Battleships, monsters made of steel and oil, War machines whose barrels bellow smoke and spew fire. A battleship's Purpose is to out gun the enemy, to rain judgment on any who enter there sights. But one battleship, Did not get to go down in glory, did not die fighting a strong enemy, but with her main guns silent and to a fast quick assassination . This Ship Lost to time, now once again rises. She rises to fight, protect, Love, and Learn, This is the story of The Yamato, A Ship of great harmony.
It has been a long time... I have been alone.... when can I finally die? ... Its dark and cold.... Maybe its time?...
"Do you wish to die? Will death bring you comfort?" an unknown voice reverberated among the dark silent water.
"who? w-what? What do you mean?" around me The cold Dark waters of the sea bed lay still and silent, no creature in sight. "No, I do wish for release from this endless torment, but death will not welcome me warmly. . . I wish to return to the surface and seem my sisters and my home once again."
"Then I will Grant your wish, But at a Price." again the voice spoke calm and deep yet warm as if it was a close friend.
"Do NOT Joke so freely with me!" I shouted anger evident in my tone.
" I do not joke young one, I can and will return you to your sisters and home. But first I require something from you." with a strict yet caring tone the voice chastised me. "what would you have me do ?" unsure of what or who I was speaking with, I felt that maybe I was going insane, but a small flame flickered in my heart, If there was a chance I could see my family again, then I was taking it.
"My world. . . It is slowly being corrupted. My creations are killing one another, and monsters roam the once safe wildlands. You. . . You are strong and with Honorable morals. I wish you to become my champion and save my world. If you do this for me I will return you to you family and home."
". . . How do I know I can trust you? And if I do what you ask, will it not take years to do so? Will my family not be gone by then my home ruined? I have laid here for many years, I fear for what awaits me above." Memory's surface of my life, worry and regret fill my heart.
"Fear not young one, I will return you to before your death, and with the new strength you will acquire in my world, you will not be destroyed a second time." I feel that this deal is to good to be true, but what do I have to lose, my home is miles from here, my family believe me dead.
" I. . . I accept!"
*Splash*
*Splash*
"Wha.? Where. . . where am I?" Waking up there was a thick fog among my thoughts, confusion, worry, fear. Where am I, How did I get here? The sun shined upon my face as a sat up, I covered my eyes from the brightness.
Soon my eyes opened and I saw a vast ocean before me. "beautiful" I could not help but admire the bright blue sea. "Its been so long since I saw the surface, a tear rolled down my face. Wait, tear? looking around I found that I was signifyingly shorter than before. I also quickly noticed that I was on the deck of a ship, to my left Stood 2 Triple barreled naval guns standing majestically yet with a smoldering anger, ready to spew fire like dragons standing guard over their kin. To my right stood the main bridge armored and shiny, The steel and wood around me seemed good as new, no cracks or scorch marks. Not even a single shell hole. *Flap* a sound brought my attention to the top of the conning tower, there stood a flag. That flag I knew, In my heart and in my soul I knew that flag, the flag of my home! No not just the flag of my home, but the flag of my soul stood there proudly, The flag of the rising sun.
Wait, my thoughts came to a halt as a head splitting pain forced me to the deck, seconds of agonizing pain went buy. Just as I felt my self passing out It stopped, Just as sudden as it had come it had left. But now I could remember something, I remember meeting something, or was it someone? A voice had spoken with me. A second chance that's what this was! I was no longer at the bottom of the ocean, and now had a second chance to live! And this ship its not just any ship, Its me!? "What how? H-how am I on me?" my voice came out, squeakily. wait voice? I looked down and suddenly realized I'm no longer a ship!?! I moved my new appendages around to see if I was dreaming but I was not, my hands, my legs, my head it was all real!
"Wow!" I could not help but be excited by this new development, and eagerly stood up to examine my self better. As I stood straight I felt something poke my side, turning my head I saw "TAILS!?!" behind me stood 9 fluffy White tails waving around and they seemed to be attached to me. confused I scratched my head, but there was something there too! Two fluffy ears twitched as my other hand moved up. I felt my head further And I could feel how soft they were and how they twitched and moved. I soon became absorbed in petting my ears and tails.
After my little fluffing session I realized I was still in the middle of nowhere and in unknown waters, I soon decided to explore the ship, or well my self. My first stop was the Captain's quarters, Inside I found a bed with a small dresser, a lamp and a mirror on the left. On the right, was a closet with a captains uniform, rifle, and katana. I wandered over to the closet and picked up the uniform It seemed it would fit me perfectly and there was some undergarments with it as well. Looking down at my self I noticed I was wearing a simple robe, or maybe it was more appropriate to call it a toga. The toga was very thin and was less than adequate when it came to covering my vital areas. I soon replaced my old toga with the captains outfit. I also discovered that the hat at little holes for my ears and that the pants and undergarments accommodated my tails as well!
I returned to the left side of the room and looked in the mirror, I could not help but admire my self as I did a small spin, My cute fox appendages swished around as I examined myself closer. I had snow white hair that matched my tails. My uniform was white with gold buttons and gold shoulder straps. On my right upper body were several metals and ribbons, signaling great achievements. What drew my attention most was my fire gold eyes that seemed to burn like small suns constantly shifting and emitting a small glow. I looked over my self once more before I decided it was time to leave.
I finished Up and picked up the rifle and katana, I strapped the katana to my waist and placed the rifle around my body using the strap on it. It felt so natural having these weapons' with me. "I suppose its time to move on now though."
I Then decided to head for the bridge and get my bearings. I walked for a bit an soon found my self in a wide open area with electronics both familiar and foreigner placed around the room, At the far end in a half circle around me, stood Huge windows. To my right is what seemed to be American radar from the English written on the side, "weird, I don't remember having that before?" I walked over and examined it for a bit, before I soon moved on to the other side of the bridge. The right side was filled with communications equipment and Information on the ship, such as engine state, speed, damage report, etc. I Then notice in the middle sat a desk and chair. I went over and looked over the desk finding only a single note and a lamp for light.
I sat in the chair and began reading the note
"Dear Yamato, I am so glad you accepted my selfish request to help my world. I Have brought you here and given you a new body, In order to complete my task I felt it would be better if you had a more humanoid form, and as such I have given you a the form of a kitsune or better know here as a fox-kin I also took some inspiration from your Home country's culture when I bestowed powers to you. I have also given you a system to help guide you and increase your strength fast. I'm sure you have many questions but they will have to wait, for now I will give you enough information to start your journey, First I would like to address your ship or more specifically you. You are still Yamato and still have full control of your self, If you wish to move then do so by willingyour self to move, and if you wish to fire, then will yourself to fire, If you enter land your ship will automatically deconstruct and be stored in your soul, this can also be done at your own will. The second thing I would like to bring attention to is your ship is now able to convert into a rigging like structure that will attach to your body and become like armor. your canons will be mounted near your shoulders and everything else will appear around you on robotic like extensions from a pack on body. This will enable you to fight better on land and in small spaces, but be careful as all of your riggings firepower will be the same as your ship form as will your strength.
