This story is about a new commander coming to Iron Blood after the last one retired after leaving a fragile naval base behind.The road is rough,but your up to the challenge.Only you can build the iron blood back up to its formal glory.
After a few hour long bus journey you finally arrive the train station.There you are greeted by the soldiers saluting you.
"Guten Abend ,Kommandant!" said the soldier.You nod and salute.You move slowly towards the Checkpoint just outside of the Train Station.You show your papers,suddenly the soldier stands up and shivers as if he saw a ghost."Are you the Co-Commander that rose through the ranks like a rocket ?" You answer with a grin "I am indeed".The soldiers straightens up and salutes "I am sorry Kommandant,i didn't realize it was you,Sir!" you look at him then decide to salute yourself.Afterwards... "The Honor is all mine Soldier".With that you walk towards the Station with a question on your mind..."Apparently i am well known...not bad" you mumble to yourself.
You enter the Station and look at your ticket that you got from the checkpoint,it's only for military personel.Looking arround for the respective peer for your train.After looking arround for a bit you find it,walking towards it you look around and realize that quite a few groups of people are mumbling something...you decifer a few words "that must be him","he looks scary","can't believe i see him with my own eyes".These were the words that you barely made out.You got more pressing matters to attend to then thinking about the rumors about you.
You board the train,walk down the train car looking for your seat."That's the one...?!" you said before stopping in your tracks to see that your seat is beside a beautiful young girl with blond hair and with the iron cross attached to her hair.Approaching the seat,greeting the girl next to it.
Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
"Guten Abend" you say,she greets you aswell.You sit down next to her.As you where about to ask what brings her to journey on a train at night she says "Is this your seat or did you just want to sit beside me because i am girl ?".You show her your ticket as proof without saying a word.She looks at your seat number saying "So your not a pervert,great" with an unhappy tone.
You can hear she's not happy with your presence.You try to make it better...by talking to her."Let's see if this works..." you mumble to yourself.
"What brings you here tonight miss ?" you say with an sensual tone. "Thats something a pervert would say" she says while visible getting annoyed by you talking. "That was a great start..." you mumble to yourself. "Miss i assure you i am not pervert,i wouldn't be here if was a pervert." you say slightly annoyed by her sayings. "Fine! Prove it then!" the girl replies audibly frustrated "Fine,i am an Admiral from the local village" you say with defeat in your voice. "Wa- Wait...are you 22 years old and did you fly through the ranks ?"she says,you can see fear in her face. "Yes Miss." you say with curiousity "Eek! Kommandant !?" she almost screams it out as she realized who you are "I beg your pardon Sir,i was just- I didn't kno--didn't mean to--" she stutters and gets interrupted by the Kommandant. "It's fine miss don't worry about it.I am very proud that we have such cautious personnel,may i ask for your name ? If that's ok." you reply with a reassuring tone. "It's-- It's Z23 Sir." Her stuttering coming to an end. "Wait...you are Z23 ?! The famous Z23 ?" you say,almost screaming for joy.
"Why is he so excited for meeting me after i called him a perv ?" Z23 asked herself. "Don't worry about before...it's normal.I love people with caution." you say to comfort her.
Z23 was about to say something before she got interrupted by a officer saying "that's my seat get lost girl." towards Z23.She looked upset and didn't want to stand up,but she still did.Before she could even stand up you block her from standing up with your hand on her stomach,which makes her blush.While looking down and filled with anger you tell the officer "Is that a way to talk to a lady ? Get lost before i throw you off the train!".The officer replying with pride "Pff...and you the are you to tell me what to do commoner ?".That was the same moment you stood up aggressively and looked him the eyes "I am an Admiral,i can get you imprisoned for talking down to a superior,get out of my face..." you say with anger feeling the Train car as you stand and wait if the office replies or not.He backs down and you call the guards "get this guy a cell,disrespectful little brat.Got into the army now thinks he's boss...pff".You escort the officer to the guard post and tell them to imprison him for denying the orders of his superiors.Afterwards you had back to Z23,she looks worried.
You go and ask her."Hey Z23,what's wrong ?",she replies "Oh,no--nothing.". "I hope i didn't scare her with my attitude before..." you think to yourself.Out of nowhere you say to her "Z,you can talk to me if something is wrong.Please,don't lie to me".Z23 blushed,she blushes red like an apple."Commander,i--i-Can i become your secretary ?!" she says.You share a bright smile with her,patting her head and answering "Of course,as said i love people with caution".With that you both talk throughout the train journey towards the first stop,the naval base.Your...new..home.
![[END]Iron Bloods Fall and Rise (Azure Lane)](https://img.wattpad.com/cover/242979493-64-k888105.jpg)