised her hatchet high.

"I'LL HAVE YOUR PELT FOR THAT!"

Suddenly an explosion rocked Friedrich from behind as a salvo struck her hand, back, and head.

"You will leave immediately!" A voice thundered overhead as another 3 round salvo struck the German girl.

"Vas tis los?!" Friedrich turned violently as she darted backwards into deeper water, smoldering.

"Arrrggg! You Sakura are like cockroaches!" The German battleship girl snapped her fingers, her massive rigging rose beneath her feet and lifted her off the water.

It's monstrous mouth clanked open and began to power up loudly.

Nagato jumped in front of her sister and Kawakaze as her barrels focused on the red-horned girl ready to fire.

"Say goodbye!?" Suddenly the German girl's radar pinged to life as an air raid was heading right for her.

The haunting buzz aircraft soon followed as silver and white planes quickly filled the sky.

"Zuikaku of the Fifth carrier division here! Prepare for the Crane's Endeavor!" The brown-haired carrier announced loudly over the radio as she drew her sword proudly.

"And her benevolent sister Shoukaku of the same division. You are now all under the Cranes protection, please breath easy." The white-haired carrier said soothingly as she began to play her flute.

Friedrich gritted teeth, touching her leaking wound.

"Damn that destroyer!"

"Well, It's been fun ladies... but I must retire for now." The golden-eyed girl smiled, maneuvered sharply and made flank speed away from the grouping Japanese girls.

Zuikaku and Shoukaku sailed up to Nagato, who was kneeling down next to the heavily damaged Mutsu and Kawakaze.

"We'll get them help immediately, please rest assured. You're safe now." Shoukaku put a soft hand the short battleship girl's shoulder.

"More importantly, who was that woman?" Zuikaku sheathed her sword as she watched the dark figure disappear over the horizon.

"I don't know... but I'm going to make her pay!" Nagato stared angrily at her little sister's missing barrel as tears welled up in her eyes.