Fate can't be changed, But a second chance can be given...
"..."
"..."
"..."
"Where did I hear that from...?"
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THUD-THUD! THUD-THUD! THUD-THUD!
"Somebody take out that Fighter behind Thunder 4!"
THUD-THUD! THUD-THUD! THUD-THUD!
BOOM!!!
"敵機撃破！(Enemy Aircraft Destroyed!)"
"Thank you, mate!"
THUD-THUD! THUD-THUD! THUD-THUD!
BOOM!!!
"More Fighters coming from the mainland!"
"Destroy all of them! Clear the skies for Japanese torpedoes bomber!"
"Experiment Laser Heavy Cruiser spotted!"
"Bearing 330! Speed...... Eh...... 15 Knots!"
"You heard that right!? Take those ships out!"
"了解！ 敵と交戦せよ！(Roger that! Engage the enemy!)"
THUD-THUD! THUD-THUD! THUD-THUD!
THUD-THUD! THUD-THUD! THUD-THUD!
THUD-THUD! THUD-THUD! THUD-THUD!
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Sweep-sweep
Sweep-sweep
"Look like it less than yesterday..."
Sora is sweeping the blue cherry blossom leap off the floor.
There's quite a lot.
"..."
She keeps on sweeping the leap on the floor.
Then she stops.
"..."
"Your guys are finally here."
She turned back and there were 10 men in a military uniform standing in front of her.
One of them speaks up with an American accent.
"Sora Tsukoyomi, Right?"
"Yes, That's me, What can I do for you?" Sora answer.
"Look younger than expected," One of them says with an Australian accent.
"Well, What do you expect... Captain Grace Mitchell...?"
All the men were shocked a little.
"So what they have told us is true then..." The American man says again.
Suddenly, A child ran through the middle of the men's group.
3 girls were chasing and playing with each other.
The men were saying something like "Wtf?" or "Huh?" or whatever in their language.
Those 3 girls then ran to Sora And said something to each other.
"Go back to your parents, kids, Me and those gentlemen here have something to discuss," She said to the kids.
"Eh? What is it?"
"Can you tell us?"
"Can we listen?"
"No~ It's not a thing children could listen~," Sora said.
Sora and the kids then talked a bit more until the kids ran away while Sora waved at them.
"So, Want the thing all of you want to know? Gentlemen from the '3rd World Alliance'..."
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Inside Sora's house.
"Would you all like some tea?" Sora asks.
Most of the men agreed while some didn't answer.
"Well, You all came here for the same reason, But."
"But what?" A man with a British accent said.
"Did you all know each other name or rank? Or even what country and era all of you are from"
"Just admit it Sora, You just want to know our name and rank," the American man says.
"Ahaha, Am I that bad at lying?" Sora said while making tea for all of them.
"..."
"Admiral Cynthia Harrington, United States of America, 2023"
"SS-Obergruppenführer Klaus Dirtrich, Greater German Reich, 1944"
"General Li Wei, China, 2023"
"Marshal Nikolai Ivanoitch Volkov, USSR, 1944"
"Admiral Victoria Blackwell, United Kingdom, 2023"
"Admiral Takeshi Nakamura, Japanese Empire, 1944"
"General Élise Dubois, France, 1944"
"Marshal Roberto Moretti, Italy, 1944"
"Captain Grace Mitchell, Australian, 2023"
"Colonel William MacKenzie, Canada, 2023"
Sora says all of their Rank, Name, Counties they're from, And the year they are from.
All of them are a bit shocked but calm down later.
"So... It's true that you can see the future and know the fate of this world?" Harrington said.
"That's right, And I know everything about this and your world, I know you all would come since yesterday," Sora says as she serves the tea to them.
"So, Can we ask some questions now?" Dubois says with a French accent.
"Go ahead gentlemen, I will answer as much as I can, But you gotta remember.
All of this won't change fate, It only changes how it's going to happen or how long til it happens, Fate will always remain the same"
"..."
"Alright then," Harrington says as he drinks the tea.
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THUD-THUD! THUD-THUD! THUD-THUD!
"Another one down!"
Raymond looks at the dogfight in the skies, As more KFM appears but gets shot down easily.
Raymond and other seamen feel, Happy, hopeful, And ready to fight again.
But the warship is not ready for it...
"What is this?"
"Hm?"
Raymond turned his back and saw many British seamen looking at something on the ground.
It was a cube, But its color was black.
Some men were touching it and inspecting it, It was just a cube.
"The hell is this thing?" He said.
Raymond walks to the cube, The men hand him the cube.
"Raymond, You know what the heck this thing is?"
He picks it but suddenly, After Raymond has touched it.
The cube grows a bright blue color and releases some energy and spark.
"Bloody Hell!?"
"Holy Shit!"
"The hell!?"
Raymond feels shock just like others, But he feels something else.
He looked at the cube and it was like, It's a very important thing.
Then Raymond said a word he heard before without even knowing why, But it was like, He had to say it...
"Fate can't be changed, But a second chance can be given..."
After he said that, The cube grew brighter than ever.
"AHHHH" A seaman around him screamed.
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THUD-THUD! THUD-THUD! THUD-THUD!
"Flight Leader! Something happening to the Battleship!"
"What!?"
British Flight Leader, Willson, Callsign "Thunder 1" look to his right.
The light grows bright from the King George V.
It appeared to be a Halo at first.
But then it started to transform into a dome over the King George V.
"The hell is that!?" He yells.
Then, The dome expands larger and larger And releases more and more strange energy and sparks.
"All planes get away from that thing!" He shouts to the radio then turns his Seafire away from the dome.
The British Seafire and Japanese Zero did the same.
Some of them barely avoid those Dome as it continue to expand.
Finally, it stopped expanding after it covered the whole Task Force Loswer fleet.
The light is still growing bright you can't look at it for too long.
"これは何ですか！?(What is this!?)"
"What's going on!?"
The light continues to grow bright for about 5 minutes.
Planes continue to fly around it while some return to the carrier.
Then, The bright light dies down and the dome transforms back to the Halo shape, And then completely gone.
"Bloody Hell!?"
All the British and Japanese warships have been repaired and sailing like nothing had happened.
All the holes from the bomb and torpedo, All the burning marks...
It is all gone...
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Raymond stood up from the ground he was sitting on.
He was in a room full of brightness, The complete opposite of when he was with Umi and others.
"So this was done by you huh...?" He said.
A girl in front of him with white hair and wearing traditional clothes then turns her head to him.
"You still have a brighter future... Don't end it here..." She said.
"..."
"..."
"I will... I won't waste any single moment of it..."
"..."
"..."
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"Admiral, I don't know how is this possible but our ships have been repaired and are now ready for combat sir!" The officer next to him said.
"Doesn't matter now, Destroy all the Xenue warships!" Admiral Fraser shouts.
"Aye, sir!"
"Xenue warship appears to be the Heavy Cruiser! Starboard, 3000 meters away!"
"Guns will be in position in 10 seconds!"
"AP has been loaded!"
"All AA is ready!"
"5 more seconds!"
"Target appears to be that ships that fire that red thing at us early!"
"Main guns in position!"
...
"Fire!!" Admiral Fraser shouts.
...
B-B-B-BOOM!!!!!
B-B-B-BOOM!!!!!
...
"Shell will hit the target in 15 seconds!!"
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"British Battleship has fired their gun!"
"Good! Aim our gun at the warship on our Port side!"
"Main guns, In position!"
"Fire!!"
B-BOOM!!!!
B-BOOM!!!!
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London, United Kingdom, 6 September 1944.
2 men were standing near the big window.
Outside, Is a view of the dock in London.
"So how was that mission in that world?" The man in the Black suit asks.
"No new report coming in yet, The last one is reporting about engaging with enemy warships," a Man in the brown suit said.
"Do you think, Churchill would be mad if this mission was failed?" The black suit asks.
"He will definitely be mad, Very mad, and put every ship to sail and hunt for those Xenue ships," Brown Suit said.
"Ah yes, Bismarck all over again," Black Suit says before another man in a white suit walks in.
"New report sir!" He shouts.
"New Report? Ah finally" White Suit said.
The man in the white and black suit starts reading the report.
"..."
"..."
"..."
"Huh...?"
"Is this... A false report...?"
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Strategic Command Center, Washington, D.C. United States of America, 1944.
"Report coming in from the USS Enterprise!" A man in a Khaki uniform walks in with another man in a white suit.
There was an Admiral, 3 Commanders, and another 2 officers in the room.
"We send Enterprise and Johnston to help them, How are they?" The Admiral asks.
"Well uh..." The man in the White suit speaks stutteringly.
"How was the situation?" Admiral asks again.
"..."
"There is nothing wrong with Enterprise but uh..."
"USS Johnston when full speed and join the fight with Xenue Fleet..."
"Without the approval from high command!?" Admiral asks.
"Yes sir... They did that on their own..." The man said, Then continue.
"But uh, Johnston and Aircraft had reported and confirmed that Johnston sank 3 Xenue Destroyer, 1 Light Cruiser, and A Laser Heavy Cruiser," He said.
"Laser Heavy Cruiser...?"
"Yes sir, It was a new type of warship developed by Xenue Navy, There were 2 of them in total and all of it has been sunk," The man said.
"At least we got something in return..." One of the Commander said.
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BANG! BANG!
The sound of two 5 in (127mm) guns lit up from 2 turrets in front of the ships.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Another three 5 in (127mm) guns fire up from the back of the ships.
It was from no one other than the famous US Navy Destroyer from Fletcher-class Destroyer.
USS Johnston DD-557
(Credit: Jack Fellows)
"Sir! Xenue Heavy Cruiser on our starboard!" The sailor shouts.
"Prepare the torpedo and sink that bastard!" The captain shouts.
He was none other than the one, And only
This is going to be a fighting ship. I intend to go in harm's way, and anyone who doesn't want to go along had better get off right now
Captain Ernest Edwin Evans.
(Credit: Wikipedia)
"Torpedo, Ready!"
"Launch the torpedos!" Captain Evans shouts.
Whoosh!!!
Splash!!!
Three 533 mm Mk. 15 Torpedo quickly makes its way to the Xenue Heavy Cruiser.
The Xenue warships stood no chance and couldn't escape in times.
The torpedo hit the belly side of the Heavy Cruiser and it exploded.
"Torpedo hits the target!" The sailor shouts.
"Fire the main guns!" Captain Evans
BANG! BANG!
BANG! BANG! BANG!
The Xenue Laser Heavy Cruiser then exploded again and slowly sank.
"Enemy Heavy Cruiser sunk!" The sailor shouts.
The crew all cheer and are happy after just sinking Xenue warships.
The Johnston then headed to rescue whoever was still alive from the exploded Heavy Cruiser.
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The 8 men are standing outside of Sora's house.
Nakamura and Blackwell are still inside Sora's house and talking to her.
"That's all," Blackwell says as he closes the book, And he puts it in his pocket.
"This information will sure be useful for us to win in this war," Nakamura says.
"Let's go," Blackwell says as he and Nakamura stand up and walk out.
Sora follows them outside.
"This is all I can do to help your guys win, Please use this information wisely"
"Of course, We will," Blackwell says.
Mitchell walks to Sora.
"You are very smart you know? Why does Xenue still let someone like you be near our occupation zone?" He says.
"Because they probably rely on my younger sister instead," She said.
"You have a younger sister?" He asks.
"Yes, I and my younger sister didn't have the same mindset about the war situation, So we separated"
"She can see the future and knows a lot of things like me, She probably tells them everything she thinks is useful..."
"What's her name" Blackwell asks.
"Aki Tsukoyomi," She said.
"And where is her right now?" Mitchell asks.
"Seiren Island, The biggest island in Seiren Archipelago," She says.
"It gotta be very far away from this huh? We didn't have information of any archipelago with that name yet" Blackwell says.
They all talk a bit more but then a fox ran from the bush and it ran to Sora.
"キツネ?(Fox?)" Nakamura asks.
"This place is also home to many foxes, That's why many kids like to come here just to play or adopt some of those foxes," Sora says.
The fox ran to Sora and snuggled Sora's leg.
"Nakamura, Are there many foxes in your country?" Blackwell asks.
"Yes there are but I didn't see much because I was mostly in the military, I did see some when I was a kid," Nakamura said.
Sora then picks the fox up and holds it in her arm.
"There a lots of them here, Would your guys like to adopt some of them?" Sora asks as she pats the Fox's head.
"We don't have time for that," Blackwell says.
"We could adopt some, But we will be too busy to take care of it," Mitchell says.
Nakamura just nods.
"I will" Dubois walks in.
"Sir? You sure you could and had a time to take care of a fox?" Mitchell asks.
"My army didn't have much things to do right now so I had some times," Dubois said as he patted the fox.
The fox seems to like Dubois.
"Looks like this fox is like you, General Élise Dubois," Sora said.
Then some of the children ran in.
They want to pat the fox and play with it.
The scene in front of 4 men is very delightful, It was a scene where they won't see much.
With this atmosphere and place, And the sound of children, It was something straight out of a happy child book story.
"..."
"Peaceful... Isn't it?" Blackwell asks.
All 3 men nod.
"So peaceful to the point that We already forgot that somewhere else far from here, There an active wars still happening..." Nakamura said.
"..."
"Those children have no idea at all what the real world looks like... It's not always white and beautiful..." Mitchell said.
"Just let them be happy for now... They not ready for reality yet..." Dubois said.
"..."
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After the battle was over, Task Force Loswer continued on their ways and mission.
Raymond and Audrey, along with many other British seamen were in the crew quarters.
"Looks like that girl named Ayaka didn't like you much huh?" One of the men says.
"She probably didn't like him since it was her job to not let him in there in the first place," Another man says.
"So, How cute were those girls? Umi and Uko?" Another man asks.
"Very cute, Very cute like those Japanese Girls," Raymond said.
"If I could found any girls that cute, I would leave the Royal Navy and marry her," The man says.
Then another seamen ran in a hurry, He was a friend of Raymond.
"Scott?" Raymond said.
"You all gotta see this! Get on the deck!" says.
All of the seamen ran up onto the deck of King George V.
The scene in front of them is a coastal village and a port.
Something you always saw in the Fantasy world.
Then there is an area that looks like a shipyard where they used to build ships.
There are a lot of drydocks that are empty.
Some had warships in them, Mostly Japanese warships.
It was 2 Heavy Cruiser in drydocks and another 2 floating, It all looked the same so it must be from the same class.
It was the Takao-class cruiser.
Then, There 2 Battleships that were SO, SO BIG, It was the biggest all of them had ever seen.
One was in a drydock and another was floating.
"..."
"Is that...?"
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"Newest Report from Battleship King George V!" The man rusts into the room.
He wears a black suit and another men carry a pile of paper and wears a brown suit.
There were 3 men in the room before them.
One of them was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom...
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill...
aka, Winston Churchill...
(Credit: Wikipedia)
"Read it," Churchill says while he's smoking.
The men in brown suits put the pile of paper on the table and take the paper from the Black Suits.
"King George and its escort, Along with the Japanese fleet successfully arrived at Serkila, Along with another escort fleet from the US Navy, JMSDF, And Royal Thai Navy!"
"What do you mean, "Another escort fleet?" Churchill asks.
"On the way to Serkila, Our fleet, and IJN got attacked but they survived it, What more important is that we had found something important, sir!"
"What is it?" Churchill asks.
"..."
"We had found the biggest battleships Belonging to The Imperial Japanese Navy on going the refit of its weapon...
46cm Main guns, 15.5cm Secondary guns, multiple AA ranges from 12.7cm to 2.5cm...
The Biggest, Largest, Heaviest, And the pride of Japan...
The Imperial Japanese Navy Battleship...
Y A M A T O...
(Credit: World of Warships)
And her sister ships...
Imperial Japanese Navy Battleship...
M U S A S H I..."
(Credit: combinedfleet.com)
"..."
"God is on our side..."
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Part Royal Navy End.
To Be Continue
This is the first time for this series to be a multi-part of the same title, 3 Parts when it gonna be 2 at first but I add more story and lore to it.
There won't be a new part next week because I'm gonna rewrite Part 1.
Part 2 is already good enough so I'm gonna left it like that.
Have a great day comrade!