Flight of the eagle and phoenix

by Windyjellyfish

Summary:

Chris and Enty stuff, you knew it was coming, hope ya enjoy.

Notes:

I'm bad at summaries, but I will say I originally planned to start after I got enty's bon voyage skin since I had a theory that her skin would return with the new shop in cruise missions, and well, I was proven right, but I decided not to wait because I NEED THIS.

Chapter 1: Bon voyage

Summary:

chris and enty are on leave, and chris experiences the feeling of being alive with someone he cares for deeply.

The dawn broke through the night, and graced azur lane with its radiant light, and soon, a phoenix rose to brush his feathers and start a new day

"Good morning world" Chris said with a smile as he got up and did a morning bath and then activated a golden eagle button to see if he had any high command messages.

"Huh...not a one..." He observed contently as he the pressed another button to check his messages from base, sure he had a phone but its better to read it on a big screen

*The following is from fleetchat*


Bismarck: Hallo Lt. commandant, I've asked eugen to deliver you more records for your dorm room

P. Eugen: Hallo Lt. commandant, lord bismarck asked me to deliver some more records to your dorm room, I've left them by the door

Ran_mew: Hey, you ever gonna visit sakura dorms?

Commander: You fuckin' win, come on over and I'll organise your leave with any shipgirl you want....

Ootori_Shikikan: I need cock SKK

Musashi: Don't give akagi cock SKK

Yorktown: Hey chris, don't give akagi cock

Enterprise: meet me and the commander in his office

*end of fleetchat*

"I hope neither of them need cock, whoever this akagi is seems like trouble" Chris opined quietly as he got his uniform on and walked towards the commander's office

XXXVXXX

Chris knocked and was invited in, and enterprise was standing next to charles

"You seem to want my attention bright and early sir" Chris said with a salute

"Yes, I made the challenge and you fulfilled the challenge, and because of what enterprise over here has told me, I'm giving you a month's leave, not just a week, you've got guts and tenacity soldier, rest up and take whoever you want with you" Charles said as he stamped the leave permit.

"Thank you sir" Chris said

"I don't want to see you here until your leave is over unless its absolutely necessary, you WILL accept this vacation, got it?" Charles said sternly

"No argument here chuck" Chris said with a chuckle as chuck just waved a dismissal at him.

Chris walked out contently and enterprise followed him.

"So....guess you're free huh?" Enterprise said

"Yep, and I can take anyone I want with me for this month's leave, and well" Chris said as he paused and turned to enterprise, "I think we both know who I want to take along with me.....and all I ask is, can I take you along?"

Enterprise thought for a few seconds, and smiled, "Yes, yes you can"

Chris hugged her suddenly, "Thank you" he said softly before breaking the hug off, "sorry...I'm a bit over-affectionate"

"Its alright, you get yourself packed up and meet me at the air strip, and chris, don't let dave return while I'm gone" she said with a bitter smile as she walked back to her dorm, chris smiled bitterly and walked back to his dorm

He got out a couple suitcases and packed several stuff inside it, a portable computer, a gaming console, clothes, snacks and stuff, fine teas in a metal box, cameras, and of course, a toolbox, he was well prepared, he got out of his uniform and into something more snug for him, black cargo pants and durable shoes, a short sleeved shirt with a picture of a sea serpent on it, and a navy blue jacket, before setting out.

XXVXX

Chris walked out to the airstrip and put on some sunglasses due to the blasting sun, and found out he wasn't the first to be there

"Over here chris" Enterprise called out, she was some feet away and he walked up to her silently, they realised they were both wearing similar jackets

"You clean up nicely enty" Chris said with a smile

"So do you" Enterprise replied back, "Now where did you want to go first for your leave?"

"Well, I DID want to go back to the isles, but I don't think it'd do us well to go back there, not yet anyway, all the buzz would kill me" Chris chuckled

"I don't blame you, hey wanna go to iris orthodoxy? they have a village full of lavenders that vestal said we need to see" Enterprise suggested

"Lavenders? not a bad idea....though" Chris drifted off

"What is it?" Enterprise asked

"I know you can summon planes but....can you ACTUALLY fly all the way to iris orthodoxy with one of your planes?" Chris asked

"well.....you have a point.....its all about willpower, and will is something I have plenty of" Enterprise said with an assuring tone

"even so......it has limits....and I dont want you overexerting yourself before we get there" Chris said

"hehe, I had a feeling you'd say that, and I have a plan for that, when my plane starts to run low on fuel I'll summon my rigging and we'll land safely on it, don't worry" Enterprise said with a smile that made chris's heart melt

"Alright enty...you win, whip out a plane and let's get going" Chris said

Enterprise summoned one of her dive bombers and with some focus, augmented it a little bit

"Gave it a cargo hold for our luggage, and made it big enough to have more fuel and so it can fit you, so load up" Enterprise said

Chris loaded the newly made cargo space with his belongings and enterprise followed suit with her travel back, she closed the hatch tight and carried chris onto the top of the plane, making sure their shades were pocketed away for what was next.

"Uhhh, shouldn't I just be IN the plane?"

"No, this is the first time you get to fly without the destination being a battlefield, no half measure must be taken, now hold on tight and VENTURE FORTH!" she exclaimed as chris held on while enterprise worked her plane to full speed, taking off the airstrip and zooming away.

"THIS IS AMAZINGLY TERRIFYING" Chris screamed out

"AND YOU HAVEN'T SEEN NOTHING YET" Enterprise screamed back so she could be heard, before she did several tricks as chris held onto the plane, only to notice that, he wasn't being forced off, gravity wasn't pulling at him, velocity didn't seem to phase him.

"I can....what?"

Enterprise just smiled with a game face as she noticed, "You're able to stick to my plane like any kansen can, ENJOY IT!"

Chris smiled as he walked up against the wind and spread his arms out

"I CAN FLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY" he said as the plane zoomed over the water, he started laughing from the thrill of it

He started mimicking enty's movements in a joking way, making plane noises as he laughed, enterprise didn't pay attention, his laughter was music to her ears, and she felt herself feeling lighter, but she regained her composure and pulled chris in front of her

"Come on chris, don't stop flying now!" she said as she wrapped her arms around him

Chris smiled brightly and his cheeks turned pink as he spread his arms out again and soaked in the wind gusting at him.

"I'M KING OF THE OCEANNNNNNN"

Enterprise laughed at that and held him closer "Not until you can do this yourself, remember that" she teased

"THE KING DOES NOT GIVE A SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT" he dramatically stretched the vowels as he took in the adrenaline.

the plane flew vigorous and high, there was very little acrobatic tricks, just cruising along at high speeds just enjoying the moment.

eventually their flight started to reach its final course as the plane started running slower

"Okay time's up" Enterprise said firmly as she summoned her rigging below and navigated the plane to a save landing and had it deposit the luggage carefully on her deck

Chris fell back and hugged the plane "I.....I haven't felt so alive in ages, thanks enty...." he said exhausted

Enterprise  silently gazed at him as he rolled off the plane onto the deck harmlessly and rolled back onto his back and stared at the sky, watching the clouds as he regained his energy.

It was like a child having expended all of their energy and was now taking a closer look at the world around it for the first time, or a blind person having their vision come to them for the first time in their lives.

It was....cute and sweet to behold, and enterprise blushed slightly seeing so relaxed and happy.

"You really enjoy simple things don't you/"

"I wouldn't call the flight simple, but you're right...that cloud over there looks like a cloud after all"

Enterprise looked up and realised yes, the cloud did indeed look like a cloud, very observant.

"heh, you can look at the clouds all you want, I'll be here watching, we got a long way to go until we reach iris orthodoxy, feel free to just lay there until we can fly again" Enterprise said with a smile

"Nothing says you can't lay down here too" Chris offered

"....you're right" enterprise said as she plopped down next to chris, looking at the clouds with him

minutes rolled by, silence permeating the sea around them, until enterprise spoke

"This...is so peaceful....everything is so still......not like the battlefields we keep finding ourselves in...." Enterprise observed

"It really is nice to just lay back and observe what we've been forced to never look at in order to protect it" Chris said

"I guess I never really thought of it that way.....I only jumped at your offer because I was still tired...." Enterprise admitted

"Really?" chris said as he lifted his upper body to look at enterprise

"Yeah...charles drove me ragged, always wanting me to sortie, constantly driving me out to collect information.....I still feel a little bad about taking this chance because it means others have to pick up the burden...." Enterprise said

"That train of thought helped me through the fact I was the last defender of my time.....the fact I was the last, meant no one else had to get hurt...had to cry....or had to inflict those things" Chris said sadly

"But....as we both know....suffering alone....makes you more alone" Chris finished as he laid back down

There was a silence for a few minutes before chris heard the sound of someone moving closer and extending a hand to stroke his hair

"You won't be alone anymore chris......I refuse to accept any day where you are...." Enterprise said softly like a mother cooing their child to sleep.

"I....I appreciate that enty" Chris replied

"You know...." enterprise said as she raised her upper body to look at chris directly with her eyes at his, "when you confessed last night....it made me think about all that you've done for us...for me...for my sisters...for chkalov, for akashi...even for the commander......you did it all...like you knew you didn't have much time left, but were in no real rush......did you think you were dying?"

"No......I was scared...still scared....I never wanted to go back.....to my timeline....I have it in my nature to be helpful to others and to be there for them.....but I also feel like that if I was a problem for you and everyone else...you'd use your technology to find a way to send me back to that miserable hell.....and I didn't want that....it may purely be my paranoia...but that fear....made me want to be myself and also contribute enough that you'd never want me to go back because of my use." Chris said with a slightly shaky voice

"You were NEVER going to be sent back...not only do we not have that tech to do that, we.....also would never do something so cruel...." Enterprise said

"What would've happened?" Chris asked

"You would've been discharged, sent to eagle union since you technically ARE a citizen of eagle union, where you'd live the rest of your days however you wanted, we'd even come visit to see how you were doing" Enterprise said

"So.....basically......my biggest concern was losing close friends?" Chris asked

"I wouldn't say you'd have lost us" Enterprise said putting a hand on chris's, "you'd just see us less often"

".......you're trying to come up with the most optimistic answer to cheer me up aren't you?" Chris said

"I'm just being truthful" Enterprise said, "we have busy lives...but we would never abandon you"

"You ARE trying to cheer me up, and its fucking working" Chris said as he sat up

"Well, let me cheer you up more...I said I needed time to think about it and...well....I'm still not the best at expressing my feelings, but...." she got out an enterprise plush, "I made this...so if we're ever apart, we never would completely be"

Chris gasped and hugged the plush to his chest "So this means?"

"Yes, and thats also why I jumped at this...because...to be honest....I want to see the chris thats away from the office and the battlefield, I only see bits of that at base, and here, on leave....you can show me the side of you you could never on base...and the same goes for me too"

"Well I will tell you, I want to take things gradually, ease into it.....I've had terrible romantic luck, and while I believe you're not like the rest.....some wounds never heal..." chris said

"I can live with that, we can figure this out together, for now though, let's look at the clouds" enterprise said

"No....I want to look at who I want to protect" chris protested softly

"AGH, sneak attack" enterprise said with a blush

"I also wanna rest in a comfortable bed again, metal is not comfy"

"Oh that I can do...though my rigging has only one bed and several barracks..." enterprise said, "I know you want to take this slow but.....I can't ask you to sleep in the barracks"

"I don't mind sharing a bed with you already, as far as I'm concerned, we'll be doing that at the hotels we'll be staying at right?"

"You have a point, besides..... its getting to be time for a good meal....I have ration bars in the pantry"

"Oh you are not forcing me to eat that"

"They fill you up though, plus I don't have anything else" Enterprise pouted

"Finnnne but I'm cooking you something delicious when we get to our destination" chris said firmly

"hehe, I do wonder how well you can cook" Enterprise said as they walked into the superstructure

dinnertime passed with nothing notable, then came time to turn in

"this is the bed, I used my mind to make it fit us"

"You can alter this rigging to how you see fit, and you didn't think to make another bed?" chris pointed out

"....maybe I'm just trying to be nice" enterprise said with a furious blush

"Hey hey its okay...I would've hated it anyways....I don't like sleeping alone, the nightmares...they love me" Chris said

Enterprise coughed, she had tried to hide that THAT was the reason she had offered, but it was clear he was suffering like her, and she facepalmed

"I forgot you've been through so much hell....": she said apologetically as she took off her coat, cap and shoes, and got into bed, patting it

chris got off excess clothes, leaving his comfortable ones one, and slid into bed with her

"come....let's protect each other" chris said extending his arms, enterprise pulled him close and they mutually embraced, staring at each other until they fell into blissful dreamland

For the first time in ages, neither of them had any hint of a nightmare, just pure, pleasant, and somewhat lucid, dreams

Notes:

You guys have no idea how much I love getting to do this, and just for the record, yes, iris orthodoxy is coming in chapter 2, and the horny? well if you read my christmas stories you know its not coming for a long time, so sit back and enjoy enty being happy, its why I'm here.

Chapter 2: An angel's city

Summary:

Chris and enterprise begin planning their tour de iris (hehehehe), and enterprise learns just what kind of films came out around the time world war 2 ended in chris's timeline, right fbefore they find their first stop, brest.

Notes:

Content warning: Mogador

CV-6 sails along the great atlantic, the only two occupants aboard planning out a sightseeing trip

"Obviously we're going to the southeastern part of the country" Chris said, "Provence particularly, thats prime lavender country, and I will not lie, I always wanted to see that myself"

"Yes but obviously we'd be skipping most of a beautiful country if we went straight there" Enterprise said, "so we'll have to hold off on that, the lavenders won't die if we take our time"

"This is true, but we still need to find sights to see, otherwise we'll just be looking like two idiots in a doughnut shop" Chris said

"I take it you have experience?" Enterprise said with a grin

"Seen it happen, and worse, who tf tries to fuck a doughnut to "glaze it" better" Chris said without a filter on his mouth

"I am going to ask you to NEVER give me that image again" Enterprise said sternly, "But you have a point, who WOULD do that...what kind of people have you known?"

"Not enough of the kind of people you are thats for sure" Chris said bitterly

"I mean...that part is obvious.....you always look like you're ready to kill the next person that does something crazy just to remove challengers" Enterprise observed

"How the HELL do I have such a precise look" Chris asked

"You just do, and I've enjoyed seeing you trying to outdo essex, gotta say that baseball routine was the best thing I've heard, where did you even come up with that?" Enterprise asked with curiosity

"I watch a lot of comedy movies, including old black and white ones from abbot and costello" Chris said, "Wanna watch the specific one I got the joke from to kill time?"

"Sure why not, put it on chris" Enterprise said as she kicked back in her chair and let chris mangle with the living quarters tv, inserting an old disc he had brought with him

*One viewing later*

"I mean he DID go in the wrong direction, like my lungs after that bear scene" Enterprise said as she got up from her chair

"Your laughter was music to my ears, never seen you laugh like that" Chris said

"Hehehe, what can I say, never seen such films in my life, tell me are there any more films like that?" Enterprise asked

"a lot, despite how old the films are in my timeline, they're timeless" Chris said

"Well then I know what I'm doing for movie night, this kind of humor is the thing we need on base" Enterprise said

"Glad you like it that much, I have other kinds of films too, like horror, action, colored variants..." Chris said

"we'll get into that later chris, for now, let's get back to planning"

"I WOULD like to see the brest arsenal" Chris piped

"Huh, that was quick, and conveniently has a naval base for me to dock my rigging...I'll have to inform the iris leadership that we're coming though..." Enterprise said

"Will that be hard?" Chris asked

"No, just want us to be on the down low for the trip, and some of them can be.....excessively welcoming" Enterprise said in a voice that indicated she was hiding something.

"I'll....guess I'll find out later" Chris said, "But do inform them, I hear their leader's richelieu, and I've always wanted to meet that battleship" Chris said

"Well then allow me to make the call" Enterprise said with a smile as she rang up Richelieu

Soon, the cardinal answered on a big monitor

"Richelieu here- Oh my, lady enterprise, to what do I owe the pleasure?" Richelieu said

"Well just wanted to tell you that I'm coming to iris libre for some leave with the lt. commander of azur lane, and he'd like to meet you" Enterprise said, coaxing chris forward, holding one of his hands to assure him

"H-hello cardinal....you look radiant" Chris said, taken aback by richelieu's appearance, she definitely carried the grace and dignity of her station

"Mighty kind of you to say that lt. commander, I've heard quite a bit about you, so I may want to meet with you sometime, but you're here on leave and I will not interfere with that, enjoy iris orthodoxy to your heart's content, and if you want anything, you can call me or my sister jean" Richelieu said as she pulled Jean bart onto the call screen

"Sis I swear- why the hell is there a hot blonde in front of me?" Jean bart asked

"Uhhh.....I'm lt. commander chris...and this is enty...and we'll be in iris orthodoxy on leave...." Chris said, taken aback by jean bart's bluntness

"Well come over to dunkirk if you want to have a party or just see the sights, just watch out for mogador" Jean bart said as she left the call room

"Who is mogador?" Chris asked

"....pray to holy iris you don't find out alone" Richelieu said, causing chris to hug enterprise like a security pillow

"Uhhh....." Richelieu said

"Yeah uhh...keep this down low but....there's more than one reason we're on leave together" Enterprise said with a fluster

"Your secret is safe with me, gotta say, he's made a good first impression, where shall you be headed first?"

"Brest, he wants to see the naval arsenal" Enterprise said as she tried to shake chris off, who just hugged tighter while muttering a quiet "Nuuuu"

"Hehehe.....well there will be a kansen there to greet you, try not to lose him to her now~" Richelieu said with a "bleh" face as she cut the call

"There's a kansen named brest isn't there?" Chris said, still hugging enterprise

"Yes, and she's absolutely beautiful, an angelic beauty if you will, but I'm sure you'll be fine" Enterprise said as she pried chris off of her

"Okay then...." Chris said nervously

XXXVXXX

 Enterprise was scrubbing her deck (NOT LIKE THAT YOU FUCKIN' PERVS), when she received an internal radio communication

"Brest to Enterprise, we have detected you and are ready to let you dock, I will be there to greet you personally" Brest said

"Gotcha, will be there in a bit, I'll inform my guest of this" Enterprise said, she then called out "HEY CHRIS, BREST HAS PREPARED FOR OUR LANDING"

Chris sprung out of nowhere and nodded "Guess I'll clean myself up before we dock then"

"Showers are below deck, I'll turn off the cameras" Enterprise said

"Why w- oh wait" Chris said with a realisation

"I see everything that happens on my rigging.....so I'll leave that visual of you a surprise for now~" Enterprise teased

"I'll do the same out of respect" Chris said with a blush as he left to get cleaned up

XXVXX

The ship arrived at brest and docking went smoothly, Enterprise and chris walked off her rigging and dissolved it.

"Well, welcome to brest chris" Enterprise said, "let's go enjoy the sights"

"Way ahead of ya'" Chris said cheekily as he pointed to their right

"wha- OH" Enterprise realised that there was an angelic beauty where chris was pointing

"Damn brest couldn't you give us some warning?" Enterprise said

"Oh mighty champions of the eagle union, welcome to my namesake city, may the story you create be one of merriment and bliss" Brest said

"with enty here, it definitely will be" Chris said, holding enterprise's hand, making her flush

"C-chris...." Enterprise said shyly

"I see thy hearts are linked, wonderful, I shall be watching you from here on, the story you shall write in this wonderful land shall be sung in the great halls of paris, one of romance, virtue, and simple pleasures" Brest said, holding their connected hands in her and blowing a glowing dust in their faces, making them blink before she flew off

"So...that was brest herself?" Chris said

"S-she's eccentric....but she's as angelic as her appearance suggests, she's had many men fall for her instantly, some women instantly....I'm surprised you didn't ogle her" Enterprise said

"Its too obvious I would, I've seen so many pretty women that it's practically white noise when one shows up, and besides, I am satisfied with a grey ghost~" Chris said as he cupped her cheek.

"D-damnit chris people will see us...." Enterprise blushed

"Then let's not waste any time" Chris said as he pulled her by their locked hands and started running, "TO THE ARSENAL"

"CHRIIIIIIIIS SLOW DOWNNNN" Enterprise whined adorably as chris didn't listen

XXXVXXX

Chris and Enterprise eventually stopped near the brest castle, at the edge of the arsenal, allowing them a good view.

"Its prettier than when I saw it in flames..." Chris said softly

"That'd be a given..." Enterprise said just as softly, "How does it feel to see the kansen of iris, their ships, the history?" Enterprise asked

"Like a paradise I've lost, and found again" Chris said looking at one of the docked ships, a rather large cruiser "Thats the brest, she takes good care of it" Chris noted

"And if you look further out you can see her heavy cruiser counterpart, saint louis" Enterprise said pointing to a white heavy cruiser that seemed to radiate divine knight status, along with the ship next to it, a smaller cruiser

"That's the jean de arc, it seems we came here at the right time to see the white guard in dock" Enterprise observed seeing more white ships.

"I take it they're very important?" Chris said

"Indeed, they protect iris orthodoxy at all cost, some of the best knights you'll ever find, virtuous, loyal, chivalrous, and ready to slice anyone that dear tries to threaten the orthodoxy" Enterprise said as one cruiser noticed them, the gray haired woman walked up them

"Bonjour esteemed grey ghost, is this the lt. commander we've heard about?" Saint louis said as she looked at chris

"I am indeed" Chris said, "please tell me you've heard good"

"But of course we have, you saved london and the royal navy from the sirens, and have made azur lane stronger than ever before, even were knighted, so, from one knight to another, I welcome thee" Saint Louis said.

"C-come on I'm not like you....you're far more knightly than I am" Chris said flustering from the compliment

"no knight is superior to another outside of the art of dueling" Saint louis said plainly, "so do not fret, feel free to walk amongst the most holy of knights, admire the ships" she offered

"Oh this will be fun" Chris said as he and enty walked down the arsenal walkways, chris marveled at all the ships, and many shipgirls waved at him as a friendly gesture.

Eventually, they stopped in front of a large destroyer

"Hmmm, rather big isn't it?" Chris said

"Yep....wait a min- OH NOOOOO" Enterprise realised something but when she tried to warn chris, it was too late

"*sniff sniff* oooo, you smell good, you should mark my ship with your scent hehehehehehe" a rather down bad destroyer said

"Mogador?" Chris said

"Mogador" Enterprise said with a frown

"Oooh it feels so hot out here, let's go inside so we can cool off~" Mogador said, touching chris's chests and sniffing him more

"Mogador...you're playing with fire" Saint louis called out

"I know...so hooooot, hehehehe, can't wait to show you whats under my cloak~" Mogador said more seductively as she bent over and started getting closer to his neck with her lips

"I'm warning you, back away before you get burned" Jean de arc said

"hehehe.....the burn will be pleasant" Mogador said as she turned to try to rub her peach on chris's body, but was met face to face with a yellow eyed angry archer

"Its over for you, we're out" Jean de arc said as the other iris kansen sat and watched

"E-ENTERPRISE WAIT I CAN-" Mogador tried to say before she heard the one phrase you never want the grey ghost to say to you

"OWARI DA"

*KABOOM*

XXXVXXX

In dunkirk, jean bart sat in a hammock drinking some cognac, when a burned and bruised destroyer fell nearby her, whining in pain

She sighed and got out a broom, sweeping mogador up and into the water nearby

"This is why we have a file of restraining orders" she deadpanned as the destroyer floated off to be picked up by the tribunal

---

An ode to boundaries

"Two birds find a nest, laying up in the arsenal of brest"

"Although their love we do adore, not much can be said for mogador"

"Brave champions of heart and light, may the pleasantness of your days spread on into your nights"


-Brest, angelic peanut gallery

Notes:

Short maybe but this is was pretty much all of my ideas
I need to get two more chapters out before we get to some real good stuff, and an argument, a patron of this story really wants me to get it going, I'm happy to oblige, but the poems are tough.

Chapter 3: I aimed for heaven, yet I served in hell

Summary:

Enterprise sails towards dunkirk for their next tourist destination, but they pass by normandy, and chris asks for her to land on one of the famed beaches, leading to one thing both have always wanted to do.
Have a damn good time diving under the deep blue skies.

Notes:

Thanks to my muse on discord for my inspiration, I was gonna save the tooth rotting fluff for the paris chapter, but I can't wait any longer, THE FLUFF MUST FLOW.

Our birds have decided to quickly move to the next destination, having had their fill of brest (hehehehehe), but before they go, chris breaks the silence

"Did you REALLY have to use a dive bomb?" Chris asked

"Mogador is not someone who takes no for an answer easily, it had to be done dear" Enterprise said firmly

"Yeah but I didn't get out of the blast range..." Chris said, covered in soot and slightly smoldering

"S-sorry.....I didn't mean to hurt you I just..." Enterprise said, clearly upset

Chris shook off the soot and patted the embers down without much hassle "Enty, you reacted realistically, even if it was an overreaction, I understand why you did it, though you're lucky I was made to handle worse" Chris said with a bitter smile

"Y-yeah now that you mention it....I still don't want to see you hurt..." Enterprise said in a guilty tone

"Enty..." Chris got closer and hugged her, "Its the same for me in regards to you, don't worry, I'm fine, you didn't do anything bad" he said patting her back

Enterprise burped by accident, "E-excuse me" she said with embarrassment

"hehe, you burp like a baby" Chris said, patting her back more trying to get her to burp again

"C-chris no we need to go to our next destination" Enterprise said, hoping he'd stop before she got more embarrassed, and thankfully he did.

"Oh alright, guess its off to dunkirk then" Chris said

"One last thing" Enterprise said as she whipped a camera out and took a picture of them in front of the arsenal, the pose chris had was dorky as hell, making enterprise laugh

"Wow, first picture you're a part of and you didn't want to waste the chance to be a goofball" Enterprise said with a smile

"The stern military commander chris is not here, you're stuck with the dork" Chris said with a "bleh" face

Enterprise tried not to laugh or blush from how adorable, yet funny, he was being, as they walked back onto the ship.

"Make way for dunkirk cap'n eagle" Chris said

"Right away sir" Enterprise said with a smile as she began driving her ship out into the open water.

XXVXX

"I feel like we've been here before" Chris joked as they got into the english channel

"It does ring a bell" Enterprise said with a pondering face, before they both broke into a laugh

"That means we'll reach dunkirk soon" Enterprise said after she recovered from her laughing fit.

"Actually...before we go there...can we go to a secluded beach in normandy? I want to visit those beaches" Chris said

"Why would you want to go to a beach, there's many back at the base, its just more sand and water" Enterprise said confused

"Well....for one it'd be just us there...for another...it means more to me than you'd think...so please?" Chris pleaded, coiling up into a loaf, "Loaf says go to normandy"

Enterprise's face could be best described as a ripening tomato from seeing the hilarious adorkable loaf she called the lt. commander, and she caved "alright we'll go you adorable loaf" she said with a smile.

She turned the ship towards normandy and spotted a secluded area of beach, she landed the ship easily and allowed chris to disembark, upon which he silently walked up the beach, and looked towards the land ahead, his eyes closed, lost in thought

Enterprise walked up behind him and noticed this, it bewildered her.

"Chris...you alright?"

"Yes I am" he said as he opened his eyes, "but I'm not happy"

"why?"

"This is Utah...." he said distantly as he kneeled down onto the sand and stroked it, "at least...this WAS utah..."

"Utah's a state of eagle union....what does it have to do with a random beach in iris orthodoxy?" Enterprise said, tilting her head in confusion

"That confirms something to me" Chris said, standing up, turning to Enterprise, "The re-enactment you were forced to go under didn't include army maneuvers"

"That's....yeah its true..." Enterprise said

"Not even amphibious landings?" Chris asked

"Not a one..." Enterprise said shaking her head.

"Well what you're standing on was a beach code named utah beach, part of several landings in france, my world's iris orthodoxy, to free it from the hands of the nazi scourge" Chris said

"We're standing on a battlefield!?" Enterprise said bewildered

"One in my timeline, but not here....I can tell, there's no trace of the screams of the dead, no hint of blood and ash.....no remnant of a bygone wall of defense" Chris said, analysing the area

Enterprise was going to ask how he could tell, but she knows it well, people who have been through war can easily tell where war has sunken its talons of death in deep, once you go to hell, you never truly leave it behind entirely, it still burns at your heels, waiting, biding its time, until it pulls you back in.

"How...how did the assault go?" Enterprise asked

"It was hard fought, every grain of sand was fought over, the allies needed to secure several beach heads to liberate france, and the nazis needed to prevent them from securing those beachheads, landing ships landed off course, 3/4 of paratroopers discovered upon finally landing that they were lost, fighting was heavier than anticipated, another concerto of hell's orchestra, but we did beat them, it took a lot of lives and a lot of effort, but the longest day was over eventually....and thus began the great downfall of the third reich" Chris said, finally breathing

"I see....." Enterprise said, turning to the ocean, "I was scared of the ocean once, even now, I still see it as nothing but a battlefield....nothing beautiful about it, just the site of death and pain..." she said grimly before turning back, "When I see land, I see an escape from battle, but now, it seems even on land, war is fought as brutally as it is at sea and in the skies, nothing is untouched by war..."

"If that's the case...what's a beach to you?" Chris asked earnestly

"I....never thought about it, beaches are the border between land and water.... the sky blankets it all, now that I think about it....I guess a beach is the crossroads of all kinds of war......yet often beaches do not see it, people flock to enjoy it, as if taunting everything around them with how carefree they are..." Enterprise said blankly

"Not a bad answer....for me.....it comes off more like a curse being lifted" Chris said

"???"

"There's a movie in my world called pirates of the Caribbean, its a whole series, the second movie, dead man's chest, has the main antagonist be a cursed pirate....ol' davy jones himself..." Chris began

"I've heard of such a legend....but continue" Enterprise said

"He was forced to ferry lost souls, only able to come on land once every ten years, and only for one day" Chris said, "he betrayed his purpose, he and his crew turned into sea monsters as a supernatural punishment for neglecting their duty after davy jones lost all care for it....because the one he loved wasn't there when he came ashore"

"That's definitely a tale.." Enterprise observed, "but what does that mean for you?"

"For a human, commanding a naval ship is pretty similar...we are deployed endlessly, only having breaks at a port very rarely, and even rarer do those breaks last more than a day, before we go back and send more souls to davy jones for him to ferry to the afterlife...." Chris said with a face more grim than enterprise's

"After awhile, you learn to make the most of what little a break you have, a beach is the great gates of relief from your duty, if only temporary, you walk out of the ocean and onto shore, you're finally able to have fun with whatever could be in front of you, never looking back the ocean until its time to go....."

"So that's what it means to you, the gate between death, and life?" Enterprise said

"Guess you could say that..." Chris said, "but like all things...one isn't always the other....and that's why I'm here, why I wanted to be here, the beach is still, the ocean doesn't seem to have much on it, and the land further off could have promise...but...have you ever looked under the ocean?" Chris asked

"Not really.....I'll probably find the corpses of those we've sunk....not a good image to think about" Enterprise said

"The depths of the ocean are far more than that, come, let's go for a dive" Chris extended a hand

"Chris.....no....I don't-" Chris interrupted her with a wave of his hand "Do not worry, you won't find anything like that here, all you'll find is the world you've been missing" Chris said with a smile

"....alright...but we're getting on diving suits first" Enterprise said firmly

"sounds good"

*one diving suit dressing later*

"Ready?" Enterprise asked chris

"Firing depth charge" Chris said as he turned his back towards the ledge of enterprise's ship's starboard side as they got dressed on her ship, and fell backward in a t-pose motion

"DAMNIT CHRIS-" Enterprise jumped after him, making sure she was properly zipped up, and splashed into the water, she looked for chris only to see him casually swimming under the waves

".......you're a major ham you know that?" Enterprise said bewildered

"That's lt. commander ham to you missy" Chris said with a muted chuckle

"So what exactly did you...want...to...show...." Enterprise's voice drifted off as she saw dozens of colorful fish swimming in front of her, across the sand below scooted numerous animals she never saw before, plants and other objects utterly baffling her.

"Welcome to the world below the surface" Chris said with a smile as he chased a school of tiny fish

"Its.....beautiful..." Enterprise said with astonishment, "is this what we sail over....every day?"

"The submarines could've told you what you were missing, surprised they didn't" Chris said

"Guess they've been distracted with what's above, that they neglect what's below themselves" Enterprise assumed

"Maybe....OOOOOO" Chris swam up to a particular fish that seemed mostly invisible, but when enterprise got a better look, it was visible, it looked like a blue plastic bag with strings

"This is a jellyfish" Chris said, "I love 'em, so carefree, so deadly if you miss with them, just livin' their best lives"

"That's a weird fish..." Enterprise said

"It technically isn't but screw it" Chris said, "I can also make it do tricks, hey jellyfish, count the fingers on my hand"

Surprisingly, it did, waving 5 of its tendrils

"How..." Enterprise said bewildered

"No here comes the best part, play dead" Chris said with a smile

The jellyfish was replaced with a gravestone that said "R.I.P" on it before the jellyfish popped out of it

Enterprise was stunned for a solid minute, before she started laughing uncontrollably "HOW...hehe...THE HELL, DID YOU DO THAT *WHEEEEEZE*"

"What siren tech does to a motherfucker" Chris said

"You have been augmented with dangerous technology that could bring devastation to all or save lives, and you use it....for this..." Enterprise said recovering from her laugh

"I have the power to make people laugh and I intend to use it" Chris said defensively

"Its a very strong power" Enterprise smiled, its a surprise their diving masks hadn't come loose yet, but hey, they were secured tight

They spent the rest of their diving time looking at the fish, swimming carefree, until they both realised they were running out of air, so they swam up to the beach, enterprise took her diving essentials aside from her suit, chris did too, and they set them aside neatly

"That was...more fun than I had ever realised....thank you" Enterprise said, hugging chris affectionately, chris hugged her back "Glad you think so, there's a lot of color even when you think there is none, and I was determined to express that"

"I never realised that even where you'd expect death....life thrives...." Enterprise said softly

"Not everything is purely surface level, what you see may be misleading...which is why...I'm comfortable enough to show you something" Chris said as he broke off the hug

He unzipped his diving suit and let his chest and arms be exposed, revealing dozens of scars all over, shocking enterprise who had never seen him shirtless or even wearing a short sleeved shirt without some kind of long arm covering

"Chris what the hell..." Enterprise said, "You've been covered in scars this whole time?"

"Yep......over the period of countless wars, you don't come out unscathed" He said as he sat down on the beach with enterprise following suit.

"I don't feel ashamed that I have them, its just...every scar has a story...a really painful story, call it a battle record..." Chris said

"That explains why you hid it....do they...hurt?" Enterprise asked

"No.....if you touched them now, they wouldn't hurt....though I can't tell if I won't feel any other sensation" Chris said cautiously

Enterprise gently stroke her hand across several of his abdominal scars, feeling their roughness, the hardened skin, the blood flowing under it.

Chris sighed in content and fell backward

"Y-you okay, sorry for not asking first-" Enterprise said worriedly

"I'm more than okay.....that...felt relieving, your hands felt...healing" Chris said

"Is that so?" Enterprise said with a smile as she stroked chris's chest scars, the sensation relaxing chris's muscles, letting him feel all of it, he felt pain leaving his body, every scar touched felt like it was being purged of the darkness contained within them, memories of each scar's creation being less painful as chris was reminded of them, he closed his eyes and exhaled deeply, like a stressed tire finally tearing a hole, tension relieving with the release of the air.

"You seem to enjoy my hand.....when's the last time you've been touched like this?" Enterprise asked

"Never like this.....close friends have....even charlie.....I loved that guy....but never did they ever release my pain like this....." Chris said as he laid back and let enterprise stroke his arms, until finally, she had stroked all of his scars

"They run deep, yet somehow, you just about managed to fill them all up with care, I always knew I'd have to show someone the roadmap of pain that my skin has become, from my long cruise through the highway of hell" Chris said with a bright smile

"I can tell.......though I feel like you deserve to see.....something" Enterprise said with blush as she unzipped her torso diamond, revealing her central torso with half of each of her breasts on display

"W-woah easy there, bit fast aren't you?" Chris said flustered

"I'm not revealing more, but....I want to feel your hand....its the least I can ask of you" Enterprise said with more blush

"Very well" Chris said as he put a hand on enterprise's exposed torso, gently moving his fingers across her midsection, making sure to not go too far, the feeling of his hand made enterprise feel the warmth he always expressed, she sighed contently as she fell back onto the sand

"You have.....strong yet soft hands..." Enterprise said

"well, let's enjoy this while we can, this has been one great day, but we will need to fly to dunkirk eventually" Chris said

Enterprise nodded and they both cuddled up on the beach, letting their bare skin exchange their warmth as the clouds above formed a covering from the beating sun, letting them rest there as long as they wanted.

---

The precipice of wonder

"From the land, the sky, and the sea, the dreams of all three find paradise on the sands that never cease to be"

"Fly high brave traveler of the sands of time, for every flight you take with your eagle, will always be sublime"

-Brest

Notes:

Up next, the best chapter of them all, and a massive one probably, though it'll take a long time to come out probably because I'm sick :(

I love beach episodes btw

Chapter 4: Starlit movements along the isle of iris

Summary:

An issue involving dunkirk leads to a detour, and by detour, I of course mean they go to Paris.

Notes:

Dunkirk was going to be next but I find the idea I came up with to work better imo, besides, WE IN PARIS BABYYYY.
That means a lot of shenanigans

After a warm embrace on the beach, Chris and enty were in the command room of her ship gathering information.

"Dunkirk is ne- oh" Chris frowned

"What is it?" Enterprise asked

"Due to siren attacks, Dunkirk is under lockdown, no visits allowed" Chris said pointing to an article on the monitor he was using

"Damnit....I wanted to get a pirate hat for hornet..." Enterprise said sadly

"And I wanted to meet jean bart in the flesh, oh well..." Chris shrugged

"So what does that mean for our vacation?" Enterprise said sitting next to chris

"Well there's a lot of places we can go, but if we want to get to the real joy, there's a place we NEED to go first, since we can't just avoid it" Chris said pointing to the map

"Ile-de-iris- OH" Enterprise realised what the area was, and she smiled brightly, "we can't pass over Paris, that will never do, so let's get going my dorky soldier" Enterprise said lifting chris up from his seat and running with him towards the aircraft hangar

XXVXX

"Alright got the cargo out of the hold" Enterprise said as she straightened out her jacket, she turned to see chris having done the same, moving the cargo into the waiting plane which was going to elevated onto the flight deck

"Get on" Enterprise said with a smile, chris climbed up to the top of the plane, and enterprise followed, activating the plane elevator to lift the plane onto the flight deck

"Hold on tight" Enterprise said as readied her plane's engines, chris held onto her waste and rested her head on her shoulders "the lights are green for you my ghost, don't hold back" he whispered into her ear, making her fluster before she regained composure and soon the plane was launched.

Her ship dissolved soon after the plane was fully in the air, it took a sudden turn so it would head towards paris, perhaps the greatest destination of their vacation.

"WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" Chris said as they flew high, hugging enterprise not for dear life, but because it felt good, and enterprise smirked at him

"You think you're having fun now, just watch THIS" Enterprise suddenly moved her plane down and up, spreading a smoky cloud trail, looping, barrel rolling,  aileron rolling, crisscrossing, until eventually she stopped, her sky art making a sentence

"Vive la Iris" the message in the sky said, earning many cheers from across the vast area that saw it, though enterprise was too far high to be seen.

"Damn woman, I knew you could do amazing things with this plane but you outdid yourself" Chris said, gasping for air due to the aerodynamic effects that had on him, but he had still held tight.

"I aim to impress my love~" Enterprise said kissing chris on the cheek, chris didn't blush, he just smiled contently

"Your soft lips are impressive too" Chris said in a whisper, causing enterprise blush so furiously that she lost control of her plane for a bit, causing it dive downward

"AH SHIT FUCK ENTYYYY" Chris yelled as Enterprise regained her composure and flew upright

"Note to self, don't try to make you shut down midflight" Chris said with a chuckle

"Good idea, I'll avoid that too, but we're getting close to paris now, I'll find a kansen airport to land at, carriers tend to fly through here a lot so they have special landing strips" enterprise explained as she began scanning the area, finally touching down when she saw a landing strip a few minutes later, landing effortlessly, allowing chris to roll off, though unlike last time, he landed on his feet

"Paris, we have come for you!" He exclaimed as enterprise got their luggage out of her plane, dispersing said plane once they got their luggage sorted out.

"Alright gotta head through customs...oh this is gonna be annoying..." Enterprise bemoaned, expecting a long line

To make a long line short, yeah there was one, and when they finally go to the checkpoint, the inspector analysed all their papers and sent them on their way.

"well that was tedious and procedural, now what?" Chris asked

"well, I think we should book a hotel, we're gonna be here awhile" Enterprise said, typing something on her mobile device.

"Sounds fair, don't have to be anything fancy-"

"Too late, Hotel du Lourve, no arguments" Enterprise said with a mischievous grin as she revealed she had already booked a room.

"...That was fast..." Chris said

"Well let's check out the room slowpoke" Enterprise said with a wink as she hustled out the door with chris following close behind

XXVXX

They reached the hotel, checked in at the desk and used the elevator to find the floor with their room on it, they walked towards their room's door, and with some key shenanigans, enterprise unlocked the door, revealing the inside, a gorgeous sight, lustrous bedding, big television, fancy bath, a kitchen, the works

"Enty did you REALLY have to spare no expense, this is a lot for me...." Chris said nervous, the sheer scale of it all frightening him

"Of course I did, I have a lot of commission money, and no cost is too great for my dear dork~" Enterprise winked as she organised their luggage near a dresser and opened her bag, pulling out several things, a watch, a silver leaf crown, and a knitted doll she put on the night stand

"Guess its my turn now" Chris said, his nerves calming, he opened one of his bags, pulling out several films, a gaming system, a music player, a water gun, and a plush doll, which he put on the night stand next to the knitted one.

"Ya know....despite their different textures, they look sweet together" Chris observed

"I mean, we made them for each other, so of course you'll say that, but still, you're right" Enterprise said, "And yes this was COMPLETELY necessary, I am not sparing any expense on either of us if I can help it, I know you're not used to being indulgent, neither am I, but, this is our vacation, and more than that, its our getaway" she said cupping chris's cheek

"You seriously don't need all this rich stuff to please me, your love is worth more than even this" Chris said

"You dummy, do you think I'm just showering you in this because I'm afraid you won't love me if I don't? not true at all, you said it yourself, make the best out of the time you spend on land, not my fault I'm taking that to heart" Enterprise said with a smile so pure wars have been started over the right to see it.

Chris couldn't respond, the logic was sound, he was speechless, he couldn't process the words.

"Besides, I didn't go too overboard, this is an amazing sweet but its also not SUPER high class, I'd probably draw a lot of attention from being that spend-happy, so yeah, sorry for not getting you the absolute best." Enterprise said with a nervous chuckle

The next thing enterprise could feel was a face buried in her chest

"What the-" Enterprise said before she heard a small sniffle emitting from the head

"I can't believe I've gotten such an amazing girlfriend, I didn't feel I deserved it, but once again, fate hates seeing me depressed" Chris said with tears rolling down his eyes softly

"Oh chris....." Enterprise said patting his head

"I want to repay you three times over, thats just how I am, I try to be kinder to others than they are to me because they deserve rewards for thinking I deserve kindness, but how can I do that when you set the bar this high?" Chris whined

"Listen to me, you don't have to outdo me, I'm just trying to do well as a girlfriend, and I'm happy you're happy" Enterprise cooed into his ear

"You're doing great, you don't have to tackle this as a test, but now you imply I need to up my game as your boyfriend" Chris said lifting his head

"Oh no, not that at all" Enterprise objected but chris was running to the kitchen

"You're getting a full dinner tonight and you're gonna like it enty!" Chris shouted from the kitchen as he poured over ingredients that the hotel offered to send to rooms.

"I know you'll do well" Enterprise shouted back

XXXVXXX

Some time later, chris came out with what could be best described as a meal that would make anyone hungry from merely smelling it, several helpings of spaghetti alle vongole, sides of salmon and vegetables, lots of scrambled eggs, garlic toast, and tall drinks of some kind of soda.

"You made all this?" Enterprise said absolutely shocked

"Was told you're voracious by vestal, so I made sure there'd be enough to go around since I'm voracious too, hope you like it enty because the servants did NOT like hauling all that up" Chris chuckled

"I swear that one servant was looking up murder charges" Enterprise laughed as the meals were set down on a large table, enterprise got to trying the alle vongole, she put it in her mouth and then, a few seconds later, half the entire alle vongole batch was gone, reduced to atoms, along with some salmon and veggies and a garlic toast slice.

"Uhhhh...yeah you don't need to tell me you liked it" Chris chuckled as he ate a bit slower but still ravenously, he then washed it down with some soda

"What soda even is that?" Enterprise asked as she wondered if her stomach was a black hole

"Root beer, barq's, delicious brand" Chris said as enterprise went to have a sip, it tasted better than oxy-cola, and she drank more of it, chris drank his too.

It went down nicely, although a bit weird for a drink, and quickly, enterprise found herself burping involuntarily

"e-excuse me" Enterprise said, before chris opened his mouth and emitted what could be best described as an explosion made out of pure air, knocking enterprise over

"Nice try mere mortal" Chris said jokingly

"D-do you not know proper table manners?" Enterprise said when the wind returned to her lungs and got up.

"I do its just I have gas problems, always had them" Chris said with an embarrassed grin, "so holding back isn't an option...."

"Well always have soda on hand then, with that kind of weapon you could split waves" Enterprise chuckled, "besides, that didn't hurt one bit, I think your dinner was a great success, that was amazing"

"Thanks...I cooked a lot back home, always wanted to cook for people, maybe I should open a bistro when we get back to azur lane" Chris said thoughtfully

"Maybe, I'll help you build it, fund it even" Enterprise said

"How fuckin' loaded are you?" Chris asked plainly

"Enough that funding vestal's efforts into reversing the META corruption you have didn't dent my savings much" Enterprise said

"You did WHAT?" Chris said surprised

"W-well, yeah, she never told you because I didn't want you to know, b-but now I do want you to and..." Enterprise drifted off

"t-thank you....it did help a lot" Chris said

"Yeah, let's clean up and retire for the night, sound good?" Enterprise asked

"Yes, real good" Chris said, starting their dinner cleanup

XXVXX

After the cleanup, and the two of them bathing separately, chris and enty snuggled up into bed in pajamas they had packed.

"Who knew that our first night in a hotel would go this smoothly" Chris chuckled

"Hey we're still getting to know each other better, I admit...your bluntness about your...bodily functions is strange but I don't mind it" Enterprise admitted

"And I dont mind you going all out for me or taking care of things for the both of us, though don't do it too often" Chris said, "I still want to have an opinion"

"And you will, I just wanted to make sure our first stay here was comfortable and lovely for the both of us" Enterprise said

"Well thanks, because this bed is cozy as hell, and it comes with a comfier pillow" Chris said, squirming towards enterprise and hugging her from the front, letting her hug him back

"Heh, do you really enjoy this that much?" Enterprise teased

"I've missed the warmth of another for so long...so compassionate......so determined....I really love being with you, so please...don't leave me....don't....." Chris slowly drifted off into sleep

"I won't chris, I won't" Enterprise said, pecking his forehead, "sweet dreams my little fledgling...." she whispered as she fell into sleep herself


XXVXX

Both avian warriors woke up to the pleasant sound of mogador being forced to repent

"mmmm...." Chris said as he sleepily rose, "that was a good sleep"

"I'll say" Enterprise said as she shuffled up and nuzzled chris's side, "mmmm, soft..."

"enty...we have to prepare for our first tourist destination" Chris reminded her, "and considering what's nearby, I think we'll be going to louvre"

"but I wanna huggie" sleepyprise said as she hugged him

"Have the tables turned or something?" Chris wondered out loud as he hugged enterprise, dragging her out of bed with his pure strength and into the bathroom, before putting her in the bathtub and activating the shower

"BLBLBLBLBBB- CHRIIIIIIS" Enterprise chased after the laughing chris when she fully woke up, hitting him with a pillow in chibi style rage before calming down.

"Don't get between me and museums enty, lesson number three" Chris said

"What's the first two lessons?" Enterprise asked in a huff

"Hold me tight in bed and make sure I get to feed you" Chris said with a smile

Enterprise turned her head away "I.....you....oh forget it let's go" she said as she went to change, chris did so too, and when they were dressed, they got their mobile devices and headed out

XXXVXXX

"So the main entrance is under this glass pyramid" Enterprise said studying the guidebook she had, they entered the glass pyramid, marveling at it before descending through to the underground entrance, and when they got inside (after paying the entrance fee of course), they were immediately awash with amazement at the beauty on display

Statues, paintings, various other forms of art, lining endless walls, chris was outright moved by it all, so much history he could look at, he took a few photos, ignoring the venus de milo for...reasons, which enterprise picked up on

"Come on I'm not gonna be mad if you take a picture" Enterprise said nudging his arm

"Only if you pose for it, kapische?" Chris said in a way that made enty flush both with embarrassment and...lust? wait LUST? enterprise felt her heart beat faster, it was true, the thought of posing for him like that was...exciting, but she shook her head "no, no, no, not happening...."

"Party pooper" Chris frowned jokingly as they moved to another exhibit, the weapons and armor of a bygone era, chris studied them intently.

"They're well made....and well preserved...." Chris said admiring what was in front of him

"Tell me.....was war fundamentally different back then?" Enterprise asked

"You ask a lot of deep questions...I like that....truth be told, war is an expression of desire to be stronger, more loved, than the other guy, back in medieval times, war was often fought for prestige and honor, or over some fucking donkey....you'd send some armored bois in with a legion of not as well armored soldiery, kill a few people, and that was that, that was the battle, sieges were a beast, and could take ages to resolve, but war wasn't evil, at least nobody with influence saw it like that...in fact nobles often played games with the enemy nobility, they'd joke about the peasants fighting while they partied hard, because back then, the common man was just animals on your property that you cared for...." Chris said

"Seems war was a game.....a cruel game..." Enterprise said, "when did people start changing their minds?"

"when the death and destruction got easier, as war evolved, less and less survived it, before you could probably litter a field with corpses, but then, you could set fires, blow up buildings to rubble, force people to swim for their lives as their cities were reduced to ash from a distant range.....it wasn't as honorable or as prestigious, it was just death, plain and simple.....and sadly.....that really hasn't stopped it from continuing, because people always want to fight to be stronger, better, respected..."

Enterprise was speechless.

"Sorry for that depressing rant, I know war isn't good to dwell on, but here, we can look back at when death and destruction was minimal compared to today....sure mass destruction could happen, but it was very difficult, so less people died....less people killed...." Chris said totally void of emotion

Enterprise put a hand on his shoulder "You're starting to sound like me from a long time ago, come on, let's go to the precious stones"

"But you're precious as is" Chris objected with a smile, indicating he rebounded quickly

".....fine, we'll go to the "stones less precious than enterprise" gallery" Enterprise said as she lead chris to the jewelry gallery

XXXVXXX

"Holy shit thats a lot of wealth..." Chris said amazed at the collection

"Gold and rubies, sapphires, emeralds, amethysts, rings and necklaces, makes a woman go crazy I hear" Enterprise smirked

"Well if you want I can easily get something for you, even custom made" Chris smirked back

"As if it would be as precious as you" Enterprise said holding chris's hand

"It can try" Chris stuck out his tongue in a "blep" motion making enterprise chuckle, they admired the fine treasures together, and then moved on

XXXVXXX

They had done quite a bit of photo taking and admiring when it came time for a rest on a bench.

"Alright I'm gonna head to the gift shop, you stay here, no flying away" Enterprise said

"I'll be here" Chris said as enterprise walked off, he then started searching stuff on his phone, finding something of an odd music track, "Demo of Phantom 9? wonder what that is" Chris said, listening to it.

"....helloooo new ringtone for enty" Chris said as he downloaded it and made it the ringtone for when enty calls him, replacing "Free bird guitar solo".

He was then interrupted from his thoughts by a different ringtone, flight of the bumblebee, video call request

"Hornet..." Chris smiled as he accepted the video chat

"Heya lt. commander, how are you and our ghost doing?" Hornet said, she was clearly calling from a dorm room but he couldn't tell who's.

"Pretty well actually, tourin' the louvre right now, she just went to the gift shop, been a lovely vacation so far" Chris said

"aww thats sweet, hope ya haven't banged alsace or mogador yet" Hornet teased

"Enty's already handled mogador, but who's alsace?" Chris asked

"Oh she's a bit freaky, can't get near many commanders without overheating, she clearly needs to get laid BADLY....just...make sure enty's with you if you ever meet her" Hornet warned

"I will, I don't want her to leave my side anyway" Chris said

"Woah careful there, don't get clingy..." Hornet said

"Its not just being clingy....I hate big cities, HATE them, too much noise, too much overstimulation, I'd be probably drowning in a river without enty to muffle it for me" Chris said

"I see, well just don't glue yourself to her alright? we got you two this far, don't screw it up"

Chris was about to protest when he noticed someone had silently heard that last part and was crossing her arms while wearing a  "somebody's going to DIE" expression

"So wait...you two were trying to...hook me up with her?" Chris asked as he turned back to hornet

"Yeah, me and yorkie, we're tired of seeing her mopey and emotionless 6 days a week, she needs happiness and you have brought it, we didn't directly interfere, just...coerced her a little with some words, she needed to hear it herself, we saw how you hugged her, that kind of love is in short supply, so don't fuck it up, for our sake and yours" Hornet said

"I assure you hornet I won't fuck it up, we're still taking this slow, being in paris with so much to see, she even booked us a lavishly comfortable hotel room in front of the louvre can you believe it? nobody is that kind out of the gate, now we're here in a museum that has more benign history than anything I've ever seen before, its amazing" Chris said with a smile

"Who knew enterprise would go that far" Yorktown said from behind hornet, "she's all grown up, oh hornet why don't you grow up like that" Yorktown jabbed at hornet

"YORKIEEEE" Hornet shrieked, making chris laugh, but the callers heard another laugh

"Wait...who just heard that?" Yorktown asked

"Oh ya know, just the best woman I could've ever asked for, who's currently debating whether or not to enact some revenge when we get back, better prepare for war, ciao~" Chris hung up

*cutaway to yorktown and hornet*

"FUCK" they said simultaneously in fear

*cut back to chris and enty*

"You blonde idiot" Enterprise glared, "How dare you best me in the fine art of messing with my sisters" she pouted as she sat down next to chris, revealing the bag of gifts she bought

"I was ready to head to the gardens the moment you returned, museums are beautiful, but so are gardens, and so are you" Chris said stroking one of her cheeks, unfortunately someone noticed

"Richelieu owes me 20 francs" A dour voice said

"Jean bart..." Enterprise said

"Yeah its me, got kicked out of dunkirk, came here to calm down and talk with my sisters, gotta say blondie, you're one hell of a guy to have the grey ghost with you, I didn't want to intrude because you two were so cute together" Jean bart smiled a smile so pure it made chris ease his muscles, "but I did make a bet with Richelieu, and I'm here to say, while you're free to do whatever you want, I'm giving you access to the interior of versailles, it wont have anyone else there so you can enjoy the palace and its grounds in quiet bliss, because you made me take a bet on being less cynical, and I won"

"Holy shit versailles? t-thank you jean" Chris said in surprise

"Yeah, though you may wanna leave outta here.....maximillian will be here soon, and that guy's a pain in the ass to the usual folk" Jean bart cautioned

"I think thats a good idea, what say you enty?"

"I think we're done here, see ya later jean" Enterprise waved, jean bart waved back, smiling as she popped open some cognac "tastes like victory"

XXVXX

Chris and enty traveled through the gardens, smelling the flowers and taking it all in, but barely saying a word until they retired back to their hotel room.

"You know, you were awful quiet, then again so was I" Enterprise said, "why did you not say much in the gardens?"

"Because words could not express how nice it all felt, how amazing this trip has been" Chris said

"so....where you just...enjoying the moment?" Enterprise inquired turning her head a bit

"Yes, because it was perfect for me" Chris smiled as he embraced enterprise who lowered the gift bag safely.

"w-well....I'm glad....." Enterprise said with a blush, "but...why was it perfect?"

"Tell ya what, you take me to eiffel tower and then versailles, and we'll see if you can figure it out" Chris offered

"Okay, but we do it tomorrow" Enterprise said as she walked off to change into her pajamas, chris did the same and they connected in the bed, silently dozing off together

XXXVXXX

The eiffel tower visit went well, not much was to be said, enterprise did notice chris was getting happier the more time went on, he even pretended to faint so enterprise would catch him just so he could boop her on the nose, then HE went to the location's gift shop and came back with gifts, it was nice....but enterprise still didn't quite understand why chris was saying it was all perfect, he seemed completely complaintless.


Even at versailles it was like this, they walked and perused the surrounding grounds, even noticed some wild animals, but yet still, chris seemed content with it, though enterprise herself didn't have much to complain about, she was confused.

"You know, I'm still thinking about it...how are you so content?" Enterprise asked

"Because...well....I don't ask for much, yet I'm still hard to please" Chris began to say but then a rapier crossed his line of vision, interrupting his focus

"YOU, PEASANT, HOW DARE YOU SPOIL THESE GROUNDS WITH YOUR PRESENCE" a man dressed in a commander's uniform said.

"Who the hell are you?" Chris asked bluntly as Enterprise grimaced, she knew

"Maximilian de la blanche, esteemed sovereign leader of the iris orthodoxy human legions, and I order you to vacate this place" Maximilian said, pointing his rapier at chris

"I can't vacate, I got permission from jean bart" Chris said

"A likely story, especially since you are in the presence of a gorgeous lady, one far above your league, do you seek to pounce her for her wealth vagrant?" Maximilian accused

"She and I are here together, and clearly, you have no idea who you're in the presence of" Chris said with a glare

"Some common rabble rouser from the looks of it, though if it is true, she has quite lowly tastes"

Chris's face turned to something that enterprise had not seen manifest completely, pure, righteous, fury.

"You take back what you said about my love, NOW" Chris demanded, his larger frame starting to tower over maximilian.

"Offended? guess you must duel to restore your honor then" Maximilian snarked

"Chris...no...you don't have to, this man's a trained duelist, he could hurt you really bad..." Enterprise said worriedly

"Its not the duel I'm after, I'm not letting him insult you like that" Chris said as he prepared to fight with his bare hands

"Not even using a weapon, can't afford one, typical...but if you can avoid being badly cut by my first slash I shall assume such barbaric dueling methods" Maximilian said as he thrusted at chris

To his shock, chris caught it with one hand

"Snap into a slim jim" Chris said as he snapped the rapier in two, startling maximilian and taking enterprise by shock

"What in the holy iris" Maximilian exclaimed as Chris stood up straight and assumed a "come at me bro" position.

"The first 100 hits are free" Chris said

"I...I.....oh no..." Maximilian backed off, right into a kansen

"I'm surprised maxi, you fared better than mogador did" Jean bart said with dry sarcasm

"W-what, who is that?" Maximilian said, trembling

"The senior lt. commander of azur lane, and lt. commander of eagle union, and judging by enterprise over there, she's as surprised as you are at what went down"

"S-so he DID have permission..." Maximilian said

"That he did, now get a new rapier and leave them alone" Jean bart said as maximilian left in shame

"Who was that guy?" Chris asked

"Okay now I know you're just messing with us" Enterprise said, "That's the iris orthodoxy's chosen commander" Enterprise explained

"I know but its funny to mess with pompous gasbags like that" Chris chuckled

"Mind doing it more often?" Jean bart asked

"As you command" Chris bowed, this show of respect made jean bart laugh, she knew he was being overly dramatic but it was hilarious anyway

"Well enty, let's retire to our hotel room, my work here is done" Chris said, enterprise nodded and walked back with him

XXXVXXX

A gift bag was set down, and chris was abuzz with glee "ah what a wonderful day"

"You were accosted by someone and you claim the day is wonderful? HOW?" Enterprise demanded

"being accosted, seeing gardens, museums, being up high, its all transitory, you can get these things in many forms, but the reason it was perfect and wonderful, is because you were there to share it with me" Chris said hugging enterprise

"Thats really it?" Enterprise said in disbelief, "all this talk about perfection, just because I was here with you?"

"Sharing these moments with you is a mission I intend to complete as many times as allowable" Chris said

Enterprise paused, she thought....and looked back on the day, and then chuckled

"I spent all day wondering what you meant trying to find the answer, and then here you go telling me the answer was inside me all along, and while this may be abrupt, I share that sentiment, thanks for being here with me chris....its made it all the more special" Enterprise hugged him tightly

"You want to know what would make it more special?" Chris said

"What?"

"I want to fly over paris with you, the night is beautiful, I want to fly over a beautiful city with a beautiful archer" Chris said

"B-but....it'll be hard to see one another" Enterprise protested

"we wont need the daylight to see the wonders" Chris said affectionately, and this tipped enterprise over the edge, she nodded, and soon they were bolting out to a landing strip.

XXVXX

"no one will worry about us, I made sure of it" Enterprise said as she started her plane, chris was behind her as usual, and off they flew.

The city below glowed like the stars above, the wind and coolness of the night did not feel uninviting, in fact it made chris's embrace all the warmer as they flew over the city, taking it all in.

"I've never done a night flight like this before...everything is so still again, no worries, no battles......" Enterprise observed

"I've never got to enjoy a flight like this, always some kind of mission or business trip, never time to just...enjoy it" Chris said

"Then I shall fly until this plane reaches its limit, so we can enjoy this to its greatest extent" Enterprise said

"I agree totally, I will say, I could've explained myself earlier, but words would cheapen the feeling, I act more than I speak, embracing the background noise and relative silence as I do my duties.....and live" Chris said

"Words cheapen huh....well...I think I've about figured you out then..." Enterprise smiled

"Then stop talking and predict me with actions" Chris said warmly

Enterprise moved chris to be in front of her, but turned his back towards the front of the plane so they could see each other perfectly, and within seconds, they were lovingly embracing, with a further action saying what they both wanted to say, their lips were unable to form words due to their connection, but the message was clear

"I love you"

Notes:

WOOOOOOOOOOOO YEAH BABY ANOTHER CHAPTER.

I've enjoyed writing this so much, next chapter is the end of this vacation arc, then some angst and hurting, but after that, we can get back to the christmas arc, and I can't wait to get back on that, to anyone following this, keep following, there's more chapters coming, and making enterprise happy is something I can never get enough of.

Chapter 5: Waltz of the lavenders

Summary:

They finally find the lavenders, and honestly? just read okay? the fluff needs to be seen to be believed.

Notes:

There was no poem last time because no poem was needed imo, and there won't be one here, because the story speaks for itself.

This is a very special chapter for me, so I hope you like it.

*some time after their night flight*

Enterprise sat on her plane, the wind blowing her hair behind her, she sat in a pseudo-squat position letting grim perch on her shoulder and breathe in the fine iris air, the mid-range temperature of the morning making her skin soften as she closed her eyes and just let it all in, the morning light, the moisture from the dew-covered grass she had just walked through before, exhaling softly, she was waiting, waiting for some blonde idiot to finish what he was doing.

"Hey gorgeous, I got us checked out" a welcoming voice drilled into enterprise's ears, she turned to see someone's blonde hair flying in the wind, his jacket flapping a little as he held onto a large hat he had bought, his own face awash with content joy

Enterprise let the view sink in as he awaited her response.

"Well get up here already slowpoke, it's been 20 minutes since I last hugged you, too long" Enterprise said with a joking tap of her foot

"Hehe, okay" Chris climbed up the plane's summoned ladder, their luggage had already been placed in the plane, and he sat down next to enty and embraced her, stroking her side and sniffing her hair

"Heh, you smell like the very flowers we'll be seeing" Chris said, "did you use some cologne?"

"Nope, just how I naturally smell I guess, you smell like ash...and tea...did you...romp with the vichya girls?" Enterprise said poking his cheek

"Touche" Chris smiled as he took in the view in front of them, a woman was staring at them accidentally

*robotic staring*

"She's been doing that for as long as I've been here" Enterprise said, talking about the voluptuous weirdly dressed woman wearing a small mask that covered her eyes and nose as the morning wind moved her dress slightly

"You okay there?" Chris called out

*robotic staring continues*

"Uhhh..."

"Brainwaves not reaching target, cannot beam praise into targets' minds....." The robotic-sounding lady said with disappointment, "This one wanted to wish you good luck, may holy iris bless you" she said before walking off

"I'm gonna guess that was alsace" Chris said slowly

"Yeah it was, she was rather controlled today, maybe she felt us and understood even without asking" Enterprise said, resting her head on chris

"Well, as much as I don't want to interrupt this" Chris said, holding one of enterprise's hands, "let's get going"

"Alright...there will be more mornings like this in the future anyway" Enterprise said softly as she lifted her head and prepared takeoff procedures, but this time, she pushed chris away from her

"whats wrong?" Chris asked

"If you're so close to me, you can't see all of me and what you could see would be blocked by my hair, and today, I want you to see all of me, all of the woman who's heart you pierced with a gentle voice" Enterprise said lovingly as she put a hand to his chest.

"Just like...I pierced yours" she said breathlessly as she hugged him tight, "the one wound you didn't mind receiving"

"Damnit enty stop being precious" Chris pouted

"No" Enterprise said with a mischievous smile as she looked up to meet chris's face, her eyes glowed expectantly

"Oh alright..." Chris said as he locked lips with her for a brief moment before parting.

"Thats a good chris, now we're taking off for real" enterprise turned back so she was facing forward, and she quickly took off, with chris standing back to take in the view

XXXVXXX

"Alsace, where were you today?" Richelieu inquired

"One was gathering data" Alsace said blushing

"On what?" Richelieu stared

"On what love is like" Alsace said with a content smile as she opened her mask, sighing happily, "Two people have shown one what sharing a morning can be like"

"Then you are forgiven" Richelieu said with a knowing smile

XXXVXXX

It was a long and silent flight, Chris had stared at enterprise the whole time, soaking in her entire back view, her legs, her ass, her back, her flowing hair, the moisture on her skin from the air around them, the jacket flapping in the wind, but most importantly, he was enjoying the fact that her looks came second to her smile when she turned and saw that he was looking content, that smile made him want to start a world war all over again, made him want to take her lips and never let them go, but he controlled himself.

Eventually, they landed at a small village, it was quaint, stone houses filled the area, windmills dotted the landscape, and lavenders were everywhere, the very thing they had hoped to see.

Enterprise got off her plane and spread her arms out to take it all in as chris did the same, they were finally where they had wanted to be for so long, despite the windy flight, their hair was still fine, and it flowed in the breeze gently, their golden and silvery contrast made them look like two beacons of prosperity to anyone who looked their way.

"Well" Chris said holding enterprise's hand, "what do you think?"

"I think...it was a great idea to take you here" Enterprise moved her hand to grip chris's as they watched the lavenders move in the wind, the smell of them they took in, the air around them caressing their skin with a flowery touch.

"This is the second greatest thing I've seen in this country" Chris said softly

"What's the greatest thing?" Enterprise asked

"You" Chris said cupping her cheek, her eyes sparkled at that

"I don't know.... would you still say that even if you saw a giant lavender bush?" Enterprise teased

"Yes I would"

"If I was in the lavender field, would I stand out?" Enterprise said teasingly "after all, I smell like them don't I?" she stuck out her tongue a little

"I could find you in that field even if I was blind and deaf" Chris said with a smile

Enterprise thought about this for a moment, then got a mischievous smile.

"prove it then" Enterprise took a tie and wrapped it around chris's eyes and covered his ears, then she broke the hold and ran into the lavender field, giggling as chris walked carefully to not trip, he was sniffing the air.

"Come on my love...find me" Enterprise said to herself as she watched chris walk about

she sat in the field to make it harder, but to her shock within 2 minutes he was walking up to her, and bent over to sniff her directly

She took off the tie and ear coverings and let chris see his prize, her smiling face full of pride and joy

"Told you I could do it" Chris said

"Your nose knows what it wants" Enterprise smiled softly as she pulled him closer to make him kneel down properly

"You didn't just smell like lavender, you have a tint of lilac to your smell as well, and more importantly, you smelled of something else far more sublime to me" Chris said

"What's that?" Enterprise asked curiously

"hopes and dreams" Chris smiled, making enterprise blush.

Things were quiet as they stared at each other, the lavenders moving around them, the breeze gently blowing, their hair flowing with it, their hearts beating.

Without another word, chris fell forward and enterprise gently caught him as they both fell into the field, passionately embracing and kissing amongst the flowers and wind, rolling onto their sides to continue kissing on equal level, stroking each others backs, this exchange lasted for what to them felt like hours, but was only mere minutes, but they did not care, it lasted as long as they wanted it to.

When they got up, several butterflies and bees had congregated around them, forming a heart that surrounded them nicely

"Damnit we have a peanut gallery" Chris chuckled

"Let them have this, this stillness and peace I've long craved, if they want to help us enjoy it, I won't oppose them" Enterprise said as she rested her head on chris' shoulder and held one of his hands, chris wrapped an arm around her and let her rest.

Enterprise closed her eyes and imagined a giant castle around her, protecting her from the sirens, from war, from her alternate self, from everything, as she sat in a comfortable chair drinking coffee and playing a video game, her cheeks turned rosy as she imagined this, making chris smile brighter.

Chris closed his eyes and imagined something a bit different, a giant aircraft carrier ferrying him across a sea of fear and sadness, keeping him from falling into it as he laid on the flight deck looking at the skies above, his heart beat faster as he imagined it

Eventually, it became clear that this moment had to end, and so enterprise lifted her head and chris removed his arm

"You know how we would try to figure things out" Chris asked

Enterprise nodded

"well, is there anything you haven't figured out about me yet?" Chris asked

"physically speaking...your girth" Enterprise said mischievously, "but figuratively, I think you're full of surprises, I thought you'd want to tour old history and tone out everything....but instead you've made it clear you just wanted to enjoy the small peaceful things in life...with me, and I want you to keep surprising me like this, you make me feel more human, more....alive...." Enterprise said with an affectionate hug

"Well, didn't quite answer my question, but I'll answer it from my perspective....tbh enty....I haven't figured out why you so whole-heartedly love me despite all the shit I threw at you before, I even nearly killed myself.....but the fact you still accepted my love after all that, after my weird actions in being here, damnit, you really are human, just with a ship and planes, and I'm glad I have you" Chris said as she kissed enterprise on her forehead.

"You know what? let's just fly around iris and do whatever, we still got some weeks to kill, I think we've figured this out, no matter what happens, I will always be with you" Enterprise said

"And I will always take you along with me wherever I go" Chris said as he got up, walking him and enterprise to the plane, and they flew off again, to their next tourist spot


*time skip to their return to azur lane*


"They should be here today" Yorktown said

"I hope, we need him back" Charles said

"I wonder if enty has him on her plane and he's convinced her to do something crazy" Hornet said

"Don't be ridiculous, enterprise senpai is much stronger than that" Essex said

And then a hellcat appeared in front of them and flew straight into portland's indianapolis merchandise storehouse, effectively destroying it

"WE'RE BACK BITCHES" a happy voice called out from the wreckage

"I stand corrected" Essex said, making the yorktown sisters laugh and Charles facepalm,

XXXVXXX

Enterprise and Chris were in a room full of people waiting to hear how everything went, Essex was hiding the lemons away because she felt the pranks wouldn't be okay right now

"Hey I appreciate the iris-style model car" Hornet said, "I thought you would've shot us out of a cannon" she laughed nervously

"Same here...chris didn't imply you were going to be forgiving" Yorktown said quietly as she embraced her scarf

"Well you coercion got me an amazing boyfriend, so there's no damage done" Enterprise said hugging chris protectively

"Enty..." Chris blushed

"Oh great..." Charles grimaced

"Hey don't worry I'll still do my work, in fact we'll be more efficient together" Chris said with a thumbs up

"Don't fuck on duty please" Charles said, making chris and enterprise blush bright red

"Not happening for awhile ol' chuck" Essex said

"Not you too..." Charles groaned

"hehehehehe, nice" was all chris said as they talked about the trip, including the epic showdown with mogador's horny jail godzilla robot that totally happened and I didn't just make up trust me the movie's coming out in two weeks-

XXXVXXX

"Welp I'm off to visit vestal, then we can talk about some things" Chris said

"Okay, I'll be waiting" Enterprise said with a smile and a wave as Chris walked down to the medical facility

He opened the door and immediately walked up to vestal, who was looking upset

"Chris...we need to talk"

"I know, its about my META corruption, let me guess, bad news?"

"Yes....despite the treatments, its not going away completely, you're still getting tumors like crazy, even your tumors are getting tumors" Vestal said grimly

"I know" Chris said plainly

"You know!?" Vestal said shocked

"My body was programmed to make hypertumors to combat my tumors, it was never meant to make them completely go away, only manage it constantly so I didn't suffer serious health problems" Chris said

"WHY HAVEN'T YOU TOLD ANYONE YET"

"Do you see me having health problems?" Chris asked

"Thats not the point, you should fully admit to Enterprise that its still there, she deserves to know" Vestal said angrily

"If she found out she'd think she's a failure, and I refuse to see her sad, its better to make her thing she's doing good progress, besides....the fact you're noticing means my hypertumors are working at full strength again so please, find a way to cure my constant tumors, and we can resolve this quietly" Chris said with a face of worry

"....you're lucky I have a code of confidentiality.....but if she gets upset with you, that's your fault" Vestal said sternly

"I'm aware......" Chris said as he walked out, "thanks for the help though....I appreciate it"

"Stubborn idiot" Vestal muttered

XXXVXXX

"So how did it go?" Enterprise asked as she sat on a couch, spreading across it on her side using her arm to raise her head

"Your efforts weren't in vain, I'm doing better" Chris said

"That's good, but on a related note....have I finally purged dave from you for good?"

"You've made me accept what I have to be in times of darkness, no dave anymore, no more split personalities....just me" Chris said

"That's great, I should mention I'll be back to my sortie schedule tomorrow...so.." Enterprise said sadly

"I'll be okay, just focus on your duty, you'll be back with me before you know it" Chris said with a smile.

"Awww dear" Enterprise got up and hugged him

"But, since this is going to be our last night together for a bit...wanna sleep in my bed?" Chris asked

"Yes" Enterprise said, kissing him on the lips and letting him guide her onto the bed, wrapping up warmly and embracing each other as lovingly as ever, it would be their last sleep together for some time, but like a day of leave, they knew they had more coming in the future, and they'd make the best of it.

Notes:

EEEE ARC 1 OVER :D

next chapter's gonna be a huge shift in tone, but don't worry, it'll still be happy in the end, after that its some random shenanigans, and FINALLY I'll get back to the main course.

Chapter 6: Broken wings

Summary:

Chris and Enty suffer problems they hide from each other....but their ruse doesn't last.

Notes:

I'm on a roll, but this is the last chapter I will release for this series for a bit, I needed to get through to this point.

A gentle ray of light graces azur lane, and the scene falls to the docks, several ships were getting ready to lave, and a blonde haired lt. commander was busy talking to an archer who looked a little annoyed.

Despite the weeks they had been at this, them coming and going, having fun and all, doing their part, Chris still was a doting dork, and Enterprise was still a little nervous about being taken care of like this.

"Got everything ready to go?" Chris asked as he helped get enterprise's tie straightened out

"Yes of course, I got everything, don't worry" Enterprise said, she was in full uniform and looked positively glowing as she looked at her ship

"Good, now get out there and kick siren ass for me, I'll be here to monitor results" Chris said

"Alright then, and don't worry, there won't be anything bad going on" Enterprise said kissing chris on the cheek

Chris soaked in the feeling as long as she could, looking at his happy eagle

"Take care then" Chris kissed her cheek back, she turned without another word and jumped on her ship, waiving goodbye as the task force set sail, chris watched them disappear, waving the entire time, and he turned back to the base, to do his usual work day.

XXXVXXX

Chris's first stop was the iron blood dorms, he strutted straight to the front desk.

"Welcome lt. commandant of eagle union...not that I'm not happy to see you" Admiral hipper said with a huff

"Hello to you too Hipper, I'm here to chat with Lord Bismarck" Chris said with a smile

"What could she POSSIBLY want with a baka like you" Hipper said indignantly

"Another handler for U-110?" Chris said with a chuckle

"Hmmph, very well" Hipper tapped a call button, "Lord bismarck, the dummkopf from eagle union is here"

"Ah gut, he was expected, send him up here at once" Bismarck said over the phone

"You may go" Hipper said turning to Chris

"I'll ask her if she can give you some additional "displacement" if you want" Chris said teasingly, getting a wrench thrown at him in response.

XXVXX

Chris knocked on the door in a very specific way, Bismarck's office doors opened without a fuss.

"Oh...hello" Eugen said with a sudden downcast on her face

"Hey eugen, don't worry I'm not here for the marks you owe me, or to tell bismarck about our "incident" with the pipe" Chris said

Eugen looked away "T-that didn't happen" she said shakingly as she left the room in fear closing the door behind her

"You certainly have a way of getting her out of the room" Bismarck said with a smile, "Let me guess, you're here to get to know me?"

"Yes, and to tell you to confess to eugen already ya idiot" Chris said with an expression of a worried friend, "You have nothing to lose"

"I-its not as simple as you imply" Bismarck said shyly

"You may be adorable when you're flustered but I'm not here to flirt, bismarck, you are my favorite battleship of all time, and yes I've come to talk to you a lot, and I'm sorry if thats spread rumors, but you need to be honest, Eugen and you are very close, she possibly even loves you too, so just go for it soon okay?" Chris said

"*sigh* Do you have any idea what iron blood would think?" Bismarck asked

"And risk making you mad at them? I think not, besides, they'll probably throw a congratulations party for you, they love you as their leader, and despite the burden that may be, it wont change if you have a lover at your side, your dominion is unshaken" Chris said encouragingly

"So optimistic" Bismarck said with a soft smile, "Okay you've buttered me up, where's the bite?" Bismarck asked with a piercing stare

"What do you know about META corruption?" Chris asked

"Wow...that came out of nowhere....iron blood knows a lot....me specifically...I have a special rigging that combats it" She pet geryon who affectionately purred like a cat despite being a mechanical dragon

"You think it could work on me?" Chris asked

"I...don't think so......." Bismarck said, "sorry"

"Well...shoot....oh well..." Chris said, a bit disappointed

"But...I was going to ask what you have in that bag of tricks of yours that could fight corruption" Bismarck said

"I have several nuclear devices....but they're extremely dangerous...it could turn someone META permanently, or cure them, and I don't want to risk it unless there's no other option" Chris said

"Very well, now go to your next meeting, I miss eugen already" Bismarck said

"I won't keep you waiting then" Chris said as he walked out and yeeted eugen back into the room

"RUDE!" Eugen shouted

"Maybe, but it got you here quickly" Bismarck chuckled

"Y-yeah it did...he's a riot..." Eugen said staring at the wall

XXVXX

Chris's next stop was the labs

"Hey chkalov" Chris said

"Hey comrade" Chkalov said

"Any updates on siren killer projects?" Chris asked

"Nyet, we don't have any more blueprints from HQ" Chkalov said before chris plopped a blueprint spec in front of her.

"This is for a montana class battleship, BB-65 as it was originally planned before the Iowa class became more relevant to the american war effort, called the Illinois" Chris said

"A stronger class than the Iowa? dangerous game you're playing" Chkalov warned

"Make it, I've wanted to see BB-65 sail and I will not be denied" Chris said

"Your tone sounds like you want to have a child...could've just asked me~" Chkalov said with a seductive smirk

"Tempting~" Chris said as he leaned closer, "Enty would definitely appreciate the advice" he said , making chkalov fall backward

"AGH, DAMN YOU, YOU CYKA" Chkalov said, having her shot been ricocheted flawlessly

XXXVXXX

Chris talked with charles an hour later

"So you approved a sortie with enterprise as the flagship? where did you send her?" Charles inquired

"There was a hint of a major siren fleet going towards the northwest passage" Chris said

"WHAT IS YOUR MAJOR MALFUNCTION NUMB NUTS" Charles demanded

"Chuck its a powerful sortie fleet, they can handle it" Chris said calmly

"YOU LET ENTERPRISE GO THAT FAR NORTH? THERE'S TONS OF SIRENS, HIGH END TOO" Charles said angrily

"I trust her to handle whatever comes their way, she'll be fine"

"She better not get hurt, for your sake" Charles said with a strange glare.

XXXVXXX

Up north in the bering sea, the ice and waves were rough and violent, snow blowing everywhere

"Stay close, we'll be there soon" Enterprise said

"Understood" Honolulu said

"Picking up siren transmissions" Laffey said

"prepare for battle" Enterprise ordered as she summoned her rigging and bow

everyone else followed suit as they saw a giant looming ship on the horizon

"Target confirmed, Mark F Queens lots of Mark F bishops, readings indicate command vessel is a Mark III breaker" Helena said

"Then venture forth, sink them all!" Enterprise said as her planes took off.

The battle was a bit skewed against them, they had a great anti-aircraft screen, but the siren ships had more planes, and the bishops could cause issues for the AA screen, though fortunately, laffey and sims would be able to provide torpedo support.

The battle did go well despite the skewed situation, thanks to wise command decisions and a little luck, many bishops laid in flames as they sank below, and Enterprise quickly engaged the breaker and its escort queens.

"OWARI DA" she shouted, dodging every every shot fired and unleashing fury from above, detonating the turrets of the breaker causing cataclysmic damage as the queens chased her with bomber craft

"Careful Enterprise" Helena said as she and Honolulu skated up around her, activating their skills, giving Enterprise better evasion and screen cover as they wailed into the queen planes, shooting many from the sky with the hell of enterprise and kearsarge's fighter planes, the AA of the sirens only being of minor inconvenience, eventually Helena's SG radar activated its special move, weakening the armoring of the queens and the breaker as Enterprise unloaded another decisive bombing run, all three siren ships were destroyed.

"Well done Helena and Honolulu" Enterprise said, but their celebration was short lived as more humanoid sirens showed up.

"well.......guess we keep fighting then" Laffey said as she drank an oxy cola and deployed her bunbun strikers, she then unloaded a massive line of torpedoes, enterprise's airstrikes that soon followed combined for a fearsome opening assault that leveled several of the humanoid sirens

Enterprise let helena and honolulu get in front as she moved back with the other main fleet ships, Kearsarge and North Carolina

"get a good angle on them, we need to end this" Enterprise said

"aye aye" North Carolina said as she fired a full salvo into one siren, destroying it as Kearsarge did the same to another.

But then, as the snow turned to steam in midair from the heat of battle, a larger more fearsome siren emerged.

"We meet again Enterprise" the siren said snarkily

"Tester......." Enterprise glared

"She's back? I thought you and the royal navy sent her to hell" North Carolina said dumbfoundedly

"We didn't get her backups...." Enterprise grimaced

"And I'm pissed, THIS IS FOR OBSERVER" Tester said firing her guns directly at the archer who fired an arrow straight back, damaging one of tester's turrets with it

"Okay....." North Carolina and Kearsarge backed off, the vanguard ships skated back to help, but Tester fired secondaries to scatter them

North Carolina and Kearsarge fired their full salvos, injuring Tester more but she fired her full salvos at them, causing some serious damage, but Enterprise fired another arrow back at her, hitting her square in her body, making her vomit oil.

"Okay BITCH" Tester said, losing her temper, "I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS" Tester deployed mark F busters that dashed at everyone, many were cut down but some hit their target, damaging the main fleet ships.

"Give it up tester" Enterprise said as her eyes glowed yellow and she prepared to activate her Lucky E trump card again

"Not this time Archer" Tester said as she deployed a black and red buster that sailed at lightning speed towards Enterprise, connecting with her and causing a violent explosion of rusted red.

When the explosion calmed, Tester had fled, and Enterprise was still alive, though badly damaged.

"Enterprise!" They all exclaimed, they lifted her up as Kearsarge summoned her rigging into full ship form and let the others put enterprise on it.

"We're going back to base" Kearsarge said as she kicked into full throttle.

XXXVXXX

"And so with this I hope royal navy will be happy to accept azur lane as your coronation place" Chris said to King George V

"They definitely will, thanks Lt. commander" KGV said as she ate some pasta chris had made for her "You should really open a restaurant"

"Heh, I'll think about it" Chris said as he got a call

"Hello hello" Chris said, then his face sank, "I'll be right there" he said, hurrying out, he didn't need to explain, everyone understood.

XXXVXXX

"Enterprise you're in one piece, good" Vestal said checking up on her

"Damn Tester got me by surprise, I should be okay though" Enterprise said

"Even so, I don't like what I see from these reports, I mean a black and red buster? thats never a good thing, and that wound on your chest, it isn't glowing but-" Vestal said as the door opened

"Afternoon lt. commander" Vestal said without turning around, "I assure you she is intact"

"Thank goodness" Chris said as he looked over enterprise worriedly "*phew*, Kearsarge knew better than to get me paranoid after all" Chris said with a smile.

"Yeah it was a sneak attack, don't worry, I'm okay" Enterprise said with an assuring tone.

The hospital room was filled with silence, Vestal sat patiently watching Enterprise, her bruised but still intact body and singed hair not affecting her smile as chris, despite his worries, breathed calmly.

"Okay, I'll let you get some rest, I trust vestal to take care of you" Chris said, carefully hugging Enterprise before leaving

"Short and sweet, he knows better than to prevent me from doing my job" Vestal said with a smile, "But I know better than to admit this.....that kind of a buster is known to cause severe corruption, and that wound on your stomach worries me, if you feel ANY corruption, you come back to me, got it?" Vestal said

"Understood vestal" Enterprise said before she got up and left, clearly physically fine

XXXVXXX

Enterprise went to her dorm to rest, putting her chris doll on her nightstand as she fell into a nice slumber.

Though unfortunately....her dreams were not nice

It was horrifying....new york in flames, her alter ego reaching out to her, trying to make her sink, images of herself becoming an emotionless killing machine, these were all familiar nightmares, and words echoed

You're a weapon

You must kill

You must destroy

Or else you will be destroyed, a failure to protect those you were built to protect

You do not deserve emotion

Enterprise woke up some hours later, feeling immense pain.

XXXVXXX

"So thats why I'm back here" Enterprise said

"Okay let me scan you" Vestal said, she rolled up Enterprise's shirt, and it revealed the wound from earlier creeping across her torso, glowing like a pulsating beat.

"Okay that confirms it, you have META-stasis" Vestal said as she put Enterprise's shirt back down, "no more sorties for you, you better go and tell chris about this-"

"Not happening, he doesn't need to worry" Enterprise said, "Besides, I told him I was going on another sortie, all I need to do is just sneak back to my dorm like I was never here" she said confidently as she walked out.

"I hope he finds out soon....." Vestal said

XXXVXXX

She managed to get back to the dorms, she had went to vestal early to not arouse suspicion, and was ready to go back to her dorm and pretend to be asleep when somebody nearly bumped into her

Though it was still a bit dark out, she could make out who the figure was, and her nerves skyrocketed, she wished she could hide under her heat and coat, but she had left them back at her dorm, and the figure looked at her confused but also a little nervous.

"Enty what were you doing up, sortie time isn't for another couple hours" Chris asked

"U-uhhh, clearing my head" Enterprise said defensively

"Right....then why are you shaking nervously?" Chris asked

"Why are YOU up anyway" Enterprise said trying to deflect the question

They stood there silently, their eyes not entirely locking, both of them were surprised to see each other up, and neither wanted to admit why, enterprise was sweating, her bags under her eyes making chris's own tired face pale in comparison.

"Enty....what are you hiding" Chris's stare narrowed, any wildlife outside grew still as the hall seemed to shrink around them.

"N-nothing..." Enterprise said, holding her side

This was enough for chris to get too suspcious, and he flipped enterprise's shirt up

"JESUS FUCKING CHRIST ON A DONKEY ON THE MOON" Chris reeled in horror

"D-damnit I didn't want you to be worried" Enterprise said

"So I wouldn't have to take care of you and made sure you got better like you did me?" Chris said angrily

"L-look its not that bad" Enterprise said

"NOT THAT BAD? ENTY YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'VE BEEN HIT BY A RADIATION BEAM" Chris shouted more angrily

"P-please I'm fine...I won't die....." Enterprise said with a shaky voice

"You could turn meta, I know that kind of wound, it killed several of my friends, you lied to me too, you said you were fine, WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST TELL ME, EVEN IF I DID GET WORRIED, I COULD'VE HELPED IMMEDIATELY, NOW ITS SPREADING" Chris shouted, looking at it with fear in his eyes

"You forget Vestal is good at this....she's been curing your corruption, she can cure this too" Enterprise said

Chris avoided her gaze, that was a mistake, Enterprise caught it.

"Chris....don't tell me you're hiding something too..." Enterprise glared

"I......." Chris said slowly "damnit okay, she hasn't.....she's only been able to stabilise it....rn my body's creating hypertumors to keep the tumors at bay, she's worried it'll get worse which was why I was up....I feel I should at least be honest about that now" Chris said sheepishly.

Enterprise's jaw dropped, but then closed again in concern and anger

"You mean...to tell me...that you've been lying about your condition, ALL THIS TIME?" Enterprise shrieked

"I WANTED TO MAKE YOUR FUNDING SEEM TO BE DOING MORE THAN IT WAS SO YOU WOULDN'T BE SAD OKAY" Chris defended loudly

"WELL LOOK WHERE THAT GOT YOU" Enterprise countered angrily, "YOU HID THIS FROM ME EVER SINCE YOU CAME HERE, YOU DIDN'T EVEN TRUST VESTAL ENOUGH WITH THIS INFORMATION, SHE TOLD ME IT WAS GOING AWAY COMPLETELY, AND SHE WAS BEING HONEST"

"IF I TOLD HER SOONER SHE WOULD'VE TOLD YOU AND YOU AND CHUCK WOULD'VE KEPT ME WHERE I COULDN'T BE OF HELP TO ANYONE, FORCED INTO A HOSPITAL BED"

"OF COURSE WE WOULD, BECAUSE A SHORT HOSPITAL STAY IS BETTER THAN BEING DEAD" Enterprise shouted, her voice nearly gave out

"WELL MAYBE I'D BE HAPPIER DEAD THAN HAVING TO SEE EVERYONE AROUND ME DIE SLOWLY WHILE BEING UNABLE TO SAVE THEM BECAUSE THEY MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES I DO" Chris shouted as loud as he could.

This made everything fall silent, chris realised what he said eventually, and turned around said nothing else, walking back to his dorm.

Enterprise stood there for what felt like an eternity, focusing on what she had feared all along, not chris being unhappy, but wishing he was dead....because of her, and she silently walked back to her dorm, fell into bed, and cried endlessly, and although she didn't know it, chris was doing the same.

XXXVXXX

The following days were tense, many had heard the argument but none dared bring it up, Yorktown and Hornet split their time comforting the both of them, but neither wanted to face the other.

"Okay thats it" Yorktown said during one of her failed attempts to get her sister to talk to chris, "You need to go and show that you forgive him, get him some stuff he likes, doesn't have to be expensive, just something he'd keep because it came from you" Yorktown said

"Y-you'd think it'd help?" Enterprise said, her voice shaky

"Yeah, and leave your dorm unlocked in case he wants to do the same, we'll cover for you" Yorktown said.

Enterprise silently got up and walked out.

For chris though, things were a little different.

"Lt. commander.....you can let others take your role......you don't have to go to the coronation banquet" Saratoga said with a frown on her face

"No, I'm going regardless, they are here because of me, I can't let this get me down" Chris said as he got a dress out.

"Wait...why are you going to wear a woman's dress- IS THAT ENTERPRISE'S FORMAL DRESS?" Saratoga said trying not to laugh

".....its a copy I made.....I wanted to wear it at our next formal get together....but idk if I'll ever get that chance...so why not try it now" Chris said as he sewed something onto the diamond hole on the torso to seal it up.

"You even have a silver headwear like she does...." Saratoga smiled, "let me guess, your ringtone for her is phantom 9 public demo?" she chuckled

Chris gave her an awkward stare

"Oh my god it is" Saratoga said, not even laughing, just amazed by this revelation.

Chris just shrugged and walked out to Enterprise's dorm, ready to knock on the door, when Yorktown walked up

"She's not there, but the door's unlocked" She said

"I'll...leave something in there for her" Chris said as he opened the door.

A minute later, he came out, he looked like he wanted to ask something

"Where is enty?"

"On a sortie" Yorktown lied calmly, "my suggestion", she said, ready to take the rage, but instead, she was hugged

"W-why are you doing this?"

"Her doll that I made for her is missing" he said with a teary but happy smile

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The banquet in question was covered in Rheinubung symphony, but to make it short, chris took a destroyer he unofficially adopted with him to the party, was questioned by eugen and bismarck and found out that enterprise was in the hospital, so now we cut to that

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Enterprise was resting in a hospital bed on base, she had fallen very ill due to her METAstasis during her shopping trip, her eyes were red, her hair was a mess, her hospital dress was barely covering her body as she laid, looking dead eyed at nothing in particular in the white room, the window outside showing butterflies and birds doing their thing, people came in but she paid them no heed.

Until, that is, mealtime, she smelled something very familiar and got up

"Hey Enterprise, got you something special today" A nurse said, it was the spaghetti alle vongole chris had served her in paris, though with herbal tea on the side.

"T-thanks....how did you make this? wasn't I supposed to get some rabbit food?" Enterprise asked confused

"A cook came into our kitchen and demanded this to be made, even made it himself, and it seems to have helped already you're well enough for a visitor" The nurse said walking out

On a hunch, enterprise looked at her contacts and pressed a call button.

She then heard phantom 9 playing nearby, and immediately hung up the call as she turned to see who walked in.

"You magnificent lovable dork" Enterprise said, tears of happiness coming down her cheeks as her magnificent lovable dork smiled and walked up to her bedside

"I made this for ya....figured it would show that I'm willing to make amends" Chris said nervously as he reached to grab a hand, enterprise sat up and embraced him, ignoring the fact he was still wearing his party outfit, she cried more happy tears into it "You're still alive" she said relieved

"Damnit enty I wasn't going to kill myself over one argument, it happens......besides, its my fault you got METAstasis in the first place, I help organise all the eagle union sorties...." Chris said

"And I told you it doesn't matter who calls me to sortie, I will gladly serve azur lane" Enterprise said hugging chris more

"That said...I'm sorry about hiding my problem...I just didn't think it'd get worse, and I was fine anyway" Chris said as he caressed enterprise's head

"Don't worry about it, I think its obvious I forgive you....and I'm sorry about hiding my injury....I was fearful you would've taken it too hard" Enterprise said

"Enty, the most painful thing rn is seeing you like this, I HATE seeing people in the hospital, especially people I care about" Chris said firmly

"I know.......also why are you still wearing that dress?" she asked

"B-because it made me feel like you were embracing me" Chris blushed

"Well thats a great reason, I want to peck you so much but I can't in this situation, so I'll just peck the meal you made for me" Enterprise broke off the hug and started gobbling the meal down, drinking the tea calmly, she seemed to be getting a lot better quickly.

"You know...I do know a way to fix that" Chris said nervously

"Oh?"

"I can make you into CVN-65, it could make you forever immune to corruption...but it could also make you META permanently....and after Alterprise as she's called, I don't want another meta, nuclear energy is a dangerous thing" Chris said sheepishly

".......I'll think on it.....idk if I'm ready to go to that length.....but if you have to, I'll do it.....I'll find a way to help you with your situation too" Enterprise said with an assuring smile

"T-thanks" Chris said

"Now I know you want to stay here with me forever, but you have your duties, so take the gifts I bought for you and go do your duty for azur lane, be my extra wings my colorful dear phoenix" Enterprise said with a kiss to his cheek

Chris returned with a cheek peck and then bent over to pick up the gifts, "I will enty....I love you"

"I love you too" Enterprise said.

Chris walked out, and everyone noticed his demeanor change, but he said nothing, Yorktown and Hornet were the last to see him before he entered the dorm, and the moment the door closed, they heard a triumphant "YES!"

XXXVXXX

Some time later, Enterprise was healed enough that she was able to walk out of the hospital, and the first thing she did was run to chris's dorm at lightning speed and eagerly knock

*ANSWER THE FUCKING DOOR YOU IDIOT*

"He needs to replace that doorbell" Enterprise said as the door opened, but chris had no time to react as he was tackled to the floor and pecked with a dozen kisses to his cheeks and neck

"Your eagle has returned~" Enterprise said as Chris regained his sense of reality

"Welcome home my eagle" Chris said with a stare of love.

They hugged on the floor as enterprise's long hair fell around chris like an eagle spreading its wings to protect its chicks.

The dorm was silent as the both of them hugged, just letting the knowledge that the hospital stay was over and they could be together again, for some time they stayed like this until Hornet and Yorktown made their presence known

"Okay you lovebirds, get up, we need our essential leaders to lead" Hornet said

Chris and Enterprise stood up straight and parted a little, their hands snaking into a nice mutual hold.

"You know...I hope you two weren't planning to make us aunties if we didn't interrupt" Yorktown teased

Chris was unvexxed, "no we talked about that....not until we completely recover, but when we do recover, we are going to make up for lost time in duplicate" Chris smiled with a hint of lust, Enterprise made a light switch gesture repeatedly, a confusing gesture but something told yorktown and hornet that when they DID finally have that night of unrelenting passion, the dorms better pray they have their own house.

Hornet quickly began thinking about a house plan fit for the both of them as they all walked to the eagle union main office

When they got there, several voices rang out

"VENTURE FORTH!"

Notes:

I may have rushed a bit but I cant dwell on intense stuff like this too long, enty deserves happy, not depressy XD.

This is the last chapter of this arc, as of now, everything leading up to the christmas arc has been written, and although rheinubung symphony's chapters take place around the time of this one, that arc too will catch up eventually.

stay tuned to the christmas stories for what happens to chris and enty, and if you're here for the wholesome smuttery, don't worry, I'm never above that.
btw this series of stories centered around them WILL continue, its just the christmas arc will allow me more creative freedom once I wrap it up, so WOOO LETS GOOO

Chapter 7: Testing the hybrid

Summary:

Chris is a cyborg, augmented with siren technology to be a siren killer.

But how strong is he really? Thats what the scientists and his eagle want to find out.

Notes:

This idea wouldn't leave my head, I had to show off chris's powers and its limits.

In a large empty room with dummies, random machines, a bright synthwave-style floor, and a ceiling with cameras and lights, and observations rooms lining the walls at ground level, chris, wearing a tank top, cargo pants, military boots, and silver brawling gloves, steps up a punching bag, he moves his hair out of his line of vision, and throws a punch that destroys the punching bag, blowing sand everywhere.

"Analysis: Strength levels are grey tier" A voice called out, making chris smirk

In the observation room, chkalov and kearsarge were sat in front of monitors, compiling data, enterprise, dressed in her bon voyage outfit, was sitting next to them, looking at chris intently with a look of interest, it didn't seem to hurt him to deliver that much damage, which was to be expected, she HAD saw the damage he had done to observer and tester, that kind of power rivaled that of a high-end battleship kansen, but that was in the virtual space, so to see it in the physical world made her curious to see more.

Akashi and Vestal were right next to enterprise, ready to drop down and step in if chris got hurt or overexerted himself

"Tell me nya, are you just here to take in the view?~" Akashi said sticking out her tongue teasingly

"Yes" Enterprise said bluntly, "The view is quite lovely from here" she said with a grin.

"Well parried comrade Enterprise" Chkalov said approvingly, "though why aren't you out there to give him more moral support?"

"Because he knows I'm here, and I need to see those results on screen to know he's perfectly okay, besides, if I have anything to say, he can hear me" Enterprise said as she sat back and continued to stare at her phoenix, he was flexing his arms and stretching, the sight made her cheeks flush and smile with the knowledge that all that was hers to peck at her leisure.

"Next up, an average car" Chkalov said as she pressed some buttons on the interface in front of her, a car, hoisted by some cranes, was presented in front of chris, a 1955 chevrolet bel-air (schizo tech ftw)

"Lift it, and when you're done, scrap it" Chkalov said over the speaker

Chris nodded and walked under the car, bending down until he was in the middle of it, and he started heaving, the cranes were let go, and chris stumbled a little from the sudden pressure, but as he was forced to one knee, he started getting back up.

"Oh my...." Chkalov said with some surprise

"Analysis, vehicle is being lifted" Kearsarge said robotically as Vestal and Akashi were in stunned silence

Enterprise was smiling, she knew he could do it, and as this was happening, some more people came in

"What the hell is going o- WHAT IN THE FUCK" Charles said in shock as he saw what was happening.

"Damn senpai how much meat is he packin'?" Essex said with full attention

"I can see why ya sank your talons into him" New Jersey said with a smile

"Seems chris is definitely more than just a human" Bismarck said

Everyone lined up to see chris lift the car up as he stood straight up and held the car over his shoulders, then setting it down as gently as possible.

"Lemonade please" Chris said, Essex promptly delivered

"Thanks" Chris said, drinking the large cup down.

Essex smiled and ran back to observation as chris sat down to breathe a bit.

"Results: exceeding expectations" Kearsarge said

"Damn right" Charles said, "Enterprise, why didn't I get informed that my SiC was superhuman?"

"Because the fact he had siren tech in him was supposed to be a tip off" Enterprise said casually

"Fair point....but have we seen any limits yet?"

"Nope, he does seem to have overexerted himself in lifting that car, but you need to remember lifting and punching are two different things, so we're gonna see how he scraps that thing once he's done relaxing" Chkalov said, "by the way, enterprise, did you know massaging one's arms helps prevent them from being sore later?"

Enterprise blushed a little, "I-I alright, tell him to head to the locker area" Enterprise said as she left to the locker area

Chkalov smirked and relayed the order, Chris walked towards the area without a complaint

XXXVXXX

"How was I out there?" Chris asked as he sat on a bench

"You were amazing dear" Enterprise said as she massaged his muscles, his sweat did nothing to impair her ability to let him feel her soft and experienced touch as she made sure his muscles weren't overworked

"Thanks dear, I'm glad you're okay with this" Chris said

"Of course I am, we need to know what your limits are, and your abilities in general, just...don't try to hurt yourself to show off for me okay?" Enterprise said as she finished her massages

"I will try to avoid it, besides, I'm likely to brawl with a battleship soon, so don't shoot them if they hurt me please" Chris said

"I won't, I trust them to know when enough is enough" Enterprise said with a soft smile

XXXVXXX

Chris got back out and, when he saw Enterprise take a seat on a chair more close to the action, he breathed in, and began punching away at the car, kicking at it, gripping and mangling it, giving it a no holds barred beat down that totaled it rapidly.

Enterprise got out a massive bottle of water and slurped it down as everyone cheered their approval

"Analysis: Subject is as strong as a blue battleship" Kearsarge said over the radio as the next test came, a full siren rigging.

"This rigging was stripped from a breaker, this will be your final test of pure physical strength before we get into your combat ability, GO!" Chkalov said

Charles and Enterprise both held their breath, wondering if chris truly was a siren killer, Monarch, who had been silently observing with the other royals, leaned forward a little, her eyes awash with expectation, could this lt. commander who had brought her back from the dark prison she was held in for so long, be like her?

The entire area was silent, eyes awaiting the answer, and when it came, it came quick.

Chris's eyes glowed with electricity, and within mere seconds, he destroyed the breaker rigging completely with punches.

Everyone was stunned, Enterprise smiled brightly, and Charles nodded approvingly, "He's legit"

"You have the strength of an elite sortie fleet, but now let's see if you can fight like one, will any purple-tier Kansen please stand up and challenge our lt. commander?" Chkalov said over the speaker

"Allow me" said a gentle voice, and out walked Rodney, one of the BIG SEVEN, an elite ship sure, but a high power one.

"I shall test your power output in a fight, when I am forced to give the fight, a stronger ship will take my place should the results require it, but do not show mercy, fight with all your might" Rodney said as she summoned her rigging.

"Heh, as you wish lady rodney" Chris said with an excited expression as he braced for battle, he started the fight with an electric blast that rodney dodged, she fired a secondary salvo that chris dodged effortlessly, rodney then fired her main salvo once she got a targeting reticle on him, and the explosion was intense.

There was a pause as everyone waited for the smoke to clear, but before it did, Chris walked out of it barely scathed, a bit singed and coated in ash, but no worse for wear as she dusted himself off, though he did have an impact bruise, it healed right up.

Rodney was surprised to see him survive that so cleanly, but she quickly readied another salvo, which chris dodged as his eyes glowed again, and he threw an electricity-coated punch into rodney's rigging, causing an explosion on impact, and denting rodney's right turret, disabling one of the guns in it

Rodney's hair was blown all over from the impact wind, and she reeled in pain but was still standing, she looked at the damage and back to chris, and bowed

"You win, its clear you're a match for me" Rodney said as she extended a hand, chris extended his, and they shook, though rodney tried to flip him, but he was strong enough to resist it and nearly flip her effortlessly, they both chuckled as Rodney left to get patched up

"I could tell you were holding back there comrade, but thats fine, you did enough to prove we need something stronger without crippling her" Chkalov said over the speaker as she compiled data, vestal was reading chris's vitals, his energy levels were depleted a big bit, but he ate something and his energy levels rose back up...curiously.

"Next up" Chkalov said as someone strutted in.

"I'm next big boy, give me a fight worth every single wound we'll inflict on each other" came a voice that walked out, it belonged to a battleship wearing some kind of wetsuit, her chest nearly completely unzipped, she had shades in one hand she set aside, her red hair was as firey as the look on her face as she revealed herself in her retrofitted glory, ol' fighting mary

"Should've known you'd answer the call, always up for a good fight, well bring it on mary, show me what a retrofitted big seven battleship can do" Chris said preparing for a fight.

Maryland obliged as she ran up him, he ran up to her, and they exchanged close quarters blows, throwing punches like no tomorrow, neither breaking a sweat.

Enterprise watched with excitement, she knew what kind of a fighter Maryland was, she was a good brawler, she knew chris likely could lose, but it didn't matter, he was fighting a friendly face that could match him blow for blow and make him enjoy the thrill of it.

"Don't get sloppy lt. commander" Maryland said as she connected a punch to Chris's chest, he reeled a little and responded with a punch to the jaw, maryland felt the pain course threw her and she laughed as she spat out a little blood, "THAT'S WHAT I LIKE" she said, more excited than ever as she traded more blows, dodging and even kicking, sliding under and around, true she was supposed to use her rigging, but chris wasn't going all out either, he was enjoying this too.

"Why don't you zap me already!?" Maryland challenged as she kicked him hard enough to send him flying a few feet

"Because that's an anti-rigging skill, it'd do little to your physical body except motivate or energise you" Chris said earnestly as he got up and jumped kicked Maryland straight in the midsection, which she endured, allowing her to punch him in the chin, knocking him to the ground.

"If you want me to bring it, I'll bring it, HERE WE GO" Maryland summoned her rigging, and a giant mechanical fist, and with a single thrust of her arm, she threw that fist at chris, knocking him back into the wall.

He felt blood trickle down his mouth as he got up to study the damage, he coughed more up and he stumbled a little, making enterprise grow fearful.

"Alright then" He said calmly as he let his eyes glow up.

"Show me your full potential!" Maryland said as she threw another mechanical punch, faster and more energised, everyone felt time fall still, enterprise held her breath, she wanted to look away, she thought "this was it, he's out", a feeling shared by charles, essex, vestal, chkalov, bismarck, and everyone else.

But then, the fist was stopped midair, the shockwave it was generating blew past it, blowing enterprise's hair as she covered her eyes, and destroying the windows behind her.

And then, everyone saw chris just standing there, having countered the fist with his own punch, and to everyone's greater shock, he had cracked the giant fist, electrical charges were running across it, until finally, it exploded, its wreckage falling to the testing room floor, de-activating.

"Holy shit....." Maryland said with pure shock, but with a competitive smile

Everyone was stunned, chris panted a bit, but his eyes were still glowing, and he lowered his hand, he checked it, no visible bleeding, but the interception had bruised the knuckle, a good sign though considering nothing was broken.

Enterprise sat there in amazement, chris was not only still standing, but was fully functioning, only slight overexerted as he stopped panting and began breathing normally, his sweat visible from where she sat, she looked up admirably, he seemed to glow with power and handsomeness as he managed his frazzled hair, he flexed his muscles and nodded to himself, he was rearing to go.

"Fuck me....no actually don't fuck ME in particular, but still, damn you got some serious muscle there, I don't think I'll fight you with full rigging, but you just destroyed my punching hand, that thing was made to resist my own punching power, come and spar with me again, I'm proud of you lt. commander, I know where your strength lies" she laughed as she left the area, despawning her mangled mechanical hand.

Everyone cheered happily, charles spoke over the speaker, "WELL DONE SOLDIER, according to the charts here, you're a gold-tier powerhouse by kansen standards, I think I can safely say we can end the test here" he said proudly.

Chris chuckled to himself, he had definitely earned that compliment, he brushed sweat off his forehead, everyone began to leave, content with what they saw, and after everyone except the scientists were gone, chris prepared to leave himself but then a voice chirped up.

"We're not done here yet" a voice called out from behind him.

He felt his heart tighten, he turned to see Enterprise had her combat uniform on, she had somehow sneaked out and put it on while he was busy taking all of what he had been through in.

"Enty? why did you say that?" Chris asked nervously, he saw enterprise's battle face, though it carried a smile with it, she hadn't raised her bow, it was in her hand though, and her breath was determined.

"Because I was thinking, after so long, you always let me protect you, look after you, let us fight, never fighting yourself, yet you have the strength to match blows with gold-tiered battleship kansen and cause them serious damage, you even ripped siren elites into scrap metal.....why did you always let me take the defensive lead?" Enterprise asked, she smiled a little knowing what he was likely to say, and when he said it, her heart soared

"Because you didn't have to, you willingly did that, without even asking if I wanted to, you gave me so much in the same way I gave to you, I gave you upgrades to your rigging and gear the first chance I got without hesitation, I didn't have to, yet I did, you paid for my corruption treatment, yet you didn't have to, I don't have to fight until I'm near death, other ships have it covered far better than I alone would be able to, I can sit back and be hugged and carried by the eagle I trust with my life, and my love" Chris said.

Enterprise was silent, but she smiled, that was her phoenix for her, willing to be soft to her, hard to his enemies.

"Then allow me to be your final opponent for today, we've tested your power, your endurance, your speed, but let's test your resilience" Enterprise said

"Enty...I don't want to hurt you" Chris said

"And I don't want to see you get hurt yet you let yourself get hurt badly, somehow you've stopped bleeding by yourself, but I still can't forgive you for that, but if you land a hit on me, I'll forgive you" Enterprise said with a challenging grin.

"Oh that'll be easy" Chris said

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FINAL BOSS: Enterprise

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Chris braced for his last fight of the day as Enterprise stood before him, he threw a punch, but before he could land even one, Enterprise's eyes glowed

"OWARI DA" she shouted as she dodged it flawlessly, he threw another, and another, and another, but Enterprise dodged them all effortlessly

"Its not going to be easy babe~" Enterprise teased as she dashed across the room and fired an arrow at chris who dodged it with a smirk, "No fair grey ghost"

"Exactly, I'm the grey ghost, bust me if you can" Enterprise challenged as she continued dashing across the field, shouting "OWARI DA" often as chris fired energy shots and more punches

This went on for several minutes, Chris failing to hit every time.

"Curse you Lucky E" Chris groaned as he closed his eyes in thought, then he remembered something, she said it almost every 20 seconds, for 8 seconds after that, she had perfect dodging, but for some time, she struggled to dodge a little bit, this was his chance, after he heard her shout, he grabbed one of her arrows with his bare hands, it burned in his hand, but he threw it at enterprise just as the time ran out, and Enterprise was grazed, the explosion knocking her forward when it impacted the wall.

"tch...interesting" Enterprise said as she got up, but then she felt a punch to the side of her cheek

"Owari da" Chris said with a smile as Enterprise rubbed her cheek.

Enterprise stared at the sweating but smiling messy-haired blonde in front of her, she got up and started laughing while clapping her hands, "well done, that's my phoenix" she said hugging him.

"I gave it my all, but....I must admit....while I appreciate this final test.....it was risky" Chris said as he showed his badly burned hand, it wasn't healing.

"What? why isn't it healing?" Enterprise asked worriedly.

"My systems require energy to heal me while also fighting the tumors, I hate to say it but, I'm running a bit low" Chris said sheepishly

"Oh.....right...I was told that may be the case by vestal...sorry..." Enterprise said with a sad face

"Enty...I think they got necessary data" Chris said cupping her cheek, pulling her head towards him and kissing the bruise on her other cheek, "besides, you know now that your phoenix is a priority-grade human" He chuckled

"Priority male at that" Enterprise smiled, "I shall now deliver you to your destination" Enterprise said as she picked him up bridal carry style and carried him all the way to vestal's examination room.

Notes:

short and sweet, with puns to boot.
expect more quick stuff like this, I like doing them :D

Chapter 8: Special interruption

Summary:

read on

Hey folks, not a usual chapter but I just wanna say, thanks for the kudos, thanks guy on discord and reddit who's name I can't pronounce worth shit but has one of enterprise's best skins ever as his pfp and who's discord status message is based, for helping me straighten my story out and cheering me on, and thank the few positive comments I've gotten that have made me smile, I approve.

I am doing this specific series for a lot of reasons, but I'm taking this chance to give anyone who comes by a chance to ask whatever questions you want, leave comments, and whatnot because I am actually, for real, putting this series on a temp pause until I finish the christmas arc since it ties in very well.
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I like how as of recent I've been getting more traction and I like to think some people on the azur lane subreddit have chased me here and approve of my stories, even if I'm making smash or pass tier lists that have caused me to be lynched by fans of certain characters, I'M NOT APOLOGISING FOR HAVING BIASES HAHAHAHA.

But yeah ask whatever, whether it be character lore, character questions, questions aimed at me, aimed at my OCs, whatever, comment them here and I'll answer them in the next chapter. possibly as an extension of that chapter or maybe another special interruption like this all depends on how many I get.

Oh and for anyone wondering why I'm making so many stories, its because I'm eating your cookies rn and need to distract you

Chapter 9: Get crowned sleepyhead

Summary:

A quick fluffy chapter

Notes:

this takes place before the holiday chapters

As we delve into the afternoon buzz on base, a certain carrier is tirelessly working on secretary stuff.

She groans in exhaustion as she falls over, the paper stack nearly falling but it doesn't, she continues as she presses on, not watching the clock

She had been doing this for hours because charles had left it in her hands, essex had her own stack in another room, and the rest of the secretaries had gone home, inconveniently

"Damnit.......what I'd kill to have ANY help right now" Enterprise grumbled as the clock ticked

As it ticked on down, somebody was approaching the door.

Enterprise started to tire more and more, but she had to sort the paperwork, she pressed on, and on.

And then the clock hit midnight, and she gave into the lulls of sleep.

Some time after, somebody walked into the door, stirring her up

"Burning the midnight oil again enty?" A gentle voice said

"H-hey chris.....sorry, the workload is immense...." Enterprise said apologetically

"Then I'll help" Chris took the stack and began writing away it.

"C-chris no....its a lot" Enterprise tried to stop him, but failed.

"You sleep enty, I'll handle it" Chris said, petting Enterprise's head

"Listen I can-" she patted her head and noticed something on it, she took it off to see it, and realised it was a crown of lavenders.

"W-what is this, why did you make this....." Enterprise said in a sleepy blush

"I know you like lavenders, so I made it for you, thats all" Chris said with a smile

Enterprise put it back on and surrendered to her situation, she walked towards a couch and plopped down on her side, resting her head so the crown didn't fall off.

"T-thank you....for this, and for covering for me" Enterprise said softly as a blanket was put over her

"Hey its, october 3rd now, you deserve a break" Chris said as he tackled the paperwork.

"wait...that's...." Enterprise tried to think but fell asleep fast.

"Yes.....it is.....happy birthday my hardworking eagle" Chris said with a caring smile as he signed off on an order that allowed Enterprise to have the day off.

Notes:

THE FLUFF COMETH.

I had this idea and I needed to let it out, its a bit late obviously but the fluff is beyond the concepts of time MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Take care of your grey ghosts, don't make them work themselves too hard.

Chapter 10: A different kind of midway.

Summary:

Enterprise got a bit angrier and more battle-ready than usual during the visit to the Sakura quarter, and Chris realises there was a gift they've needed to give each other before it risks interfering with their duty.

Notes:

This takes place during their visit around port to deliver presents, you'll find out EXACTLY why its here and not in the christmas stories.

Enterprise was standing in the house in her santa outfit, shaking a bit and looking frustrated as she stared at Chris who looked on with concern.

"What's been bothering you enty? what is it that we need to talk about?" Chris asked

"Look, you and I are...different now, you've been healed of your corruption and cancer, and I've evolved into something bigger, better, faster, stronger even, I'm all healed to boot" Enterprise said, her breath a bit funny.

"Yes, and we've been testing what its done for us, made sakura a bit easier to get through...." Chris said

"Despite me telling you the dangers, you went in and....acted like the same chris you always were, not even harshly rejecting anyone....except akagi, you didn't even care that I had hurt her"

"Dear, you saw what she was doing, she had to be stopped" Chris said, "Besides, telling her to go fuck herself, THAT wasn't like you, and when you fought taihou, you were even angrier"

Enterprise looked away with a shameful face....she knew she was acting off.

"Because after akagi, and during our meeting with taihou, and then seeing shinano, it reminded me of something, they all wanted to make hot love to you, but you said frankly that you're spoken for...." Enterprise said

"Yes and I intend to- wait a minute" Chris said as realisation hit him

"I have a new body, and you're perfectly healthy, ever since our dream with shinano, I've been wondering what it'd be like to have a "night battle" as intense as midway with you" Enterprise said, flustered

"I.....damn" Chris said, turning a little red

"This body is full of energy, I keep piling it up in hopes it goes away but its clear its converting into energy I need to vent with you, the love, the joy, the pleasant sensation, its christmas too meaning I'm filled with even more joy and cheer, and seeing everyone either passively or directly hit on you, it makes me want to drag you into a makeshift nest and keep you there for the next three months" Enterprise said with a face full of shame

Chris let that all sink in.

"So...what you're saying is, you're overwhelmed and pent up.....oh boy" Chris said nervously

"I cant focus, I know we have until next night for our next stop, but I don't know if I'll make it, besides...I know iron blood's next....." Enterprise said blushing bright red, "and if you haven't broken yet, you definitely will when we find bismarck..."

Chris realised the implication.

"You know what? fuck it, basement, NOW" Chris said as he lifted enterprise off the floor, opened a door in the floor, and descended down the stairs.

XXXVXXX

The basement was covered in soundproof walls and flooring, the stairs leading out were blocked by a door that chris locked and put the blinds down on, he let enterprise down, they marveled at the basement, several fascinating "Toys" and "Instruments" for them to explore the potentials of, and in the middle was a giant nest in the style of a lovers bed, big enough for a tall phoenix and eagle.

"They went all out for this" Chris said as he took off his coat and hat, setting them aside as Enterprise silently stripped off her christmas coat, hat, boots, socks, and gloves, her type II body reforming as a result.

Chris practically drooled at the sight, Enterprise's voluptuous frame shivering with excitement and sweat, her hair dripping in it, and her skin tightening with expectation, and she didn't even have her shirt and pants off yet

"Jesus enty....how pent up did you get?" Chris asked

"I cant tell where my sweat ends and my....juices...begin" Enterprise said

"DAMN" Chris said, he felt his tent being pitched and he cringed a little, the pain of his sudden "rise" straining against his pants was slight, but it was there.

"Are....are you even bigger than before?" Enterprise asked as she stared at the bulge

"I...think with my body now unbound by the tumors.....it has more energy to give to....this" Chris said, "meaning I'm not bigger....just....full sized", he then started peeling his shirt off, his body now looking full of life and vitality, the scars on his skin still there.

"O-oh my.......t-they look good on you" Enterprise said, rubbing her legs together

"T-thanks" Chris said as helped unbutton enterprise's shirt, and to his amusement and delight, her full soft landing flung outwards, uncovered

"No bra?" Chris asked

"I...didn't have time to buy new underwear...." Enterprise said, "but it makes entry easier" she smiled seductively.

"I'll bet" Chris said as he gleefully took his pants off and Enterprise followed suit, she saw how his boxers were hanging and she stripped them off for him, marveling at the full cannon in front of her, staring at it hungrily.

"S-so this is the full turret.....wow..." she said completely awash with desires to have it in her.

"It may not be iowa or even north carolina class, but I assure you, it penetrates well" Chris said with a seductive tone in his voice as he shrugged off any other clothing article off of him.

"GET YOUR ASS ON THE BED NOW" Enterprise practically flung him onto it, he landed comfortably on his back and enterprise, after flinging any remaining article of clothing off her body, rushed onto the bed with him and climbed on top of him.

Chris looked at the view in front of him with excitement and fear, Enterprise was staring at him hungrily and full of lust, panting heavily, her chest heaving as it pressed against his, the sensation making her tremble.

"W-wait enty......let's test each other's sensitivities first.." Chris said

"YES, ANYTHING, DO ME..." Enterprise demanded as she rolled off and let chris climb on top of her as he began licking her left breast, making her moan with delight, her giant soft landing was more welcoming than shinano's or any of the yamato sisters, and he acted as such, groping the other breast and squeezing it, making Enterprise scream with pleasure

"AH, AH, MORE, SO GOOD"

"Holy shit you're moaning so much, are you that sensitive?" Chris teased as he moved his hand to attack her neck, biting it roughly, making her moan more

Enterprise didn't respond, her mind became clouded with lust and love, she could only moan in delight as she squirmed, making her brush a leg against chris's cannon, making HIM moan accidentally

There was a pause as chris realised what had happened

"Did...did that feel good?" Enterprise asked as her mind cleared

"Y-yes.....I always had a weakness for slight touch, it drives me crazy, make me want more, makes me harder" Chris said with a blush

Enterprise thought for a moment, them grinned seductively, "then put your cannon between these mountains, let's see how good I make you feel~"

Chris moved up to position his flesh cannon directly between Enterprise's flesh mountains as she rubbed them against it, she moved her head to lick the tip, making chris moan loudly and his cannon tremble

Enterprise smiled, "Guess you love that huh?" She said, pushing her breasts together and licking more

"E-enty, fuck" Chris fell over in pleasure, and Enterprise took this cue to stop.

"I can't take anymore, I've wanted this for so long, Enty, I want to fire a full salvo inside you" Chris said with a voice full of need.

"Then let me lube you up a little" Enterprise pulled his dick into her mouth and lightly sucked on it, and, when it felt wet enough, she laid back down straight

"Come my phoenix, dive into your carrier, give me all your love" She whined as she spread her legs.

Chris wasted no time obliging, he gently bent over enterprise and slid his dick in completely, enterprise moaned loudly and wetly as she felt it penetrate straight though her, her wet insides tightening to embrace it deeply as Chris kissed her lips.

Enterprise and Chris both felt their minds fog up as he began moving, the lust, the love, and joy, it was finally happening, no dreams, nothing, they were finally making pure unrestrained love with no one else able to interrupt them, with each thrust, their minds gave up forming words, their tongues and lips dancing, their moans all the sweater, chris moved lovingly consistently, making enterprise fell all of each movement, her entire porthole being given a dose of pleasure, she arched her back and wrapped her arms around chris, motioning for him to move faster, and he obliged

They could say nothing,but as chris moved faster and more passionately, it became clear that he was reaching his limit, and soon, without much warning, his cannon twitched and fired a full salvo, pouring endless juices into Enterprise's awaiting chamber, each pump felt like a shot going off, but despite the recoil, chris kept in deep, and Enterprise absorbed all of it within her, her mind filing with happiness as chris finished firing, falling forward and panting with Enterprise

"J-jeez...and I thought you may have been infertile~" Enterprise remarked as she rubbed her creamed hole.

"I....have more where that came from, a lot more..." Chris said, cuddling up to Enterprise, "You think I'm gonna leave you unfinished?" he smirked

"Of course not, and thats why...I have this~" Enterprise got out a binding, and put it on a long hook hanging above the bed

"Tie my hands babe, give me everything you got, make me feel good all over, nuke me~" Enterprise said as she got up onto her knees and raised her arms, chris tied her wrists with the binding, bending her over forward, got into position behind her, and starting gently groping her again.

"Mmmmm~" Enterprise moaned softly as she felt chris licking her neck, then moving a hand to rub her clit, she moaned and shook with excitement and she felt his cannon slide in again gently.

"Ah...that's it.....you're good at this~" Enterprise moaned encouragingly as chris kissed her neck

"I may have had many a bunker session, but never with someone I love so much~" Chris said before he began thrusting hard, feeling Enterprise all over as she moaned and arched, trying to break free from her restraints but they were tied good, making her feel more pleasure.

"Y-you're even deeper in, it feels good, MORE~" Enterprise practically begged as Chris began thrusting harder.

"W-was this, what you always *plap* dreamed? you're *plap* so fucking passionate I can't get enough~" Enterprise said she felt her insides being churned

"I wanted this more than anything, not just for the pleasure, but because I want to have a family, GET PREGNANT ENTY, GET PREGNANT~" Chris demanded as he went all out in the pleasure offensive, squeezing a breast tightly and kissing Enterprise in the mouth while rubbing her clit as he thrusted deeper

"YES, MORE, FILL ME UP, GET ME PREGNANT WITH YOUR CHILDREN, DON'T STOP, FUCK ME HARDER, FUCK ME WITH ALL YOUR LOVE" Enterprise screamed as Chris continued thrusting with vigor after breaking off the kiss to breathe

The pounding was relentless, their shared lovemaking noises filling the room with every motion, they both felt like they were at sea, riding the waves of pleasure without a care, and eventually, enterprise could feel it, what she held back from doing so vigorously, it felt like a jet engine revving up, her insides began to tighten

"I-I can feel it, I'm going to explode, please, chris, penetrate me, SINK ME~" Enterprise said as Chris began moving faster, until eventually, he burst.

Enterprise felt the blast wash up her wet insides before she felt herself becoming overwhelmed, she started shaking violently, she screamed in ecstasy and orgasmic bliss, her body squirming endlessly as chris undid her bindings and held her close as she shook and squirmed, and turned to aggressively kiss him as she continued shaking, contorting and convulsing in his embrace, he moaned as she shook on his shaft, her climax was like a nuclear bomb, radiating them with pleasure as she came down from the high after what seemed like an eternity of happiness.

They shared a quiet kiss and embrace for a bit, then, they broke the silence.

"Have I ever told you how much I loved you?" Enterprise asked jokingly as she strokes one of chris's cheeks.

"Have I?" Chris joked back

"I think we've established that on both counts now....I feel so warm, your life is inside me......desiring to mix with mine and make something new" Enterprise said rubbing her belly.

"I wouldn't mind if it did, because it'd be with you" Chris said, holding enterprise close

Enterprise sighed like someone in heaven, embracing him lovingly.

"I love you, the color of my world" she said softly as she drifted to sleep

"I love you, the wings of my dreams" Chris said as he drifted to sleep as well.

Notes:

Enterprise having a child, isn't that a neat concept?

Idk what exactly is going to happen yet, but stay tuned, they're not giving up on trying any time soon.

Chapter 11: Engage the game motherfucker

Summary:

Enterprise has revealed that she has a gamer side, so chris shows off his video game collection.

Notes:

BEHOLD, RANDOM FLUFF RETURNS

*Some time after the christmas season*

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In the fine hours of.....idk, chris is wearing his winter uniform, shoveling snow off CVN-80, singing a merry tune as the winter breeze dances around him.

He shovels a shape in the snow, carving a path, or more, an odd shape.

A few shipgirls notice but don't bother him, they just honk as they pass by, he waves back, just a casual day shovelin' snow.

At least, thats how it seems, but as a couple carriers fly planes over his ship for routine drills, they notice that down below, chris has managed to write "I love my Girlfriend" in the snow, with a little eagle symbol.

The carriers moved their planes to make sky writing

"Nice one" 

Chris smiled as he went inside the ship's superstructure and put his shovel back, and went to the vault, opening it, and browsing its contents.

Board games, video games, movies, recipes, books, media players, artworks, music discs, antiques, pictures, tapes, old records, toys, tools, so much stored in so little, the vault itself seemed to defy logic a bit.

He sighed in nostalgia has he rubbed his hand on a particular item, a video game console that looked like a white brick with a slit in it, next to it were remote-like objects, with a fancy controller nearby.

"Maybe someday I'll get the ol' servers back online, and we can play you all again" Chris said quietly, and then he got a text message

FLEETCHAT BEGINS

Nuclear_Ghost: Hey Commander Goldheart *chibiprisegiggle.gif*

Sehotec: Hey Ent-Ent, how's it going? :D

Nuclear_Ghost: Changed my name as you can see, also wanted to say I'm returning from Hilo, so I'll be back soon

Sehotec: Ah, okay, left somethin' on the ship deck for ya to look at when you fly over, think you'll like it, that or you'll whack me with a plane XD

Nuclear_Ghost: Eh I'm not gonna do that, tired from the gamercon, Long Island was a menace to those poor kids

Sehotec: gamercon? I didn't know those existed here, wait you game? *confusedessex.gif*

Nuclear_Ghost: Yep, not as addicted as Long Island but I know a thing or too, kinda curious if you wanted to just do a game sesh with me

Sehotec: WOMAN I COULD'VE SHOWN YOU MY VAULT OF THE STUFF IF YOU ASKED OFC I'D BE DOWN, I have like 60+ console options, thousands of games on emulation archives, get on over to the eightyprise and we'll be golden *Clevelandthumbsup.png*

FLEETCHAT_ENDS


Chris was concerned about the lack of response, but then he felt a presence behind him, he turned around and saw Enterprise, bon voyage style, staring at him with childish stars in her eyes, her face giddy as she marveled at the vault contents.

"You weren't joking, oh which one to choose, so many, BABEHELPMECHOOSE" Enterprise quickly began overloading, Chris moved quickly to hold her steady

"Why don't we start with this" Chris pulled out a disc titled "Genesis games"

"Whats that?" Enterprise asked

"Games from a console called the sega genesis, I have a replica of it and the sega CD add-on, it works just fine but is programmed to play ANY game on this disc" Chris said as he pulled out a Sega Genesis-CD model 1, it looked like two consoles fused together, because it was, it was bulky, but proper cables were attached and controllers were there.

"Hey I have a better idea, instead of trying one at a time here, why don't we collect a few, store it in my rigging, and them play them back home?" Enterprise suggested

Chris smiled, "then summon up"

XXXVXXX

Cut to them back home, Enty hadn't commented on the snow art yet, they went to the gaming room (Illinois's idea that she forgot to mention, this house is very badly described I'm sorry), and Chris got out a TV to hook stuff up to.

Enterprise got out their haul from her rigging, and they settled on the Genesis-CD 1 as their first console to play on.

"So what are we doing first?" chris said as he inserted the master CD into the CD port and the menu unveiled a MASSIVE library of games.

"Hmmm.....what's sonic the hedgehog 2?" Enterprise asked

"Its a fun game, ya run around as a hedgehog and fight this evil scientist and his machines of world domination, rescuing the animals trapped within them" Chris said

"Sounds like a scaled down war, show me" Enterprise said

Chris smiled, kicked off his shoes and coat, enterprise kicked off hers, and yes both were wearing socks like true gamers, got a controller, plugged it in, and selected the game

"Wait so you just zoom, turn into a ball,and thats it? this is fun already" Enterprise said with a smile.

"and mind you I'm playing single-player without a helper, normally there's a helper, but he's a drag as far as AI goes, and as a second player option, he's eh" Chris said

"I see" Enterprise said as chris entered a special area after interacting with a marker that summoned a ring of stars

"Wait what's this halfpipe- ARE THOSE BOMBS....WAIT WHATS THE CRYSTAL-" Was all enterprise said as chris completed the special zone

"Get 7 of these and you get something truly powerful" Chris said as he passed to the next act, got a continue out of it too, and then passed act 2 no problem, fighting the boss like it was nothing.

"That was easy, how many zones are there?" Enterprise asked

"About 10? been awhile since I've played this obviously" Chris chuckled

The game went by pretty fast, chris eventually got a game over in zone 4, and although he COULD continue, he handed the controller to Enterprise

"All yours babe, let's see you try" Chris said with a smile

Enterprise accepted the controller, and started up her run.

After some time, she had surpassed chris's spot, beating the zone 4 boss and cruising through zone 5 while chris enjoyed the music.

"That guy set the ground on fire, thats impressive, no wonder I jump so high" Enterprise said as she transitioned to zone 6.

*one travel to Zone 6 act 2 later*

"ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME, HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT PIT WAS THERE" Enterprise screeched in anger

Chris hugged her and patted her back, "Its not your fault, even if you know its there it will still get ya" Chris said

Enterprise sighed angrily, she decided to fold the run there despite the continues.

"Got anything else on this console?" Enterprise asked

"There IS sonic CD......it has time travel elements, it doesn't quite have the same style as this game, and I was worried the plot would hit a bit close to home" Chris said

"Let me play it" Enterprise said

"Okay" Chris selected it

*Several adventures through time later*

"Okay just gotta- DRAT BAD FUTURE AGAIN" Enterprise frowned

"It doesn't matter, keep going enty, and try those special stages" Chris said, encouraging her

Enterprise did try the special stages, and soon she was at stardust speedway act 3, good future

"I managed to secure a good future?" Enterprise said with a pure smile of triumph

"And now you have to race, get 'em enty, I believe in you" Chris patted her shoulder softly

Enterprise got on her game face and beat that boss, and soon was in the last level.

Despite some deaths and what have you, she beat the final boss.

"You did it enty, nice" Chris said hugging her

"But those bad futures....those poor people..." Enty said sadly

"Don't be so sure" Chris said, and true to his word, enterprise noticed that she got the good ending.

"W-wait...HOW? I thought...what happened!?" Enterprise said confused

"The time stones secure the good ending, you pushed on and got all of them, little planet's future is good" Chris said

Enterprise sat there, stunned, and then, with a quiver of her lips, turned to chris

"Y-You mean....d-d-d-despite my f-f-f-failures...I've saved the w-w-orld and secured a better future for e-e-veryone?" Enterprise asked, her voice shaky, her lips shifting, forming smiles on occasion.

Chris's smile was all Enterprise needed, she dropped the controller and hugged him tight, crying into his chest

"Enty.....it was just a game...." Chris said with bemusement

Enterprise broke her crying to speak, a big smile affirming that she wasn't upset, "t-the sirens think so too"

"But- OH...." Chris realised what she meant and just softly embraced her.

"I love you so much you pure angel" Enterprise said, chris smiled with pink cheeks as he whispered back "I love you too"

when it was all said and done, enterprise got up, wiped her face, and kissed chris passionately, before breaking it off and sitting back done.

"I'm sorry for getting so emotional, please...let's play another game, I don't wanna end this on something so heavy" Enterprise said

"I think thats enough genesis, there's more sonic games on other consoles but rn, I think something lighter is order" Chris said

XXXVVVXXX

"Why the hell does he have a mechanical lobster on his ship?" Enterprise asked as Chris attacked said lobster

"Idk, ground forces?" Chris said before he managed to beat the damn thing.

some time later, in another mode, after a long travel

"I KNEW THAT JESTER WAS TROUBLE" Enterprise said triumphantly

"Dude got celestial objects to fight for the sake of chaos, trouble is putting it mildly" Chris remarked

After beating the final boss, it was time for another game

"Ooo this one sounds promising, super smash brothers brawl" Enterprise said, looking at one of the discs

"Oh that.....that console requires motion controls" Chris said

"BRING IT" Enterprise said excitedly

Chris got everything set up and started the brawl, every character was unlocked

"Wait so we select characters and fight each other? I think I'll take this one...samus?" Enterprise said

"Not a bad choice, I'll ease into this with ike" Chris said

*a few minutes later*

"OWARI DA" Enterprise shouted as she activated the final smash and blasted chris off the field, getting her a 6th KO before the match ended, victorious.

"Damn you adapt quick" Chris said as he selected a new character

*another brawl bit later*

"WAIT YOU CAN DEFLECT MY BLASTS? CHEATING BASTARD" Enterprise said angrily as she got sent flying

"Gotta play around it enty" Chris said with a slight smugness as he dashed around and fired blaster shots, Enterprise dropped a bomb on him causing severe damage.

But chris got the smash ball

"I wonder what it i- IS THAT A FUCKING TANK" Enterprise said in shock as the tank dropped on samus and sent her into a star KO

She managed to avoid the tank shots but she lost the match 4-2

"REMATCH ME NOW" Enterprise demanded angrily

"Chill enty.....don't get so heated" Chris said with concern

Enterprise calmed down, "Yeah...sorry..." she said, "I think I'll try a more agile character....AWWWWW HE'S SO CUTE" Enterprise said

*one brawl later*

"TASTE MY THUNDER" Enterprise said

"TASTE MY FIREFOX" Chris fired back

They exchanged final smash blows, and when the time ran out, they were tied

"Sudden death, GO!"

Oh it was on now, and before long, a winner was decided, chris managed to win with a reflector shot on a thunder jolt

"THAT.....actually was pretty fun" Enterprise said with a smile, her sweat and exhaustion clear, chris was sweating too.

"Tell ya what, try classic mode" Chris offered

Enterprise nodded, and to make a long story short, she was able to beat master hand.

They both sat back down and breathed, it was an intense fight all things considered, they looked at each other after that, and laughed in happiness, when their stomachs began rumbling

"Guess I better get us some meals" Chris said, but then he felt a tug

"No, I'm cooking tonight mister, and I'm adding my love to it so you better like it" Enterprise jokingly demanded

"I definitely will, but dont try to zero laser it" Chris said, earning him a joking smack up the head and a laugh that filled the house.

Outside, Enterprise's rigging formed into its full size state right next to CVN-80, special lights on the flight deck began to glow into words surrounded by a heart

"I love my boyfriend"

Notes:

I would've done a series for this but nah, its just more wholesome shenanigans.

Btw there's a lot more games where that came from, and fun fact, I've played all the games mentioned and then some, I was a lucario/starfox trio/meta knight main back when I could actually play brawl...fuckin' broken wii....

That said, hope ya liked it, and I'll take suggestions for more games and story ideas for the future.

Chapter 12: New year, same dorks

Summary:

Chris and Enty talk about their resolutions.

In the house of two lovebirds, one is dressed in heroic finery, for enterprise was fidgeting with her dress, as she had grown a bit since last time she wore it, yet it was still able to fit like a glove, her laurel crown was well fitting as well, the addition of a lilac flower brooch fit the look perfectly.

Chris on the other hand was struggling a bit with his outfit, white satin shirt and white naval pants, covered in a deep sapphire blue cloak, he looked like the light dividing an endless sea, his hat with a feather in it wasn't out of place either,  the whole thing screamed "weirdo" to him, but he was happy with it, what he wasn't happy with was the fact he couldn't get his gloves on, but eventually he figured that out, naval blue fingerless gloves, he was one hell of a dasher.

"You look absolutely outstanding hun" Enterprise said, ogling the the contrasting colors, like he was trying to be a swan prince in a play but wanted to hide in an inky ocean until it was his turn.

"So do you, no wonder you've got many love letters even now" Chris said taking in the view at hand.

"haha, that's true, the new years ball will be absolutely floored by our presence, to be honest I'm nervous to attend" Enterprise said

"so am I, never did well with parties, even when I just sat above everyone and watched I didn't quite like it, but I guess thats part of my new years resolutions, be better at parties" Chris smiled

"That reminds me, how many resolutions do you have for this year?" Enterprise asked as she sat down on a nearby chair, chris followed suit.

"well, I don't think it'll be much of a surprise, I resolve to be better than I have been this year, to destroy more sirens, to enjoy life more, and to move further away from my old life, sorrows and all" Chris said

"I had lived well over 20 years in misery and loss, I had never lived well, before the wars, it was bullies, social isolation, constant fear of losing it all due to bad luck, then with the wars, it was around the world in battle, seeing friends die around me, never joining them, until I was alone, alone in a world unkind to me, no more music, no more cinema, no more life, all the things I wanted to do...I never did.....and now, I have a chance to do everything I ever wanted to do, twice over, and find more things I want from life, I have no grand ambition, I'm happy with resolving to just be better than ever, and live enough lives for everyone that failed to do so, and to even create more lives........particularly with you" Chris said, holding one of enterprise's hands.

"I really do want to see you give me a child some day, I resolve to at least see one child, to love as much as I love you, but even if you can't give me one, it wont change anything, because I didn't fall in love with you for your ability to have my children" Chris said as he smiled brightly.

Enterprise was stunned to silence, blushing a bit, but like the hero she was, it didn't stop her for long, "then I will resolve to protect you, my sisters, and everyone else, like I always do, and I resolve, no matter what it takes, to see the end of war with you by my side, with new life to carry the fight if peace is only temporary" Enterprise said as she leaned closer to chris.

They both shared a small but passionate kiss before breaking off.

"this new year....for once, it makes me want to live" Chris said with a smile

"You know what makes me want to live? ball banquets, let's not miss the ball now" Enterprise said, getting up

"Right away captain enterprise!" Chris said with a happy chuckle as they both raced out to the ball.

Notes:

HAPPY FUCKING NEW YEAR EVERYBODY.

Back to my cookie jar I go.

Chapter 13: A journey with death

Summary:

A visitor convinces chris that enough is enough, its time for him to finally get himself that therapy session.

And of all the people to visit, chris and enty wouldn't expect it to be a force of nature-masquerading girl

Notes:

This will have a lot of development in this, with some fluff then the heartache, all to explain the chaotic good the eagle union lt. commander is.

Darkness flooded across the nighttime atmosphere of the base, the house sitting by the eagle union dorms was quiet, except for one room.

In the kitchen, a silver haired aircraft carrier wearing a modest black nightgown was humming a merry phantom 9 melody as she prepared an overnight meal for her and her loving phoenix to enjoy in the morning, she got it out of the stove and into the fridge to set overnight, and prepared some tea to help her rest, winter spice, something chris made a lot to ease the cold nights.

Outside though, a whale floated towards the base, and uttered a sound similar to that of mourning, gongs, bells, the noise shoiok enterprise to her very cube.

She spun around and found herself with rapid flickering images of hornet and yorktown, sinking, bodies piled up, bodies she created, bodies of her friends.

She shook her head, she chanted a mantra to herself, "ignore it, ignore it, ignore it".

the whispers filled the air, and enterprise began to shake in ptsd, until she raised her bow to face the images, which promptly vanished

in their place, on a dinner table, a small feminine figure laid flat on her chest, slowing kicking the air with her legs, her mask covered her mouth but her yellow eyes leaked of nihilistic desire.

"You're a siren, WHY ARE YOU HERE" Enterprise angrily demanded

"Relax miss ghost, I'm not here to fight, I'm here on a courtesy visit" the figure replied

"A courtesy visit? for who?" Enterprise asked with suspicion in her tone.

That's when chris ran into the kitchen

"THAT FUCKING WHALE IS HE- oh.....oh god its who I thought it was" Chris grimaced.

"Hello to you too mister..." the figure said

"You know this siren? who is she?" Enterprise asked impatiently

"She's arbiter XIII, the only arbiter I actually like" Chris explained

"I have a name, its Miss D" Miss D said with a put

"Shut it death, and explain why you're scaring my girlfriend here" Chris said with a grouchy voice

"You're no fun....fine....I'm here for you, Miss code G has been praising you as of late, and I'm here to check you into a test" Miss D said

"Wait wait wait, she's death, so that explains the hallucinations, but what the fuck is this test?" Enterprise demanded

"He's getting himself examined in the world of dreams, it'll bring his past to light....it'll likely lead to more siren attacks if he succeeds, are you prepared for that?" Miss D asked

Enterprise nodded without haste, and so did Chris

"Then let's get you to Vestalt so we can give you a long needed therapy session, nice to meet you again though btw" Miss D said happily

"Same here, wish you brought donuts instead though..." Chris joked

---

*A few inches later*

---

Enterprise, Chris and Miss D soon were knocking on Vestalt's shack, she answered the door and when she saw all 3 of them, she sighed

"What seems to be the reason for your visit?" she asked emotionlessly

"I am going to get evaluated...mentally" Chris said

Vestalt smiled a bit and called inside, "Duckling the blondie is here, and they're here for some service~" she said in a singsong voice

"NEVER CALL ME THAT IN FRONT OF ANYONE ELSE" a voice angrily shouted as vestal soon emerged.

Chris and Enterprise both bit their tongues as Vestal stared them down

"so you're going to finally let us into your head, about time, let's get enterprise's sisters, and shinano, where is she anyway?" Vestal asked

"In my basement" Chris said without realising the implications

Vestalt chuckled darkly "oh myyyyyyy"

Vestal flustered, and Enterprise tried so hard not to laugh

Chris immediately tried to defend himself "N-NO ITS NOT LIKE THAT SHE'S STAYING THERE TO WEATHER THE STORM OF THE SEASON-"

Enterprise broke down laughing, managing to get out one sentence "OH YOU WEATHERED A STORM ALRIGHT" before breaking into more laughing fits

Chris could only groan as miss d patted his back

"Its okay blondie, words haven't been my strong suit either"

To cut some scenery short, Shinano was soon out of the basement and into a nice comfortable non-sex dungeon room, she sprawled out a bit on a giant futon fully clothed.

"Mmm...this one feels a bit concerned on what we'll find" she yawned

"don't worry about it miss shinano, we'll be there to evaluate, but before we begin, we will install this on your heads" Vestalt then linked a cord onto chris's head, and then shinano's

"this will allow us to record everything, so we can evaluate his mental state"

"That's all fine, but why are we here?" Yorktown asked

"Because you all have personal stake in figuring out what has gone wrong with him, and we need someone to observe with us" Vestal explained

"why not just Illinois?" Wasp asked

"Because what daddy's gone through is a lot, I am not ready to feel that much pain all at once....I AM empathic after all" Illinois said

"Very well, Chris....get close to shinano and prepare to dream" Vestalt said

Chris silently laid down next to shinano who wrapped him with her tails in a fluffy blanket, lulling him into a comfortable sleep.

But somebody else hugged him from the other side, letting shinano wrap her tails around her too.

"I'm not leaving him now, what he goes through is my burden too" Enterprise said as all three drifted off to sleep.

---

*Into the dream world*

---

Chris, Enterprise, Shinano, and Vestal found themselves awake in a blank white field

"So...this is where it begins..." Enterprise said

"kind of.....stagnant isn't it?" Shinano mused

But then the white light faded, and a hospital ward soon took shape.

They looked into an observation window, 16 newly born babies, 15 were crying their eyes out, but number 16 was sleeping away in the corner.

"Can you guess which one was me?" Chris said with a smile

Shinano chuckled motherly at what he said as Enterprise developed cuteness proximity seeing little chris snoozing.

"You know when we dived into your mind, I did not expect to literally see you as a newborn" Enterprise said, "you were cute sleeping even then"

"And everyone thought I was gonna be a girl until I came out of my mother" Chris said, "I've been a weird but welcome part of people's lives since day 1"

"Why is this being shown?" Vestal asked

"I wanted to show you that I was never completely ordinary, even as a newborn I kinda stood out" Chris chuckled

The scene changed again to some time later, baby moments with fun all around.

"This...isn't really helping us much" Vestal said with a frown, "though it IS adorable"

"These are memories I cling to in order to make the real shit easier to handle" Chris said flatly as more moments flashed

Now chris was 5 years old, but everything was different, new apartment, new adults, a little brother....

"What the hell happened?" Enterprise asked

"Idk myself....one day I was just in foster care......just like that.....and here it begins" Chris grimaced as he saw himself grow...and be abused.

Shinano whimpered seeing the handheld blade being held near his neck, the abuse thrown, being forced to sleep in the same room as a creepy big guy, several guys coming in and out...half clothed...constant vomiting....

Enterprise was horrified, and Vestal just had a "WELL..." look on her face

"Now we understand where it all started to go wrong then...." Vestal said

Outside, Vestalt and Yorktown were both stunned, Hornet felt anger, Wasp too.

Illinois for a lack of a better term, was ready to shoot something.

"I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY I HAD TO GO THERE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT GOT ME OUT OF IT AND BACK TO MY PARENTS, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THOSE PEOPLE......WAS IT MY SKIN COLOR? WAS IT JUST A BAD CALL OF THE SYSTEM? FUCKING HELL THIS WAS HORRIBLE FOR ME" Chris said, burying his face into enterprise's displacement as she gently hugged him

"They're gone now....they'll never be there to hurt you again.....what happened is distant memory, and you don't have to worry about it ever again" Enterprise said in a soft tone.

Chris didn't nod due to his position, but he gently cried into her chest.

Shinano dispersed the memory for the sake of everyone, and let a more happy memory emerge, which seemed to help

"Patient coped via happy memories, seemed to be a powerful suppressant" Vestal jotted down

then they saw a memory of chris having an accident where someone rammed their jaw into him by accident

"that had to have hurt" Vestal said

"oh it did, it REALLY did" Chris said rubbing the back of his head as they cut to the next day as chris sat, a stitch in his head, enjoying the fact he was allowed some free reading time.

"this seems a bit- what is that book" Enterprise asked

they took a closer look at the cover, "bismarck, story of germany's largest battleship"

"This is the start of my love of naval stuff, had it not happened, I would've likely never met any of you" Chris said

"what was...this one's story?" Shinano asked

"You didn't have much of one......sorry" Chris said

"Tis' is fine, you can partake of my story later" Shinano said with a sleepy smile that made Enterprise glare at her.

Then came the summers....constant bullying by neighbors, throughout the years day in and day out, constant crime, parental bickering, a brother growing up, homeschooling, isolation, it all began to come clear

"........Chris.........." Enterprise said softly as she hugged his arm, "how long have you been without companionship?"

"By this time...it'd be 10 years since I last had a friend to physically interact with around my age..." Chris said as he saw himself play with toddlers and little kids in various games.

"I tried to make do...but it just made me look creepy.....and then the dahmer accusations...oh god them..." Chris looked away as he knew what was coming.

The gang beatings soon followed, bureaucratic fuckery preventing justice...

and then...the day chris snapped, he killed numerous neighbors and went on a rampage.

and they saw a figure cheering him on

"That....was..." Enterprise began

"His creation.....idk what happened next, because I found myself drugged and pressed into service soon after...." Chris said

"So this is where you split in two huh?" Miss D said, materialising

"Fell asleep did you?" Chris snarked

"Yeah I did....felt some death being shown and...wow...you really did a number on them......" Miss D analysed

"And it's only gonna get worse..." Chris said as flashes of military training kicked into gear.

the usual stuff for people being pressed into service, harsh at that, feelings of "I'm going to die AFTER I go to hell" rang around the place, simulated attack runs, all could see that chris was broken as he sighed.

"They must've figured I wasn't gonna get any worse, so they tried to make a perfect soldier to do his job...for forces that make profit for it" Chris muttered as they all watched his training, then they saw one memory chris seemed to be hugging

"ALRIGHT TROOPS, THE NAVAL AVIATION TEAM IS HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU YOUR NEW PILOTS" someone shouted out as chris and his fellow soldiers lined up to greet the recently certified pilots.

Chris looked as dead as ever, then he saw one pilot, and broke rank, so did the pilot, and they hugged each other

"BRO I DIDN'T THINK YOU WERE STILL ALIVE" chris could be heard shouting

"I didn't think so either.....mom and dad say hi" his brother said morbidly

"I'll get reprimanded for breaking rank like this but it's good to have you back"

"We'll look over the reprimand today" chris's commanding officer said as he let them have a moment.

Enterprise smiled brightly in nostalgia, her mind flickered to when hornet and yorktown returned to her.

"He was one hell of a pilot, he definitely grew up...." Chris said as the memory faded

"So you were specialised in naval aviation? how did you stay friends with a submarine specialist?" Miss D asked

"joint policies, the tin cans always make room for the fish" Chris said with a laugh as such a meeting was shown.

"So this is where you started to heal again...." Vestal noted

but the healing wasn't to last, soon the war memories came in, chris fighting, sailing, doing whatever he had to do, he lived through it all, and as hours went by, it was taking its toll.

"South China sea was never glorious...yet they glorified it" Chris said without a hint of life in his voice.

"war is never pretty, and I know what its like to lose siblings, frankly that parade felt like a mockery of the dead" Enterprise said

"And then...things get worse..." Vestal noted as the world around them turned rusty red

"The sirens...." Shinano said

"They came fast, when I heard about them, I knew I was going to need to fight again...and as you know, fight I did" Chris said

And true to his word, the memories of him fighting flickered, one break with a visit to russia in peacetime, chris hugging a friend he had long awaited to see.

":she looks unhealthy" Miss d said

"Like you dont know why" Chris snarled

"sorry..." Miss d said, genuinely apologetic

Chris sighed and shook his head as the siren attack memories came in.

Including.....his attack on st. petersburg to stop the siren attack

They watched as he searched the burning city, and found said friend's corpse.

"......oh" Was all anyone said, the look on chris's face said more than any words could, and with the flickering of other memories of his comrades dying around him, its was becoming clear.....there was a LOT more to unpack

including the rise of the leviathan, multi-headed sea serpent-esque dragon that chris's fleet kept fighting.

one fight saw Miss D show up and fight it off.

"So thats how you two met" Enterprise observed

"D and I became unlikely friends, her attitude meshed well with my growing nihilistic attitude towards my life, we played cards and chess, it was fun" Chris said

"That it was, I know what's coming though....and I know that was the complete opposite" Miss d said solemnly as the last big memory showed up

"Sorry snake...the tin can's had it" charlie's voice could be heard

"GOD DAMN IT, COUNTLESS SORTIES, ENGAGEMENTS, AND WHAT HAVE YOU, AND A MERE BREATH IS THE TOWEL FOR YOU!?" Chris roared back

"I'm sorry boss, systems are down, and I'm taking water, one last thing for me to do" charlie said, before cutting the call with one final message "I love you sneaky snake, finish this SOB for the both of us" before he detonated his nuclear torpedo and missile payload into the belly of the leviathan, causing a cataclysmic explosion that shattered the leviathan, finally making it cease its attack

the injuries were immense and chris capitalised on it with an electromagnetic railgun shot that blasted a black-ish liquid blob out of its chest, as the beast sank below the waves.

"Damnit charlie..." Chris said as he kneeled down on the deck of his ship, CVN-80, now alone as the last soldier.

the dreams ended there, everyone woke up after that, processing what they had seen.

"That was....that was no siren" Vestalt said

"It wasn't....we're nothing like that" Miss D said.

Shinano fluffed around chris's body, but he wasn't wanting to move.

".......I'd like to go home now...." Chris said lifelessly

"That is precisely what I want you to do, go home, get some sleep, and we'll work on everything we have...and enterprise....you know what has to be done" Vestal said with a frown on her face

Enterprise nodded and helped chris up, he found the strength to walk and they both walked out of the room silently, Shinano following behind.

XXXXVVVVVXXXX

Shinano found herself resting on a futon in the living room of chris and enty's house, she summoned butterflies to dance around the house as Illinois prepared the master bed.

Chris plopped onto the bed and let himself be tucked in.

"That was.....a lot to watch..." Miss D said

"You mind getting out?" Enterprise asked calmly

"Yeah....I'll be with the sleepyhead....I'll despawn my whale" Miss D said as she walked off.

Enterprise closed the door behind her, and she went to look over chris

"You.....never told me....a lot of this"

"I didn't want to...." Chris muttered

"you knew we had to do this though.....sorry it hurt that much..."

"I should apologise.....I should've told you more in chunks.....but too late now, i know I'll have to say more.....I just...." Chris drifted off

there was silence, until enterprise spoke again

"You know....since I'm bigger....I can be your pillow" Enterprise said with a blush

"....I'd like that" Chris said with a smile as he got up and took his shirt off to get more comfortable

Enterprise smiled and, with little hesitation, took her shirt and bra off and laid on the bed next to to chris, who crawled on top of her and rested his head comfortably in her soft landing

Enterprise stroked the scars on his chest as he fell asleep, safe from all that could hurt him, safe from what he was forced to remember, snug in the wings of an eagle.

Or the soft landing of one anyway

Notes:

dk what the next chapter will be like, but it'll be a lot of rationalisation at least.

by the end of this, one thing will be answered, what exactly does chris intend to use with his gift from warspite.

Chapter 14: In his world.

Summary:

Therapy sessions have been progressing, but now, chris is able to confess to some stuff that really haunts him, and how sometimes, it feels like as much as karma has blessed him now, it HATED him before.

Notes:

MAJORLY DARK SHIT AHEAD, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

In the therapy room, chris laid on a comfortable share, staring at the ceiling of stars above as Vestalt and Vestal finished writing some stuff down, Enterprise, dressed like her bon voyage skin, sat in a chair, waiting to hear what rolls off chris's tongue.

"So......tell us, what was your first major test of will?" Vestal asked

"It was shortly after we captured 3,000 soldiers from the enemy, it was part of my attempts to secure a beachhead in occupied korea...'

*flashback*

"Hey boss look at these guys, all scared, we should have some fun with them"

"Negative soldier, make sure they're kept in the proper facilities until we can send them to japan"

"Sir, this is not wise, they could escape....they could leak our position, tell them about potential weaknesses they can exploit....they're killing our countrymen in cold, blood, we-"

"are doing the same"

"S-sir?"

"You will see to it they're detained properly, I do not want any disobedience, dismissed"

the soldier does leave, but then several minutes later, screams are heard on deck and someone informs chris of what's going on, forcing him to run on deck and see people being shot and thrown overboard

"STAND DOWN ALL OF YOU"

They didn't, and chris could see several prisoners still alive but....declothed

Chris had his anger boil over and he called over shark eye, who saw what was going on and called over some marines from another ship in the task force

"READY." chris shouted, the marines got ready

"AIM." the marines aimed

The offending officers realised what was about to happen and stopped what they were doing.

but it was too late to sway chris.

"FIRE."

The marines fired, and despite the implications, nobody received fatal injuries, but many were shot in the leg, some in parts of their arms"

*end flashback*

"I had trained some marines in local enforcement, I remember saying that anyone who dares commit a crime in my task force would be treated just the same, the offending officers were then sent to japan to be extradited, somebody did a coverup and disinformation campaign to discredit the offenders and to prevent me from facing punishment, not many people wanted to commit a crime after that" Chris remarked


Enterprise was stunned silent, but vestal nodded grimly


The next memory was quick but it was clear it haunted chris, a bunch of soldiers had returned from an assault on guangdong, and they were barely put together, arms missing, legs missing, eyes missing, some had deformed jaws, but their leader was the one to speak

"We're tired sir, we can't go back"

"I wasn't gonna send you back in there"

"That wasn't what I mean sir...we can't go back home....we're mutilated messes....please....give us the final discharge"

The shots that ended the memory echoed throughout the room.

"You gave them a merciful end, decent of you" Vestalt mused

"I had to do it several times, being asked to kill my own men, they didn't even want to see if we could help, they just wanted to be dead, and it happened over and over....I didn't bother trying to convince them...I should've done more..." Chris bemoaned.


Chris then talked about a lot after that, then came the siren attacks

"They came and wiped out several cities in a deadly first strike, shortly after I was pulled into a room....and without much pain relief, forcibly installed with the tech I use now, they wanted to make sirens.....they wanted to make you guys even...." Chris said

"Then how come it didn't work?" Vestalt asked

"Because they kept killing the test subjects, I was the first one to not die, and thus they figured the rest would come naturally, but thats now how it worked, not how any of it worked, I didn't quite understand why I never became one of you...but understanding your nature, I can put into words why it failed for me" Chris said

"why?" was vestal's response

"Because you're all living concepts of your hulls carrying the hopes and dreams of humanity, forming your own identity is how you become human......but I'm already human, I have no conceptualised nature, I'M A FUCKING HALF-SIREN, the sirens were made to resemble "code g" as they called her, but they have no concept, they have to consume or manipulate concepts to have something unique, thats why the arbiters exist"

"You're right about that" Miss D said, having flown in.

"For me.....to become a kansen, would be to bond with a ship, a ship that is likely conceptualised many times over, not even named after me, so if I were to merge....I'd be overwritten by the concept.....unless a ship is built from the ground up, named after me, and conceptualised AS me.....if such a task was even possible"


"I don't want to lose myself........flaws and all.....I haven't even talked about the organ harvest......." Chris said


Vestalt, morbidly curious asked about it.

"My troops became cannibals...thats the line short of it, the recipes developed were horrible...." Chris said

The session continued more as chris revealed that there was a re-enactment of Nanjing as part of a siren attack, leading to it being nuked off the map out of desperation, how he ordered the nuking of chicago to stop a siren elite from converting the city into a mass produced land army, and how one siren attack lead him to effectively burn st. petersburg....and how he saw the corpses of the one that had helped him so much before the war, and how after that, he became dead inside to the sight of war, and lost care for just about everyone.....and if you're wondering why I brush over this, see the end notes


Eventually time ran out, and Vestal offered some words.

"Take some time off to recover from this session, and don't worry, none of us here think any less of you, even knowing this nobody will shun you, and if you're worried someone will, well this is confidential, so don't worry about that" Vestal assured.


Chris nodded and left with a silent Enterprise in tow.


Their walk was silent, chris felt dead inside and didn't even look at enterprise, he was scared, she had heard all of it, and she hadn't said a word.


When they got home, chris promptly fell onto the couch and laid there on his side, staring at nothing.


Enterprise looked on silently, tears forming in her eyes seeing him like this, but she brushed them away and got something from upstairs, she came down and put it in chris's hand, the doll she made for him.


He moved his hand to hold it tight as he heard Enterprise leave without a word.

Despite everything that had happened, and despite his mood, this gesture assured him that her leaving without explanation was a good thing.

Notes:

I cant do this shit man...I gotta stop....it depresses me more than I already am.

I brushed through it for my sanity....I'll be working on a fluffy chapter right after this one, I need to do this.

Chapter 15: Enterprise's resolve

Summary:

After a rather dark and horrifying session of therapy she attended willingly, Enterprise has figured that Chris has had more demons than she thought.

And she's determined to prove her true opinion on the matter in any way she can.

Shortly after the door closed, Enterprise briefly stopped down the path, the snow felt colder for some reason, and she nearly sneezed, luckily she brought her white coat with her and a scarf, so she was warm after she put them on.

She hustled down to the sea nearby, and saw an animalistic rigging swimming amongst the cold waves, which noticed her and swam up to her, revealing the girl ridding it.

"Nautilus? what are you doing here?" Enterprise asked.

"I like being near LC chris, he's nice to me" Nautilus said

Enterprise couldn't help but agree with that reasoning.

"Well, speaking of.....he's not doing so well, depressed mainly....." Enterprise said sadly

Nautilus jumped out of the water and nodded

"whatever it is I promise to help" the submarine said

Enterprise smiled at nautilus like a cool person would, and they ventured forth.

XXXVVVXXX

As they walked and chattered about stuff, Enterprise's mind was still abuzz, thus she didn't notice a golden haired battleship approaching her.

"Hallo ghost" the battleship said, which snapped enterprise out of her buzz

"Bismarck, nice to see you" Enterprise said

"Same to you" Bismarck replied simply

"What brings you to the eagle union quarter?" Enterprise asked

"I was here to visit north carolina on a matter, but from your posture and general feel, I think you have something to talk about" Bismarck said

Enterprise's face fell, Bismarck was blunt, and although she didn't mean it, it did kinda catch her off guard.

Nautilus walked up to Bismarck "Miss Enterprise is having trouble with her love life" the submarine said innocently but definitely badly

Enterprise gave her a glance that told her she had made an error, but before she could apologise, Bismarck smiled

"Okay Enterprise, let's get you some coffee and schweinshaxe" Bismarck said.

"That'd be nice" Enterprise said

XXXVVVXXX

They sat at a table in a restaurant owned by Nevada, who served them their meals, and the chatting began

"For several months I have had to be a great GF to a depressed suicidal human from a timeline where everyone he knew and loved is dead, and then I find out he's committed acts so heinous they were literally banned by his world's closest thing to a global government, sure he's helped azur lane, and he's been nothing but honest, but I kinda wish he had hid that..." Enterprise admitted.

"And why is that?" Bismarck asked calmly

"......because knowing this...it hurts...I didn't realise he had gone so far.....even knowing his troubled family life.......I don't understand how this is the same person"

"I see." Bismarck said sipping her coffee as someone who had been listening showed herself

"I don't quite see the problem" Blücher said

"Wait, what are you doing here Blücher?" Enterprise said, and shortly after those words left her mouth, a distant horse neigh could be heard

"Just spreading joy, I overheard your conversation, and while it may be cliche to see, I say I agree" Blücher said with a smile

Enterprise titled her head in confusion

"It IS hard to believe its the same person, because it isn't" Blücher said while petting nautilus on the head.

Bismarck nodded, "she's right, it isn't the same person"

Enterprise looked even more confused.

"Tell me, back before pearl harbor, were you happy, bubbly, and even a bit of a scamp as it were?" Bismarck asked

Enterprise nodded

"Then after midway, and then santa cruz, you became bitter, lifeless, determined to win and destroy anyone who stood in your way" Bismarck said

Enterprise frowned at this being brought up, "I...I don't want to remember that"

"Like how we don't want to remember the old eugen for being hollow and faking her smiles" Blücher said pointedly

Realisation hit enterprise like a truck, and her face showed it

"You get it now, its part of being human, they can change a lot, and often for the better when influenced in the right ways" Bismarck said

Enterprise was silent as she ate her meal and slowly drank her coffee, "It IS a lot to take in though......" Enterprise said, "even if I know he's different now, and for the better, its still a heavy burden to know.....and I don't know how to go about it" Enterprise said meekly

Bismarck and Blücher chuckled to each other.

"That's the grey ghost we used to hear about, couldn't quite grasp her human side" Bismarck said

Enterprise turned away "H-hey don't tease"

Bismarck just chuckled more, "We're definitely twins, but between you and me, this conversation's getting dull, how about we take our leave and go on a lady's night sortie?" Bismarck asked with a grin

Enterprise caught on, and between the mild stress shakes she was feeling and Blücher's grin, she smiled back

"Let's go"

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Back home, Chris had gotten off the couch and freshened up in a shower when he heard a gentle knock on the door.

"Its open" Chris said, and soon the door opened, revealing two kansen of familiar frame

"Dad get ready to have some fun!" Illinois proclaimed as Eugen revealed herself

"Guten tag Chris" she said calmly as she plopped down, her sports shirt and shorts being uncharacteristic of the weather but her discarded winter coat explained a bit on how she got here.

Illinois plopped down next to her, and they both stared at chris.

"Listen here, we know you've had a bad time, and we're here to help ya" Illinois said in a bubbly tone

Chris nodded, "Okay, and how exactly do you intend on helping me?"

Illinois pointed to the game room, "we're gonna play some games, and you're gonna enjoy it" Illinois said with a blep

Chris stared at the game room, and sighed, "okay...let's try this"

*a few minutes later*

"OH COME ON REALLY?" Illinois whined at the results screen

"Get gut" Eugen grinned as she looked at her first place spot, chris in second

Illinois groaned and the rematch progressed, but no matter what she did, she wasn't able to beat chris (fox) or eugen (samus), maybe her choice of zelda didn't help matters.

It became clear through that chris was the superior brawler, as he ko'd eugen 5 times in a row, and even final smashed both ladies off the field in one go.

"You don't hold back do you?" Eugen said

"Just ask enty~" Chris said with a smirk

"Maybe I will ask for a demonstration~" Eugen smirked back

"JUST FUCK ALREADY" Illinois said in her gamer rage.

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Enterprise, Bismarck, Blücher, and Nautilus were having their ladies night, as nautilus reported in

"Siren fleet detected, heading northwest towards Sakura" Nautilus said

Enterprise nodded and changed her rigging's course.

They were all resting on it in preparation for the battle, the sheer size of the vessel rendering Blücher silent, Bismarck was plain amazed by how fast it was moving.

"And you said laffey nearly broke apart trying to keep up with you?" Bismarck said

"Yep, poor girl was out of fuel, topsides salted and engines worn out, she healed up well though" Enterprise said

"To be a nuclear ship...would be the final upgrade I could ever hope to ask for" Bismarck said as she closed her eyes in thought

Enterprise began thinking herself when finally, the siren fleet came into her viewing range

"Nautilus, fall back, I'll begin a plane operation, Blücher *a horse neigh is heard*, Bismarck, what you do is up to you" Enterprise said.

Bismarck and Blücher both summoned their riggings and deployed for battle as Nautilus fell back, Enterprise then launched her hellcats and even some tigercats into the air as her mcclusky dive bombers sailed forth, grimm leading the attack with a gust of wind that blew the bombs straight into the siren queens, destroying their air capabilities as the cats flew in and shot their planes down, allowing Blücher's attack on the vanguard to go unimpeded as she fired a torpedo spread that destroyed some siren pawns and forced the knights to take the full brunt of long range plunging fire, courtesy of geryon.

Nautilus turned around after he fall back was finished and she waited for the go ahead to strike, which she got when some busters came into view.

The torpedoes found their targets and the busters were dealt with, right on time for bismarck to take center stage.

"Geryon, FIRE" she ordered, geryon channeled his enegry and fired a giant laser that wrecked through a surfacing lurker and some trackers, destroying the siren's center with little effort.

However, as they had come from behind, while they DID ambush successfully, the siren fleet wasn't done yet, and it turned around to face the four, with a massive amount of sirens showing themselves.

"You've got to be kidding me" Blücher said, exhausted

Bismarck fired endlessly into the amassing fleet in front of her, ordering Blücher back while nautilus strained to fight the lurkers.

despite their efforts though, only Bismarck was able to keep up the pace, Nautilus had to fall back behind enterprise, and Blücher was blasting her own guns apart trying to prevetn herself from being overwhelmed.

Grimm was providing decent air cover, but even he couldn't stop it all, especially as more queens appeared, with strategists to boot.

"Incoming airstrike, MASSIVE AIRSTRIKE" Blücher radioed as she sailed to avoid it, Bismarck following in the lead, but they were caught up in it.

Grimm broadcasted this back to Enterprise, who knew it was her time to back them up in full.

"Everyone fall back, I'm coming through" she proclaimed over the radio as she summoned her battle rigging, dissolving its ship form.

She then raced towards the battle, closing the gap with incredible speed, the other kansen moved back as she prepared her planes.

She had grimm do spotting with her hellcats as she maneuvered around the field to avoid the gunfire and airstrikes, and after she compiled the fleet organisation data, her eyes began to glow white

"OWARI DA" she said as she fired a glowing white firey arrow, which, within seconds, destroyed numerous siren ships, and her bombers flew behind it to unleash a flurry of bombs, causing cataclysmic damage as grimm took part with a dive bombing of his own, taking out several strategists in one strike.

The resulting destruction caused disorder int he siren forces, and Enterprise followed this up with an attack run from her torpedo bombers, which torpedoed many of the sirens that scattered to avoid the bombings, sinking more of them without much effort.

When it was all done, Bismarck and Blücher came from behind to finish the job with pursuing gunfire, leaving only the cargo ships behind to be looted.

Enterprised sighed in relief, she felt her stress bleed away rapidly.

"I know its our duty to do this, but these sirens were defeated so easily, I feel like....now more than ever, we're finally going to see the end of this war" Enterprise said with an optimistic smile

XXXVVVVXXX

After they all returned to base to report on the encounter, and turn in what they salvaged, Bismarck turned to Enterprise.

"I know you're not used to bleeding off stress like this, but now you're able to think more clearly, so go to your lieben and talk" Bismarck said encouragingly, Enterprise nodded, and hugged her.

"Thanks for the help bis'" she said before going back to chris's house.

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Enterprise found the door unlocked, and when she walked in, she was met with a surprising sight.

A full banquet made for her, sweet tea to go along with it, and a well-dressed blonde haired idiot humming as he straightened out some stuff on the table.

"C-chris? did you make all this?" Enterprise said stunned

Chris turned with a soft smile, "Not all of it, had some help, please sit, and have your fill" chris pulled a chair out to offer it.

Enterprise sat down, still a bit stunned, but downright voracious, the chicken wings she saw were gone within seconds.

"This is delicious, how did you manage to....when I left earlier, you weren't doing so hot" Enterprise said

Chris's face twitched a little, but he drank some sweet tea before talking.

"That I was, then Illinois and Eugen visited and we played video games together, managed to win several times at smash bros 4, even did some brawl, and some ultimate, won effortlessly, but then we did some sonic 2 and boy did eugen HATE the special zones, and let me tell ya it became a competition after awhile, I managed to get the good ending, but because of my dilly dallying I didn't finish the game first, Illinois did, much to her joy, and then we went and played some board games, and then next thing I know, Eugen leaves and Illinois follows" Chris said, chattering away as he sliced up some steak and then ate it.

Enterprise listened patiently before speaking, "seems you did well without me, I'm glad"

Chris ate some steak before speaking again.

"Truth is, you leaving allowed me TO do well without you, at least for a little bit, as wrong as that may sound, whatever you went out to do allowed me to just sit back and relax, it helped ease my stress all the same....don't worry about being unable to, I know you needed some air and some space, thats why I didn't object, although I really wanted to, can't be suffocatingly clingy, because that would mean I'm practically a parasite, which is harmful and not a good idea in any relationship, much less our kind, and let me tell ya I fucked up numerous times due to that, some fucked up because they were the clingy ones, one time both of us were clingy, and thats why I'm not trying to be, I made this dinner for you to come back to so we can enjoy a nice evening, btw I'll have the report on that tomorrow morning, I'm sure you did well, after all, nautilus went with you, that girl is adorable when she wants to be but man is she sneaky-"

Enterprise raised a hand as she felt her head spin.

"Please stop, I understand but you're babbling a bit" Enterprise said

Chris moved back a little "sorry, how was the sortie though?" chris asked

"Nothing unusual, destroyed a lot of sirens, it felt good, relived a lot of stress" Enterprise said

Chris nodded, "well please don't make a habit of relieving stress that way, you'll become a blood knight like I was, and that's not a fun thing to be, but I'm glad you're doing better yourself"

"On the topic of you.....I just.....I can't believe humans are capable of so much good AND so much evil....you really showed no mercy to fellow humans..." Enterprise said, her head hurting from the babble and her confusion about chris's total 180.

Chris sighed sadly "Thats just how humans are, we're capable of doing good things, like you for example, but we're capable of doing bad things, like those fucking sirens" Chris said, "and I've done many extremes.........the fact you're back here shows that you don't think negatively of me for it" Chris analysed

This made enterprise more baffled and confused, he was chill, talkative, and even analytical, before he could barely move, he was that depressed, it was utterly illogical, and enterprise's logical mind steamed over.

"WHY ARE YOU SO CONFUSING" Enterprise suddenly shouted slamming her fist on the table.

Chris arched back from the noise recoil.

Enterprise exhaled, her head clear and she talked normally again.

"I just.....sorry...I don't understand a lot still....I'm still a kansen....conceptualised by humans....and I've tried to be human, but its still confusing, that therapy session, you admitted to things I've associated with siren behavior, hell you ARE half siren now, yet you still marched on and changed, it shouldn't be possible, going that far in one direction yet coming back, its like META corruption only its reversible, HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO DO THAT" Enterprise shouted again but didn't slam anything.

Chris chuckled, "Humans made machines with simple code to do menial tasks, we conceptualised things to try and make them more like us, but in the end often made them less human by not giving them independent thought, and when we did, we feared them replacing us, kind of like how the sirens were to replace you in the original timeline if my notes are correct"

Enterprise was silent, but she nodded to show she was following the conversation.

"Yet in doing so, we inevitably try to lose emotion to live life easier, which would make us unable to really live...."

Enterprise finally spoke, "so....you're telling me humans are confusing because they want to be machines because they think it'd be better that way, yet we machines would rather be human because we feel it'd be better that way, thus we're at an impasse?" she asked

"That is correct, makes sense right?" Chris asked as he downed a chicken wing.

Enterprise just smiled "No it doesn't"

"Will you search for logic?" Chris asked

"Possibly, but I think it'll just confuse me more" Enterprise admitted

"Hahaha, you're becoming more human by the day" Chris smiled.

Enterprise started laughing too, "So is this what it means to be human, to be self-contradicting confusing menaces to the world out of an effort to try to figure out how the world works?"

Chris nodded with a goofy grin.

Enterprise just gave up and started laughing uncontrollably, pounding her hand clenched hand against the table while laughing into said table, this logic was so baffling she couldn't help but laugh.

Chris began laughing too, "Damnit enty you're making me laugh, didn't I tell you laughter is *hehee* contagious?"

"No you didn't" Enterprise said between laughs.

After they stopped laughing, they finished their meal, and enterprise adjourned to their shared room.

Chris smiled as she went up the stairs and then walked to a secret workshop room, got out some gemstones and metallic alloy, and began working on something.

"I'm convinced enty, your resolve to be human is the best thing about you"

Notes:

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Chapter 16: A promoted phoenix.

Summary:

Chris gets a call from his superiors, and Enty is delighted to see his reaction.

Notes:

10 kudos, thanks guys :D

It was a gentle morning that greeted chris upon his awakening, he got up out of his bed and threw on a morning naval robe as he got ready to start his day.

Enterprise was in a similar robe and had already gotten up, and she tapped chris's soldier.

"Mind telling me who cleaned grimm's aviary?" she asked

"That was me" Chris said

Enterprise smiled and kissed his cheek "thanks, he's finally smelling good"

"well you're welcome then" Chris said as he went to a special tv.

This tv was like the one in his old dorm, a monitor for video chats, and he read the incoming messages, but then an eagle flashed on his screen, with 4 stars around it.

"Ho boy..." Chris got on his had and coat for some form of presentability, and answered the call

"Admiral winfield sir, top of the morning to you" Chris said with a salute

Winfield saluted back

"Lt. commander chris, I'm here to inform you about our decision about your activities as of late" Winfield said in a warm tone.

"what's the verdict sir?" Chris asked slightly nervously

"you've created a nuclear powered aircraft carrier, managed to bring the royal navy back, destroyed countless sirens in only a few months, and lead lots of refinement of the base's fleets,with the inclusion of jets if I'm understanding this right, and all this retrofit and type II stuff, the budget's been reworked constantly because of you, and charles has had a few notes about you, and what's this we hear about a midget with some jellybeans?" Winfield asked, eyebrow raised

"...Long story sir" Chris said

Winfield brushed that off, "well anyway, is ol' lucky E with you?"

Chris turned away "ENTY, the admiral's calling for you" he called out

Enterprise quickly came in full uniform: "CVN-65 REPORTING SIR!" she said with a salute

"At ease lady E, I'm pleased to tell you that you are now officially confirmed as the supreme flagship of the eagle union pacific fleets, and flagship of 3rd fleet" Winfield said

"Thank you sir" Enterprise responded, "but who will be my commanding officer?"

Winfield gave a stare that said "I know why you asked, I don't blame you for wanting to confirm what may not be so obvious", and turned to Chris

"After review, the joint command of the alliance has decided to upgrade your commission, not only are you now fully recognised as a naval aviation officer, but you are now a full commander." Winfield said

Chris's eyes widened in shock, but he kept his calm "t-thank you sir" he said

"As of now, on top of increased pay and a full team of secretaries, you will be allowed a personal naval aviation squadron, which will be on the ship we have assigned you to as part of the 3rd fleet" Winfield explained

Chris was given time to think, and then he smiled, "I take it I can't change my assignment?" he chuckled

"No you cannot deal with the fact you're assigned to CVN-65, she's your responsibility, and you're not allowed to pass it on to somebody else, AM I CLEAR" Winfield said with clear ham intent.

"YES SIR" Chris said with a salute, Winfield saluted back and cut the call.

There was a brief silence until chris and enty wrapped each other in a big spinning hug, enterprise being hoisted off the ground and spun around.

"I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!" Chris said happily as he continued to spin enterprise around until setting her back down.

"This is amazing news, now you're a full commander and get to lead your own squadron of aircraft, and you're assigned to me, oh this is wonderful" Enterprise said, her eyes filled with hearts as she fell back into bed, head full of thoughts, imagining chris flying high with planes, dancing around siren aircraft and bombing them from high above, both of them flying around her ship at night, doing tricks to entertain the little ships, she swooned with joy at the thoughts.

Chris looked on lovingly seeing enterprise so happy, he fell back on the bed with her and cupped her cheek.

"babe let's focus on the business at hand first, chkalov and kearsarge have finished the new grummans~" Chris said with a singsong tone at the end.

Enterprise sighed, "okay babe"

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*One walk later*

Chris and Enterprise walked into the lab and were met by the wonderful cheers of the bulins and chkalov, kearsarge sighed in relief

"welcome back buli~" one of the universal bulins chirped, "we have the new jets buli~" a prototype mk II said

Chris chuckled at their energy.

Enterprise waved at the scientists, nakhimov purred back as someone stuffed her drink with nip.

"So, what jets we got for me to finally test out?" Enterprise asked

"Well, here's your new cat, the panther" Chkalov said as she handed a rainbow gear cube to enterprise, "but we can't really upgrade your torpedo bombers anymore, seems good torpedoes have to be larger and faster than what many aircraft can carry, apologies"

Enterprise shook her head "no you're fine, I'm happy with a new cat"

"Good, because we managed to get something else from the higher ups, it took us a lot of sweat to find, but here's your new A-3 skywarrior, refined and ready to roll" Chkalov beamed

Enterprise took the rainbow cube and installed it in her rigging again.

"But thats not all, to increase you complement, we have missile attack craft now, the F-4 phantom", which was again, in a rainbow cube enterprise put in her rigging.

"Thanks chkalov, I can feel the power they possess" Enterprise said

"Good, make sure you train with them properly, don't want you to explode, or they explode, or someone else explodes" Chkalov chuckled

"Well I'll be happy to train with her, gonna need it" Chris said

"why is that comrade chris?" Chkalov asked curiously

"Because I'm now a fully recognised naval aviation officer, full commander too, AND I'm assigned to enty here" Chris said, holding enterprise's hand gently

"Congratulations comrade!" Chkalov said with a hug, kearsarge hugged him too, they broke off quickly though.

"Does this mean you are extra tactical power for enterprise?" kearsarge asked

"Yep, I can fly planes, I'm thinking of flying the phantoms myself, they're close to the jets I used to fly in my time somewhat, and thus I'll be able to work with it" Chris said

"Good good, anything else you have to say?" Kearsarge asked

"Yes, as the only aviation commander here, I have in theory supreme authority over all naval aviation squadrons, meaning from here on, what I say in regards to aviation development goes, and as such, continue your work, and equip kearsarge with an F-4 when you can" Chris said before he walked out with enterprise

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Outside, Chris was interrupted by an air drop, it had the air force logo on it, with a note

"From your friendly neighborhood air force colonel bradford, fight on commander!"

Chris chuckled, "friendly, dude hasn't seen himself in the morning", he then opened the parcel, and found a cube inside.

"Huh...wonder what thats for" Chris said as he activated it.

Enterprise covered her eyes as light flashed around chris.

Soon his wings were moved to his torso sides, and stiffened in a peculiar manner, then armoring became covering his body, including a mouthguard, a visor, and a communications helmet that was styled with blue flames.

Enterprise looked at this change with amazement, and chris was staring at his hands and body.

"Enty....this is my battle suit...idk how they made it, but this is for when we sortie....according to the information the cube gave me" Chris said

Enterprise nodded, still amazed, she touched the armor to feel it, it was steel alright, and tough.

She snapped out of the amazement and both of them were silent, before enterprise spoke.

"You wanna fly around the island and make out?"

"HECK YEAH!"

And thats precisely what they did.

Notes:

Chris was always going to have some kind of battle suit to fit his promoted position, he's not a guy to simply handle logistics, he will step into the field to provide physical support as well.

That said, BEHOLD, SCHIZO TECH, and for anyone curious, chris's suit is an F-4 phantom designed as battle armor, bradford had a hunch he'd want to be it so he planned ahead, and although the F-4 phantom is an air force/marines aircraft, fuck it we have naval variants now, we're ballin'.

And ho boy am I glad to say we're gonna have the fluffening coming.

Chapter 17: Childish talk.

Summary:

Chris and Enty have a conversation about their future, specifically if they can expand the family.

It was a quiet evening, except for the TV which showed some looney ass cartoon

"Neon noodle!?" a voice called from the tv

"Animation sure is wonderful" Enterprise said as she snuggled up next to her bedfellow, her nightgown meshing well with her bedfellow's pajamas.

"Sure is wonderful what one can do when given guidelines that allow you to be funny and over the top" Chris said as he chuckled at seeing the duck make neon noodle into an "Eat at joe's" neon symbol.

"Is this why you love animation, because of how fantastical it allows itself to be? how imaginative?" Enterprise asked

"The creativity gives you something to watch that you cant get from watching real life people, if I wanted to watch reality I'd just get a camera and record all of you" Chris said as he queued up the home menu to watch the evening report.

"There is a heavy cloud bank rolling in tonight, expect high winds viewers, now onto the temperature readings" a white haired battleship said as she then queued up the weather map

"Here over on the big island you have a temperature of high 60's, the small island over here is about 42- everyone in Kahului is dead, the temperature is 60,000F, nobody is safe, avoid it lest you're sent to meet that dummkopf hitler himself" The battleship joked as she saw the haywire reading.

"Who is hitler?" Enterprise asked

"The epitome of what a human can become when put through hell and nobody tries to treat them right in their formative years" Chris said, "he would've liked the sirens though"

Enterprise decided not to pursue the question further, instead saying something else "if its true humans can achieve great evil when raised badly, it says a lot that you're still this sane" she said with a boop.

"Well, it takes a LOT to turn someone into something that vile, kind of like turning META I guess, and even THEN many METAs aren't as vile as some humans I know about, especially when bad behavior is inherited, from parent to child because the parent didn't try to be better than their parent" Chris said.

This made enterprise pause, and it was clear something had just came into her mind, something she had thought about for a long time.

"Something the matter enty?" Chris asked with a boop.

Enterprise nodded, "Vestal has told me that she still doesn't know if....I can have children.....see, we kansen CAN get pregnant, amagi got pregnant with amagi-chan, but its only through artificial means, like excess wisdom cube energy being shot with a special laser, or in the case of belfast, mad science, little bel is adorable though" Enterprise said before continuing.

"But I don't want an artificial child, not anymore, I want to have a natural human child, with you, through what humans would consider normal methods" Enterprise said.

Chris closed his eyes in thought before opening them, "I see, is that why you bury your face in the pillow while demanding to be impregnated?" Chris said with a teasing blep.

Enterprise blushed furiously, "n-not just that, I just love your combat gear- AGH" Enterprise buried her face in a pillow in embarrassment, screaming into it.

Chris chuckled "well yours ain't half bad either my fair lady", which earned him a pillow thrown at his face.

"P-POINT IS I WANT YOUR CHILD AND I WANT TO CONTINUE TRYING UNTIL I HAVE IT" Enterprise said in a flushed manner.

Chris smiled, "enty, even if we can't have children, I'll gladly accept a little enty if it means having a child to raise, I even have names picked out already"

Enterprise gasped, "you planned that far ahead?"

"Yep, Emily, Elise, Denise, Angelica, Emilia, Yui, there's a bigger list" Chris said as he raised one finger for each name

Enterprise was baffled but chuckled, "if we have a natural daughter, Emily or Yui would be my picks" she said

Chris smiled in delight, "if its a boy though, Christian jr. would be neat, but also David, William, Chester, Arleigh, Jack" Chris said rattling off more names

Enterprise smiled, "and how can you be sure we'll be able to have a son, I'm a kansen remember?" she teased

Chris smiled "and I'm half siren, so we're basically having a 1/3 human, 1/3 siren, 1/3 kansen triple breed for a child who is most likely going to be nuclear since they'll be baked in your body, look out world, the ultimate combination of man and machine will kick your ass" Chris said throwing a fist into the air and shouting upwards, his dorky posture making enterprise chuckle before hugging him.

"Alright you, I was gonna ask if you would be fine if I was sterile, but you've convinced me that while thats true, I'm not accepting it, I WILL give you a child no matter what happens, just....take care of me and help the other girls pick up the slack when I'm pregnant okay?" She asked with sparkles in her purple eyes.

Chris nodded, "I will enty, even if it isn't possible, I won't stop trying" he assured her.

Enterprise blushed at that, and felt her body heat up.

"I am so happy to hear that" Enterprise said, "you know what? wanna try again?~" she asked as she took off her nightgown.

Chris smiled full of lust in his eyes.

"I'm trying forever, failure is not an option~" Chris said, enterprise then jumped on top of him and arrested his lips.

It was a long but fun night of "attempts"

Notes:

Children are wonderful.

Btw yes that IS tirpitz as the base's weather lady, and yes, I WILL do some actual smut scenes, maybe next chapter, gotta test that basement more HEHEHEHEHE

Chapter 18: What's cookin?~

Summary:

Enterprise wears an apron for the first time, but due to some of hornet's advice on how to wear it, she doesn't wear it for long.

A gruffy chris opened the door and forcibly slammed it behind him, huffing his way through the house as he started to smell something good.

He relaxed a little, and felt his stomach grumble, it WOULD be nice for him to have a meal to calm down from his argument with the royal navy ambassadors, and so he went to the kitchen.

"I swear enty whatever you're cooking smells g- WOAH" was his reaction upon being met with one of the greatest sights known to any commander.

Having paused midway through taking a pot out of a cabinet, enterprise was still for a few seconds, her voluptuous frame having bent forward to reach the cabinet, her voluptuous frame arcing ever slightly, her rather vast displacement that made taihou see a potential rival laying on the counter, her stern and legs in a firm balanced stance as she turned to see what the fuss was about, but little did she realise, it wasn't her apron that had gotten the reaction.

She stood up straight, facing forward, letting chris see the letters on the apron, "kiss the cook", before she asked in bafflement

"Dear.....why did you shout?" Enterprise asked confused

"Who told you to dress like that?" Chris asked

"Hornet did, said aprons are great for cooking" Enterprise admitted

Chris's face strained not to break into laughter.

"Oh yeah thats right...but uhhh..... did hornet specifically say thats ALL you needed to wear?" Chris asked

Enterprise let her thoughts process before it hit her, and she smiled slyly

"Oh not quite, she just said that it may awaken something within you, an urge to bake a creampie as it were~" Enterprise admitted as she walked closer to chris and pressed her chest against his.

"Have I succeeded?" she asked with faux innocence as she traced chris's side gently

Chris's answer was a gasp of delight and enterprise being pushed back, she looked down and got her answer.

"well well well, the phoenix is rising again after all~" she teased, "something tells me you've had a frustrating day and need some stress relief"

"arguing with diplomats does that to you, and walking home seeing your hot carrier girlfriend wearing nothing but an apron does THIS to a guy" Chris pointed at his "special cannon"

Enterprise chuckled lustfully, "well tell ya what, I WAS making something for you, and its already in the fridge cooling for you to eat later~" Enterprise said as she got some chocolate from the mixing bowl, put it on her finger, and let chris taste it.

"chocolate cake?" Chris asked

"a chocolate volcano cake~" Enterprise said as she groped chris's ass, "but thats not the only thing I want you to eat~"

Chris felt himself get even harder, and his body stiffened, trying not to pounce on enterprise as she stood back up and laid over the nearby kitchen table on her back, inviting chris with a simple look.

Chris wasted no time in getting her apron off her legs and bundled up on her stomach before kneeling down and having a gander at what awaited him.

"Enty...how did you know I liked tuna?~" chris said teasingly before he promptly inserted his tongue and began licking enterprise's insides.

Enterprise moaned in satisfaction as she felt his tongue greet her hole's insides softly, his mouth motions making her moan more as he continued his "feasting"

"Mmmmph~" was all enterprise could mutter.

chris kept at his work, increasing his tongue movements as he gently began caressing enterprise's sides.

Enterprise's mind became blurred, filled with the sensations of being devoured with such care, it was more sublime than how rough she was used to taking it, it filled her with desire for more, to be devoured like crazy, to be ravaged and ruined, but also made her relax completely, free of any reason to be stiff and rigid, she could lay back and finally ease her woes and let herself be taken along the winds of love.

"Mmmm, yes, YES, ohhh yeeeees~" she cried out as chris increased his deepness and speed, before he started teasingly licking her clit

"AH-AH Oh-AH fuck YES~" Enterprise arched her head back and gently put a hand on chris's head, encouraging him to go on.

Chris didnt need any words to resume his deep feast, and soon he re-inserted his full tongue and shifting it a little, making enterprise squirm a bit in delight.

Eventually enterprise felt something bubbling, she started moaning more as she felt her insides getting tighter and wetter, until, with an ecstatic scream of pleasure, she shook with a massive orgasm, cumming on chris's face and even in his mouth, her body shaking with orgasmic delight.

"ahhhh~ your tongue is as good here as it is everywhere, FUCK that was one of the best orgasms I ever had" Enterprise said, her body convulsing as she spoke.

Chris got up and licked her love juice, watching enterprise stare at him, she was panting and heaving, but with eyes of joy and love.

He was flushed with desire and affection looking at her, he then smiled and spoke

"Enty...the fish was good, but why not have some sausage to go with it~" he teased as he stripped his pants off

Enterprise got off the counter and ripped his underwear off, letting him sit on the counter, and she bent down.

"Oh you are SO getting the chef's special~" enterprise teased as she excitedly licking chris's tip

"A-ah~ you've gotten b-be-etter" Chris moaned out as he felt enterprise begin kissing the tip and then licking down his shaft, making him squirm a bit.

"So many times you've fired this gun, and so many times you just can't get enough~" Enterprise teased before resuming her licking, before she stopped and then sandwiched it between her soft landing.

"O-OH FUCK" Chris moaned as he felt his dick being squished and wiggled between enterprise's soft voluptuous chest, practically drowning it in soft warmth that it made it seem to grow bigger, as if begging for more

Enterprise smiled in triumph before continuing her motions, making sure chris could feel all of it, and chris couldn't stop moaning from how good it felt, and soon he felt more pleasure course through him as enterprise stopped her tit fucking to fully take in chris's shaft.

The wetnesses of her mouth made chris feel lighter, and he put a hand on the back of enterprise's head, which made her increase her suction.

As enterprise continued going down on him, she felt his cannon twitch, and she knew he was close, and thus sped up a bit more before she found herself swallowing a salvo from chris's cannon as he moaned in relief.

"F-fuck that was amazing~" Chris said as enterprise finally let go of his dripping member.

"Mmmm your cream tastes wonderful~" Enterprise said as she stood up.

"I think" she said before she bent over the counter on her chest near chris, "it'll be perfect for the pie~"

Chris got the hint and got behind her quickly, sliding hands under enterprise's apron, gently grabbing her breasts and squeezing them, making her moan out and shake a little from pleasure before he slid his now full-mast cannon in, making them both groan out pleasantly from the pleasure,

"T-that's a good phoenix, d-don't hold back, ruin your eagle~" Enterprise's lust filled mind cried out before chris started thrusting, making her squeal.

She couldn't quite comprehend what was happening, despite having done it before, something about this time felt, so much better, she squealed more with every thrust and felt her sides being gripped, she felt more at peace and happy, she began to lose all cares in the world, she let herself be overcome with happiness and satisfaction.

Chris in the meanwhile could feel his own relief, he pounded away and moaned from the recoil of the feeling of enterprise's insides gripping him, refusing to let go.

They shared no words as chris continued fucking enterprise raw, their moans and occasional shared glances explaining everything.

Until eventually, chris hoisted enterprise up with all his strength, and turned her around so she could wrap her legs around him, which she did, and planted her back on the counter as she thrusted faster and harder, both of them could feel the growing feeling inside them.

Without an exchange of any words, they reached an explosive, sublime climax, chris pumping out an even bigger load than last time as enterprise's body shook with pleasure, both of them moaning out in final relief.

Chris fell over on enterprise and kissed her passionately, enterprise wrapping her arms around him to return the favor.

Shortly after, both of them got up and went to get cleaned up in a mutual bath.

XXXVVVXXX

Both of them sat in a hot bath together, their minds filled with nothing but pleasant thoughts and desires, snuggling up to one another, as they cleaned each other with a rag.

"So....think that was a good pie?" Enterprise asked with a giggle

"It indeed was, I think I filled you up more than usual" Chris theorised

Enterprise rubbed her belly, "You definitely did, you felt even better and warmer than usual, I felt more relaxed, when you went to town on me, I didn't just feel lust, I felt...peace.....I don't quite get it" Enterprise admitted

Chris nodded, "I think I know what this means.....I feel it too"

Enterprise raised her head "what is it?"

"You finally have someone you completely trust in, to love.....forever" Chris said kissing her forehead

Enterprise's eyes widened at chris's loving stare.

"Is that why you're so affectionate?"

"Yes, I trust you with my life, when we're apart I worry a little that I may die, but only a little" Chris said

Enterprise blushed a bit

"then let me trust you" she said before started nipping at chris's ear affectionately.

Chris started lightly poking her as they continued to bathe, until they got out and dried up.

as they laid naked on the bed, hugging each other tightly in a warm blanket, enterprise asked one question.

"By the way, how was the meeting?"

"It fucking sucked" Chris said softly.

Notes:

I love smut, but I love fluff more, and honestly, I wont stop writing this, this duo does me good.

Chapter 19: everytime we touch

Summary:

Enty has a break from her sorties thanks to chris, but chris still has to attend business elsewhere, leaving enty on base without him, which lets her try to understand what she loves deeply about the man.

Notes:

Sometimes ya just gotta fly.

"You still have to go?" Enterprise asked at the dock.

She had put on her white winter coat and gloves due to the weather outside, her hair flying in the wind as she looked at chris, in full dress and looking at the fleet he was going to be sortieing with, his face full of confidence.

"They want a show of power from the eagle union, and I can't back out of it, it'll be nice to flex in front of the pro-isolationist elements of our navies though" Chris admitted.

Enterprise still looked a bit sad to see him go, and he cupped her cheek, which lightened her face up into a smile.

Chris smiled back and gave her a kiss on her lips, a brief one, but it was good enough.

"I'll be with good company, you won't need to worry, I'll be back in a week with no delay, even if I have to fly back" Chris said as he gestured to his wings, which made enterprise chuckle

"Okay bird boy, go and flex, try not to kill anyone" Enterprise said with a chuckle

"I won't, unless they think you suck" Chris joked as he flew onto an awaiting ship, Essex, having been retrofitted, he waved back at Enterprise and did a hand forming a heart gesture with a smile, and Enterprise returned it, before everyone set off.

Enterprise watched them disappear on the horizon, and sighed, it was her time to relax, and await for his return.

XXXXVVVXXXX

Enterprise had gone back to grimm's aviary, and was feeding him. he chirped happily.

"You are one dependable eagle grimm" enterprise said softly as she patted his head.

She then stared off into the distance, thinking about what had transpired that morning, chris had managed to get enterprise some time off to cycle some other carriers in, true due to her upgrades she COULD effectively sail on forever without a care, but they both knew that she wouldn't be able to handle that mentally, and so she was off the clock now, but chris however was not, it meant he would be out there when she wasn't, and this worried her, it worried her a lot, especially as she flashed back to one of their chats on a beach.

The scene was afternoon, chris had found a beach chair and was relaxing, reading war and peace, and was also watching eldridge to make sure she didn't electrocute saratoga.

Enterprise walked up next to him, and smirked

"taunting death I see?"

"Heh, like I always say, this is a place between life and death, and I'll taunt death as much as I want, because its fun"

chris then bookmarked his book and got up, he walked straight to the ocean, and stopped right before the crashing waves, where it could touch against his toes but little more.

he inhaled and then shouted

"HEY DEATH":, he then put his left arm across his right arm, and cocked his right arm up at the elbow to raise his hand, he then raised his middle finger firmly, "UP YOURS"

The very waves halted for a second, and then chris saw a shark rise up from the ocean and lunge at him.

He braced himself and then punched the shark HARD in its nose, ripping through its body with the force from the impact, leaving it dead in the sand.

Chris smirked and held up saratoga like simba and she shouted, at the top of her longs "FAKKYU, FAKKYU FAKKYU FAKKYU, FAKKYU!", at the ocean.

Everyone had laughed, but it was a very important lesson.

"Now you offer yourself up to death where I cannot save you" Enterprise said as she held her doll of him tight, it made her feel more secure....she didnt quite understand how...

"Chris.....why are you so sure of yourself....." she wondered to herself as Grimm finished eating.

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*Day Two*

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It was day two, the first full day without chris, and enterprise was already starting to be a bit...weird.

She carried the doll wherever she went, and when she approached hornet or yorktown or wasp, she hugged them tightly for an unusually long time before breaking off and acting like nothing unusual was going on.

They were all a bit concerned, but she still walked about with her usual coolness, leading the destroyers on chasing of rabbits and birds and letting them fly on her planes.

"WEEEEEEEE" Spence cheered out, her usual crying demeanor gone as the tigercat flew over the water.

Enterprise smiled, knowing spence was enjoying herself, and so was foote, though she didn't want to admit it, and ausburne was sailing under them, looking for bad guys to fight, though she could only find the occasional suspicious-looking seal.

By all accounts this was fun, and when it was over, Enterprise was happy, but she felt like she needed more....why though, shouldn't she just be content with this?

She fell asleep thinking about it, maybe the answer will come to her tomorrow

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*Day Three*

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Enterprise ate her meals all finely, but throughout the day, people noticed she often sat alone, awkwardly off center, as if she was waiting for someone to sit next to her.

This became very noticeable when she got some food from the bistro (Illinois is secondary chef there), and she sat at a table for two, yet ate alone.

Everyone around her stared as she mumbled to herself.

Eventually someone did sit across from her.

"Hey hornet" Enterprise said

Hornet tried not to frown as she sat down.

"Sis....you're not doing alright....I'd make a joke but you've been talking to yourself and sitting like you expect someone to be beside you......it's hard to watch..." Hornet said

Enterprise gave her a look, "I'm fine.... it's just four more days, I can handle it" Enterprise said, knowing what hornet was going to say.

"No you can't....you're already acting off, look if you need to, you can talk to yorky and I, we can help..." Hornet offered

Enterprise thought for a moment....finished her meal, and got up.

"Thanks sis.....but I can handle this by myself, I can figure this out...." she said before she walked away, her voice was a bit more monotone than usual.

Hornet didn't see her sister walk away, all she saw was a crimson red flag, and it was BIG, and WAVY.

She immediately dialed up a number on her phone

"Yes hornet?" Yorktown's voice could be heard

"Get the rope, get the rope, get the rope RIGHT NOW"

XXXVVVXXX

Later that night, Enterprise went back to her bed and plopped in, she rolled over to try and hug someone, but she realised he wasn't there.

"d-damnit....what is going on....." she wondered to herself as she felt colder, and more rigid than ever.....this wasn't good, she should be fine, she was trying to be fine...but something was gnawing at her, a desire, but what was it she was missing, obviously her lover, but what specifically....she was fine when belfast and victorious weren't there, so why was this different?

she tossed and turned until she finally fell asleep.

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Day Four

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This was just about the last straw, enterprise began feeling super fidgety, and ran across the eagle union forms until she found hornet and hugged her arm tightly.

"Uhhh, sis?" Hornet asked bemused

"s-shhh, I need to feel better....no its not working" Enterprise suddenly let go and was ab out to run off when she felt someone grab her.

"Okay enty you're going to have a talk with us" Wasp said as she grabbed enterprise's arm firmly

"No, you don't need to help, I'm figuring this out on my own" Enterprise said defiantly.

"You're our sister, you don't have to do this by yourself" Yorktown said as she appeared from behind wasp, and then her face flared up.

"And you're going to talk to us" she said before love tapping enterprise on the head, knocking her unconscious.

XXXVVVXXX

Enterprise woke up in a comfortable chair with some fine coffee and cookies next to her, Yorktown, Hornet, and Wasp were in adjacent chairs, they were surrounding a table that had more of said cookies.

"I said. I was. FINE" Enterprise said with frustration.

"You are clearly not doing well, and we get why...I may have only recently returned from the dead, but I still know what you're going through" Wasp said

"Indeed, sis you're clearly having love withdrawl, and you know this....but you still haven't considered asking us if we know anything about it" Hornet said

Enterprise nodded sadly, "its hard to understand......I thought I could handle being away from chris, he seemed so dependent on me that I didn't think I would be the same for him, yet here I am shaking, desiring him to be here...and I can't figure out why.....I've never missed someone I love this much unless they were dead" Enterprise said, staring directly at everyone with a "you know who I'm talking about and I'm looking at them" stare.

Yorktown nodded, "for such a big eater, you don't seem to understand starvation all that well" yorktown said with a sisterly smile.

"What are you saying?" Enterprise asked confused.

"There's something he gives you that we can't quite give in the same way, while we can give you it, it just isn't the same unless its him" Yorktown said

"Now tell us, is it his lips, his kindness, his way of making sure you're okay, his "main battery"?" Hornet said with a cheeky grin.

Enterprise blushed a little, "t-true he is amazing like that, and I'd feel amiss in not letting you be penetrated, you have no IDEA how good it feels to have him filly ou up MMMM~" Enterprise babbled out as everyone around her blushed bright red.

"TMI SIS.....though give me his number" Hornet grinned before getting the bonk stick from wasp.

Enterprise flushed crimson realising what she just said, "s-sorry, but its not that which I am missing....I mean...to be blunt, have you seen any dildos go missing?" Enterprise asked

"why would we know anything about-" Hornet began before enterprise stared at her like a smug sister.

"HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU HEAR ME" Hornet said, flushing deep red.

"Hornet.....our rooms share WALLS, why do you think Yorktown makes "visits" to the royal navy home islands?" Enterprise asked.

Hornet facepalmed, she realised how dumb she was.

"Tell me sister...how did YOU know those were the reason I visit?" Yorktown asked trying to mask her embarrassment

"Howe always looks forward to your visits, also she told me to get you some new lingerie" Enterprise said bluntly

Wasp just laughed, "so basically Yorktown is fucking the best chef in the royal navy, and you're fucking a half-siren time traveler, hornet how come you haven't fucked anyone like that?" she jabbed

Hornet grew more flustered, "BECAUSE KAGA LOCKED ME OUT" she admitted.

Enterprise bit her tongue hard trying not to laugh, "I did NOT see that coming" she chuckled

She then quickly turned the conversation around, "anyways yes its obviously not that which is making me starved as you call it, though I won't deny I haven't felt that good ever.....same story for when he kisses me, hugs me....touches-" and Enterprise's eyes widened in realisation.

Yorktown smiled with pride "guess you have your answer"

Enterprise thought back on it, every time she touched him, or when he touched her, it felt extremely good, making her feel at ease, content, happy, she never wanted him to let go, she never wanted to let go, she felt at peace and safe, she felt like she could protect him as much as possible....and it is with this thought....she asked a question.

"Am I pathetic for being so happy when we touch?" Enterprise asked

everyone shook their head.

"Enty, think about it, you have been fighting for so long you're always on guard, now that you have someone that means so much to you in a way family doesn't, you seek to protect him above all else, thats why you're withdrawn, and thats why you never felt like this out on sorties" Yorktown said

Enterprise knew she was right, when chris was at base, there were hundreds of kansen and thousands of defense systems and dozens of human officers to keep him safe, but outside the base....he was more vulnerable, there was a small, but real chance.....he could die out there and she wouldn't be able to save him.

This was enough for her to devour several cookies at once and drink some coffee.

".........how the hell am I gonna make it through this if I'm this unwound just because he's out there without me..." Enterprise said with tears forming in her face.

As if god himself didn't want her to start crying, her phone rang, the sound of serenade 25 in g minor.

She looked down with happy surprise as she saw the video call request and looked up to her sisters, her face explaining everything.

"Don't you dare leave to take this call, you can talk to him here" Hornet said.

Enterprise nodded and set her phone up on the table and kneeled down in front of it and accepted the call.

"How the FUCK did you do that?" Enterprise said in bewilderment.

"I'm far more luckier than you'll ever be ya poser" Chris said with a laugh that made someone in the background laugh and made enterprise's sisters chuckle.

"I'm sorry for not calling sooner, the showcase was fierce, those guys tried to bitchslap kearsarge......she did NOT take that kindly....." Chris said as he sat down on a commander's chair in a carrier's bridge.

"I can believe it..." Enterprise said

"Anyways I was able to convince them to try to be nice with aviation battleships, I had to threaten them with lobbying for their dismissal if they didn't at least TRY to do an aviation battleship, or a jet carrier, but I managed to make it work" Chris said

"That's great, seems everything's worked out....I was worried" Enterprise said

"I know...and I have a feeling you haven't been doing so well......maybe I'm just paranoid but I've been having trouble relaxing, fearing you were venting frustrations by beating up akagi or something, or that you were a sobbing wreck...or just dead inside..." Chris said

Enterprise felt the irony, and just smiled "nah I've just been starved of your touch is all, idk how you do it, but you've finally made me able to relax on base completely, just by being an affectionate dork" Enterprise said with a teasing "bleh"

Chris chuckled, "well I'm definitely giving you some affection when I get back, I miss having you constantly hugging me, and your hole ain't bad either~" he teased

Enterprise just chuckled "don't worry about that, I know I'm incomparable, which is why you can fuck my sisters if ya want, they aren't getting the best out of you~" Enterprise said in such a way that made all her sisters have faces of "BRING IT ON"

Chris laughed so hard he fell out of his chair, leading essex to help him up.

"That was good, and I admit all of them are absolutely smokin' but I won't play that hard, but its good to know you can explain why you're okay with it" he said

"Hehe, besides, its not what I truly want out of you, I want you to continue being the affectionate phoenix that you are, and I'll be your affectionate eagle in exchange, deal?" enterprise said with a smile

"Deal, now I need to go, the officers are getting restless...see you when I get back love" Chris said with a heart shaped hand gesture

"See you later then chris" Enterprise said with a cute face as the call cut.

there was a dead silence for a bit, then yorktown spoke.

"You REALLY are okay with him getting some side marks?" she asked

"The real love he saves for me, and for that, you can be face down in a pillow any time I'm away, but when I'm on base, don't you DARE" she threatened with yellow glowing eyes.

Everyone nodded in understanding.

"Good, that means my plan for him will go off without a hitch" she teased

---

The day he returns

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Essex docked at the port, and soon all the officers came marching off, before making a wide opening in the middle around the stairs as chris walked down with essex.

"Essex, you may want to move" Chris said

Essex tilted her head in confusion, "why?"

"My nuclear energy detector's going off" Chris said with a smile.

Essex immediately understood what that implies and gave him plenty of space.

He opened his arms out in front of him, eyes closed, and yet flawlessly endured the lightning fast hug attack, clamping his embrace shut around the hugging eagle.

"Enty, flawless attack as ever" Chris chuckled as he felt enterprise nuzzling his chest.

"No talk, only hug" Enterprise said as she continued nuzzling chris's chest affectionately.

this continued for several minutes until Chris broke the silence again.

"Enty...I need to make my report..."

"Just 5 more minutes please" Enterprise said with a muffled tone.

Chris sighed "enty....don't force me to take drastic measures" he said with false scolding

all he got in response was a tighter hug.

"Okay, thats it" Chris said with a sly grin as he broke his embrace and then tickled enterprise's sides.

"HEHEHEHEHE HAHAHA NUUUUU NOT FAIR, STAHP" Enterprise pleaded between chuckles as chris blew a raspberry into her chest, tickling her more.

"AAAAAAAAAA" enterprise screamed in pink faced laughing glee as she was tickled to no end until she finally broke her hug.

"F-FINE we'll go" Enterprise said in a surrender tone.

"Good enty" Chris said before picking her up and letting her ride on his back like a child.

"C-chris this is embarassing" enterprise said with a blush

"Do you give a shit?" Chris asked

Enterprise went blank faced for a moment, then smiled

"Nope" she said as she felt herself being carried all the way to the meeting room.

When they got there, only one person said anything.

"No fair I wanna be the airplane" Eldridge said with a puffy face.

Notes:

HAHAHAHAHAHA THE FLUFFENING COMMENCES

shoutout to this old post for inspiring the ending and this chapter in general, I wanna find the rest of this guys work because THE FLUFF IS REAL.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AzureLane/comments/lid85x/entys_commander_dependency_by_heytaisou/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V2nG3zpdik <---- the inspiration for the title and how I started envisioning this entire relationship.

Chapter 20: ᚨᛖᚷᛁᚱ'ᛋ ᚲᚨᛚᛚᛁᚾᚷ

Summary:

Chris summons a sea god.

Notes:

https://lingojam.com/RunicTranslator in case you want to do runic for whatever reason here's the translator I used, it works both ways.

Commander Schultz got up from his office chair and dismissed some soldiers before he tapped into his bismarck phone

"Frau bismarck, the richtoffen project is going smoothly, please keep graf zeppelin updated on her retrofit progress" he said, sounding utterly tired.

"I will herr schultz, and get some coffee, your next meeting is soon to arrive" Bismarck said over the line

"Right...who is it ag- OH GOTT NEIN" he said in despair as bismarck hung up with a distant laugh as his next meeting came in.

"Please wait until I have my coffee herr chris..." schultz whined

"By all means go ahead, I'm just here in regards to some research ships that are sitting incomplete, iron blood research ships" Chris said gently as he sat down and put fresh coffee on schultz's table

"How did you make that?" Schultz asked with surprise

"Bismarck let me into her office, had to tell her about why I'm here after all" Chris said with a calmness that seemed to ease schultz's tired nerves

Schultz drank some of the coffee and was impressed by its taste, he sat back down and got out one of his documents.

"So....what precisely brings you here, can't be friedrich since we refined her to perfection, that leaves two- oh....yeah....why exactly are you interested in them?" Schultz asked

"How come two decisive cruisers are not only undeveloped but not even summoned?" Chris asked pointedly

"I suppose herr charles would lead you to assume we get every decisive ship we can, truth is, the decisive cubes for them can't just be interacted with" Schultz said

"And why?" Chris asked

"They...need rituals....one holy, one unholy....hindenburg is apparently a succubus, don't ask us how that happened, she DOES exist, just in the demonic realm, we'd need to bind her here via contract" Schultz said

"Ägir, the other one, is named after the sea god....and as such...she requires a ritual fitting of such an entity.....Odin, the other such vessel, was summoned by accident during a thunderstorm, hence why she's around" Schultz concluded

Chris was trying real hard not to crack, he wanted to laugh this off, he really did, but he got too curious.

"Is this legitimately true?" Chris asked

"Unfortunately so, nobody here wants to try to summon a sea god or a demon.....wait....why don't YOU try it?" Schultz suggested.

Chris chuckled, "sure I'll do that, just walk up to a random shrine, do some shit, and boom, decisive ship, yk this is the most insane idea- fuck it I'm in" Chris said

Schultz sighed, "which one will you tackle first?"

Chris's answer was quick, "Ägir, if we're gonna rule the waves, may as well have them on our side" he said with a smile and a wink.

Schultz pulled out a box, a rainbow box that was glowing.

"This is her wisdom cube, you'll need to find some related objects, then find a quiet area of water to begin the summoning" Schultz said

Chris nodded and went on his way

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One very annoying filler adventure later

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Chris stood at a quiet spot on the beach shielded from view, he got out some nordic metal runes, a live sea snake, and seven ocean blue orbs, put them in the water to float around the wisdom cube, the sea snake barely moving due to the beer it had to be drenched in, and breathed

He opened his eyes, and he began to speak in runic

"ᚷᛟᛞ ᛟᚠ ᛏᚺᛖ ᛋᛖᚨ, ᚨᚱᛁᛋᛖ ᚨᚾᛞ ᛒᛖᛋᛏᛟᚹ ᚢᛈᛟᚾ ᚢᛋ ᚤᛟᚢᚱ ᛏᛟᚱᚱᛖᚾᛏᛁᚨᛚ ᛈᚱᛖᛋᛖᚾᚲᛖ, ᚨᚾᛞ ᛗᚨᚤ ᛏᚺᛖ ᛒᛖᛖᚱ ᛟᚠ ᛁᚱᛟᚾ ᛒᛚᛟᛟᛞ ᛋᚨᛏᛁᚨᛏᛖ ᚤᛟᚢᚱ ᛞᛖᛋᛁᚱᛖ ᛏᛟ ᛞᚱᛟᚹᚾ ᛏᚺᛖ ᚹᛟᚱᛚᛞ!"

("God of the sea, arise and bestow upon us your torrential presence, and may the beer of iron blood satiate your desire to drown the world!")

The result could only be described as a miniature typhoon as all the objects grew bright and summoned a giant waterspout that began to glow itself, absorbing all the objects underneath it, lightning crackled, the wind blew so hard chris nearly got swept up into it, but he held firm, activating his jet armor to weigh himself down against the wind, letting his wings emerge to provide more weight.

eventually, the storm subsided, and out from it emerged a serpentine monster of a rigging. several of them began emerging, roaring with molten breath and the rage of storms.

They locked their eyes on chris, and slithered around him, analysing him, he did not budge an inch, despite the worry he had contained within.

And then a voice called out

"ᚹᛖᛚᛚ ᚹᛖᛚᛚ ᚹᛖᛚᛚ, ᚨᛒᛟᚢᛏ ᛏᛁᛗᛖ ᛁ ᚹᚨᛋ ᛋᚢᛗᛗᛟᚾᛖᛞ~" ("Well well well, about time I was summoned~") the voice called as a woman appeared, recalling her serpents and letting chris get a good look at what he had summoned.

"ᚠᛟᚱ ᛒᚱᛁᚾᚷᛁᚾᚷ ᛗᛖ ᛏᛟ ᛚᛁᚠᛖ, ᚤᛟᚢᚱ ᚹᛁᛚᛚ ᛁᛋ ᛗᚤ ᚲᛟᛗᛗᚨᚾᛞ" ("For bringing me to life, your will is my command") She said with an approving smile as she looked at chris from top to bottom and licked her lips.

Chris spoke back in runic

"ᛁ ᚢᚾᛞᛖᚱᛋᛏᚨᚾᛞ, ᛒᚢᛏ ᚹᚺᚤ ᛞᛟ ᚤᛟᚢ ᛋᛈᛖᚨᚴ ᛁᚾ ᚱᚢᚾᛖ?" ("I understand, but why do you speak in rune?")

"Because that was enchanted speech, by speaking it, you have sealed the pact with me, allowing me to speak normally and allowing YOU to use my abilities however you wish~" the supercruiser teased with a bend of her dominatrix-outfitted frame.

"Oh I'll use it alright, welcome to azur lane Ägir" Chris said

Ägir smiled at that and dissolved her rigging, walking straight up to chris, letting him get a good view of her serpentine eyes and silver hair with a red streak as she took a boasting posture.

"You will know that I am the one who conquers, not the one who is conquered, you WILL submit to my will event-" in the middle of her boast, Ägir was booped on the nose.

"E-EEK WHAT WHY- AA-" Ägir started making flustered squeaks

"Hehehehehe, mighty sea god, folds under a boop" Chris said teasingly as Ägir's face got flushed.

"You are brave I'll give you that, but I will not let you do that ag-"

*boop*

"TWICE IN A ROW, REALLY!?" Ägir whined

"I think I'm going to like you a lot" Chris said with a smile.

Ägir's face was red but she managed to trip chris up, literally, by having one of her serpent riggings knock him down.

She then put a boot on his chest, and quickly got unflustered.

"I suppose you DO have guts, I admire your attempts to get my interest, but it won't be that easYYYYYYY" Ägir got grabbed by her leg and tripped back, she fell into the water.

"NOT FAIR INTERRUPTING ME DURING A BOAST" Ägir whined as she got up and walked back to chris, but, as angry as she may have seemed, she wasn't completely mad, she tried to hide it of course, but her fake anger was too cute for chris to handle.

"The god is very adorable" Chris chuckled.

"The commandant is a big clown" Ägir teased back

"Maybe so, but I DID summon you, so let's get ya back to meet everyone, including my girlfriend"

"What, is she not enough for you so you think you could date one of my eminence?" Ägir teased

"oh trust me she's enough, you'll see' Chris said

---

*One transition later*

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"So thats why there's a white haired supercruiser in our pool room......gotta say I did not expect to see something like this today" Enterprise said, staring at the lounging supercruiser.

"You know commandant, when you said she was enough, I didn't expect her to be the grey ghost herself, I guess I underestimated you" Ägir said with a chuckle.

"How do you know about me?" Enterprise asked

"Where I was stuck in for so long is a very interesting place, I can't go back, but let's just say all the spirits there know about you, not that you're the top carrier or anything~" Ägir taunted

"So...why did you think we needed an upgraded Eugen?" Enterprise asked

"Frankly enty, I just wanted to seas to be on our side so we can kill sirens more easily, I didn't expect her to be so hot she rivals you and kearsarge" Chris said bluntly

"So that's just a bonus eh? well its a nice bonus I admit, but shouldn't she be in iron blood?" Enterprise asked

"I will go don't get me wrong, I just wanted to see what my summoner could pull, and my my, I may just pull you for a drink myself~" Ägir winked

"Oh you wouldn't last more than 2 rounds with me snake lady" Smugprise said

"Oh I bet I can~" Ägir said

"bet you can't last more than one round with us" Chris said smugly, "and if you do, I'm covering your bar tabs"

"You're on" Ägir said.

---

*A few drinks later*

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Everyone was laying in the basement, sweaty, naked, and just in shock at realising where they were, it was morning now and somehow that meant they blacked out in the afternoon or some time after they went for a round of drinks.

"....How the FUCK did we get here" Enterprise asked

"Better question, who drank the most?" Chris asked

"I don't know, all I know is I am not moving for the next week" Ägir said

All of them just laid there trying to process everything, until Eugen came looking for them.

"VERDAMNT SHE'S HOTTER THAN ME" Eugen groaned.

Notes:

Introducing Ägir, who is going to be a mainstay of this series and probably gonna get drunk a lot.

I love her a lot and I cant wait to get her in game.

Chapter 21: I wouldn't missile this for the world.

Summary:

Its time to test out chri's tactical squadron.

Enty will definitely not tap that-

Our chapter begins like many chapters do, chris feeling himself being enveloped in a warm embrace.

His embracer graced his torso with strong arms, sniffing his hair, taking in his smell, whispering into his ear

It was a great feeling, and then he felt his ear being nibbled affectionately.

He smiled contently as his embracer spoke.

"Chris, sweetie, if you don't wake up I'm going to have grimm peck your face"

Chris's eyes opened in an instant and he moved his head to get a view of his surroundings, before realising he wasn't actually dreaming, for he could feel enterprise's arms hugging his torso, and he felt the sensation of the nibbling of his ear.

Out of all the ways for him to wake up, this was among his top 3.

"I can't tell what is a dream or what is real, because rn, this is one amazing dream either way" Chris joked as Enterprise raised an arm to lightly bonk him on the head.

"No joking about that dear" Enterprise lightly scolded as she let go so both of them to get up and be ready for the day.

Chris shuffled out first and got his hair all fine, he checked the inbox on the big screen as they both got through their routine.

"Harassment claims, KKK membership offer, anti-homosexual business funds, admiralty wanting to axe my head for refusing to hand over what I know about kearsarge, and ah yes, the testing area has been officially allocated for us, sweet" Chris said.

"What is a KKK?" Enterprise asked curiously

"One of two things and I don't want to be a part of either answer" Chris said as he deleted the trash

He got on his undershirt and then proceeded to get his uniform on.

He turned to see enterprise in full dress, they both gave each other the thumbs up, they went to get their morning meal, and then went to the testing area.

---

A few inches later....

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Chris and Enterprise stood in front of the calm sea, crabs dancing around them with turtles crawling past, it was a nice beach all things considered, made nicer by the fact chris was alone with two lovely white haired warship girls.

Enterprise was in her usual fleet admiral-adjusted outfit, her body carrying the same aura it always had, toned and all, but her long flowing hair and increased "displacement" made her look like the god of all she surveyed as she put a hand over her eyes to get a good view of anything in the distance.

Alongside her was another such kansen, silvery white hair with a red streak, serpentine horns, black bodysuit with demonic-style knee guards and gloves, her golden slit eyes focusing on her company, and her own mild concerns.

"Neither of you have admitted defeat, yet you still wish to do this? prepare for humiliation then HAHAHAHA" Ägir said with a boastful posture.

Chris and Enterprise both chuckled

"You better back that up, because we're playing with jets, and your new auxiliary equipment is meant for anti-jet maneuvers, but remember, this is to test my capabilities as well, so I won't give you any quarter and I expect nothing in return" Chris said

"As expected, I shall take my place in this exercise then" Ägir said as she skated off into the water, moved several kiliks away in said water, and summoned her rigging in full size, the supercruiser roaring to life as it settled in the water, looking utterly monstrous, just like any iron blood ship would.

Chris marveled at it before nodding to enterprise, who took her rigging and summoned it full size near the coast, making sure it was pointed outwards towards the distant Ägir, before letting chris on.

Chris took his position on the flight deck, and inhaled.

He felt two assuring hands on his shoulders as Enterprise leaned forward to talk.

"Alright, this is going to be a bit new since you're summoning your frame around you instead of below you like we carriers would, so summon your battle armor" Enterprise said softly

Chris waited for her to step back, and then summoned his battle armor, his wings popping out as usual and then fixing themselves in the proper position as his armor finished forming around him.

"Okay" Enterprise said as she got back behind him, "I know you can morph yourself into a full jet mode, and you'll have to do that if you're going to be launched from my deck fast enough so get onto the system and align your jet form with the catapult system, then ignite your jet engine, and prepare for a massive amount of kinetic force" Enterprise cautioned.

Chris nodded and jumped to become full jet, which basically was just him stiffing out straight and laying on his chest with some makeshift gear under his chest that allowed him to be attached to the steam catapult system.

"Ready dear?" Enterprise called over her radio comm.

"Bring it on!" Chris said confidently as his engine reared to life.

Enterprise hesitated a little, but with a cry of "LAUNCH!" she activated her catapult.

Chris felt himself being thrust forward with incredible force, quickly zooming off enterprise's deck at incredible speeds, his body withstanding the forces being pushed against him.

His squadron quickly formed around him, and over the radio, Enterprise heard chris speak.

"WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"

"Thats my chris" Enterprise chuckled

Chris withdrew his takeoff gear and assumed semi-jet mode for more freedom of movement, though he kept his position.

Ägir soon came up on radar, and so did he, Ägir smiled as she detected chris coming closer.

"The phantom squadron comes, COME AND FACE THE WRATH OF THE SEA GOD" she challenged

"I think we can arrange that" Chris said as he readied for his attack run.

He slowed down a little bit and dodged the first set of AA defense flawlessly before he launched his missiles at Ägir, who fired back with her laser-based anti-aircraft weapons, which struck several missiles right out of the sky, though did manage to hit her anyway, but as they were test missiles, all they did was puff out mint-scented mist.

"Successful strike!" Chris reported

Ägir grumbled, "strike THIS" she then fired her light lasers directly at the squadron, and due to how fast it was, chris was hit, but once again, it did no damage.

"counterstrike a success" Ägir boasted proudly over the radio.

"Documenting results, come on back you two" Enterprise said.

XXXVVVVXXX

Ägir and Chris stood with Enterprise as she read through the combat data.

"CILS system successfully destroyed 6 missiles, of the missiles that survived, 10 hit their target, slight inaccuracy resulted in two missing completely, jet was hit shortly after attack run was finished, all in all, this is some great work" Enterprise said with a smile.

"Ägir I have to admit you did the CILS system justice, I'm glad I summoned you" Chris said with a pat on her back

Ägir blushed "s-shut up"

Enterprise giggled silently "but that begs the question, when will I get my CILS system DEAR?" she teased

"I-in time enty....once we get the mk 4 steam catapult on you, we'll add the CILS as well, I promise you'll get it soon" chris said nervously

"I better have a husband soon too" Enterprise mumbled quietly

"what was that?" Chris asked

"Nothing at all dear, let's go celebrate with a feast" Enterprise smiled as she began to sweat.

Chris nodded and let his battle armor despawn, which proved to me a mistake

*smack*

Chris jolted from his ass being smacked

"ENTY I SWEAR TO GOD-"

"I didn't do anything~" Enterprise teased while maintaining an innocent expression.

Notes:

I lied, she tapped that.

Chapter 22: An octopus's garden in the shade

Summary:

Chris and Enty take a dive, and find out the base has....some interesting critters underneath the surface.

And then the shade retracts over a problem.

"Are you ready?" Chris asked as he got on his diving suit.

"As I'll always be" Enterprise said, fitting her diving suit on herself.

they both then jumped into the water and let their minds be exposed to the new wonders.

This was going to be another day, chris had asked if enterprise wanted to try to dive for clams or something and she said yes, thus, here they were now, swimming  around the base looking for things about interest.

Chris spun around while swimming forward, diving down to the sand beneath them.

"Enty....do rocks usually move around here?" Chris asked

"No they do not, why do you ask?" Enterprise asked

Chris pointed to the line of moving rocks on the sandy seafloor

".......why are the rocks moving" Enterprise asked

"thats why I'm asking you" Chris asked

"why would you assume I know anything about moving sea rocks?" Enterprise asked a bit annoyed

"IDK I NEED ANSWERS" Chris asked in raised confusion

"I CANT GIVE YOU THE ANSWERS" Enterprise said defensively as one of the rocks stopped to stare at them, before something crawled out of it

"they're hermit crabs" chris said happily as he scooped one up and pet it on its shell before putting it back on the ground.

"Interesting, hiding in shells like this........reminds me of the turtles and tortoises I saw during some of my breaks between sorties" Enterprise said, remembering the slow but sturdy reptiles.

"Turtles are fascinating, they do so little, and manage to live to be over 200 years old" Chris said

Enterprise's eyes flickered with thought for moment as she noticed some sea turtles swimming above.

She hummed to herself in thought, and then noticed a school of jellyfish.

"Hey look its those stringbags again" Enterprise joked as she and chris viewed them.

They didn't do anything of interest, though some sea turtles did come to eat them.

"sea jelly, totally sweet" Chris said as he dived down.

Enterprise followed him, curious to see what he was gonna find, when she spotted something shining, glistening, and then a lot of somethings

"CHRIS, THERE'S A WHOLE AREA OF TREASURE AND FISH OVER HERE" Enterprise said excitedly as she swam over to it.

Chris heard her and swam to where she was, and was amazed, she was right, copper, bronze, silver, gold, platinum, rubies, diamonds, even sealed containers of nuclear matter? and beautiful varieties of fish, anemones, sponges, coral, even starfish, it baffled his mind, it was all well organised too, like someone owned it.

"This has to have been put here, no way this just happened" Chris said as he booped an angelfish

Enterprise stared at the fish, until something came from the darkness nearby

A giant tentacle, then several.

Chris and Enterprise both watched the tentacles emerged, and were ready to fight, when they noticed the reddish tint.

".......Oh hell no" Chris said with a smile as a fish scale wearing pirate with tentacles emerging from her body, it was clear her fish scale clothes were a way to stay decent, but she didn't seem to struggle with breathing underwater.

"Heya first mate chris~" The pirate chirped happily.

"Royal fortune, I take it you're behind this?" Chris asked with a friendly smile as Enterprise sighed in relief with a gentle smile of her own.

"I am indeed, made a nice garden, you won't believe what people throw down here, and the garbage, ho boy, what idiot just dumps it all out, the sirens have been using it for more material for their mass produced vessels, you'd think that'd incentivise the world but NOOOOOO, now portsmouth complains of plastics on her tits and I have to tell her to just not sail near those patches YET THEY DON'T LISTEN EITHER AAAAAAAA" Royal fortune flailed angrily in the water.

Chris sighed "human stuff..."

"Of course.....wouldn't want to be non-contradictory now would we?" Enterprise said with a nudge to chris.

"Shut up and talk to me" Chris said with a mischievous grin.

"That said" He turned to royal fortune, "you've made a nice garden, glad to see you have a hobby that isn't kidnapping people" he said with a teasing smirk

"Oh I'll still kidnap ya, but regardless of that, feel free to pick out something" Royal fortune said with a welcoming smile as she swam back to let them browse her garden.

Enterprise did her perusing and picked up a small ruby sea turtle, she stored it in her rigging hammerspace and waited for chris to pick up something for himself.

Chris did, an emerald jellyfish.

"Nice little trinkets eh, well I know you'll be running out of air soon but before you go, take this" Royal fortune tossed chris a pearl necklace and winked, chris knew exactly what he was gonna do with it, they waved goodbye and swam up

When they reached the surface, chris and enty got off their diving flippers and mask, inhaling the fresh air and falling back onto the warm sand.

"I suppose thats the end of our dive huh?" Chris said

"Yeah....though we can still enjoy our time together in other ways" Enterprise said

Chris smiled knowingly.

"Well I don't know about you but with the lunar new year festivities coming up, I may get lost, so in case you never need to find me in the vast ocean of lights and sounds, or even the darkness, I want you to have this" Chris put the pearl necklace he got from royal fortune around enterprise's neck.

Enterprise blushed as she put a hand to the necklace "How exactly will this help me find you?" she asked

"Pearls are powerful things, they contain little bits of wisdom within them, wisdom to see what others can not, and they've let me see the wise eagle that has learned many lessons, and flies on regardless, as a hero, and as a human worthy of enjoying the peace she constantly seeks" Chris said.

Enterprise's mind filled with buzzing thoughts, her phoenix had just burned into her some extra wisdom, yet also trying to justify what was just fancy materials at the end of the day, and she knew by now his ultimate goal was to see her smile.

Goal accomplished.

Enterprise cupped his cheek, smiled, and said "its not the peace I seek right now, its you, come here" she said before attacking his lips and pushing into into the sand, they rolled around and embraced in one furious make out session as the waves crashed around them, not realising somebody was watching.

---

*2 hours later*

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Chris and Enterprise walked into the eagle union HQ later with several kiss marks on their bodies and enterprise nibbling chris's ear affectionately.

The only witnesses to this were Yorktown and Iowa.

"So.......I take it you regret giving her someone she could love?" Iowa whispered

"Not at all" Yorktown whispered back

"Good" Iowa returned.

Iowa turned to the rather touchy couple "I admit chief, when I was told to come back to active duty I didn't expect my new CO to be such a sweet guy, but I'll be damned if you haven't made my little sister one jealous bunny" she said with a chuckle as she heard a distant "I AM NOT JEALOUS" echo from somewhere.

"That explains why she dresses up in her bunny suit and tries to find the officer barracks" Yorktown said

Enterprise tried not to roll her eyes, "okay but tell me, why do you two look like you're about to stab us?"

It was true, despite their positive words, they looked conflicted.

"I'll come straight to the point, as cute as you two are, you're getting a bit over-affectionate, yorktown saw you on the beach" Iowa said

Enterprise glared "and HOW did she see us?"

Yorktown sweated nervously, wasn't like she was following or anything.

"P-point is you two definitely love each other and that's good, but well, the month is love is coming and if you two are all over each other now, it's going to get a lot more intense" Yorktown said

"Are you saying you don't want people trying to outdo us?" Enterprise asked

"Yes" their company said in unison.

Chris chuckled "Yeah I get it, couples try to outdo each other, and I don't care to compete, which means I'm more natural....so I understand"

"Glad, because we're negotiating for you two to have some leave, so you two can love each other in peace without causing a lot of competition and also so you don't get swamped by people asking for advice, besides, if you two take flight, others might as well, and thus this base won't have people loving each other so hard the base is destroyed as a result" Iowa said.

Chris couldn't help but laugh "Okay but I'm DEFINITELY coming back for biscuit's birthday celebration if she plans on it, least I can do" he said

Enterprise nodded

Yorktown and Iowa sighed "well you DO have jets now so if you need to we'll be ready" Iowa said

Yorktown nodded "that's all, do whatever you wish now" she said

Chris was about to make a joke but enterprise bonked him.

Yorktown chuckled but then whispered something towards chris

"And if you do what I think you're doing, do it, my little sister deserves it" she said with a wink, making chris shake a bit.

"Something the matter?" Confusedprise asked

Chris shook his head, "nah, just wondering if we should go back to iris orthodoxy again, it'll be great"

Enterprise smiled as they walked away.

XXXVVVVXXX

Chris and Enterprise walked into their bedroom and began chatting about where they should go.

"We definitely have to visit their space program building, it HAS to happen" Chris said as he took off his uniform

"Seeing human efforts to go into space...I always wondered what was out there" Enterprise said as she took her uniform off

"Well paris has that and more" chris said as he got on his night shirt and pants

"It'll be nice to go back to that hotel, we'll be able to love each other as much as we want" Enterprise said as she got on her nightgown.

"Honestly don't we do enough as is?" Chris chuckled as he slid into bed.

Enterprise plopped down beside him and smirked, "no"

They embraced themselves under the covers and gently went to sleep.

Outside, Brest watched them, and smiled.

"Champion of her heart, I await thee"

Notes:

THEY GOIN' TO PARIS BABEEEE

Yeah I'll make a valentines series for all dat, but enty and chris wont be in it, their vacation will be here, and yes, chris and enty WILL fuck so hard their legs will give out, plus the space place will be one of my favorite chapters I'll ever write.

Stay tuned laddies, lassies, and lassos.

Chapter 23: Enterprise's "interrogation"

Summary:

Things get sexy in this one as enterprise tries a bit of roleplay, and finds out that chris is happy to be a test subject.

Enterprise got up earlier than chris this morning, she raced out of bed like an excited child on their first day of school and was out the bedroom door quickly.

"I hope its here I hope its here I hope its here" Enterprise said with a naughty giggle as she ran down to the front door, opened it slightly, and saw a package down by her feet.

She quickly swept it up and closed the door behind her, its a good thing she did, that nightgown is NOT for going outside.

She raced back up the stairs and snuck past a sleeping chris, unwrapping the package quietly and getting out what was in it, her smile became utterly naughty as she looked at the snoring lug, his messy hair, his drooling mouth, he looked utterly ridiculous, but to enterprise, it was like looking at a slice of heaven regardless, a heaven she intended to enjoy with a new experimental addition.

she hid the contents of the package in the closet, a naughty MP uniform, and slid back into the bed to cuddle her lover a bit more, this would be the most quiet part of their day if she had anything to say about it, though her nerves were through the roof, she was determined.

---

*One molestation of the concept of time later*

---

Chris was refreshed, well fed, and unsuspecting of what his day was about to be like.

After he had done his daily reports, it was just another evening at home, gaming a bit and watching some old films, then taking time to stretch, it was going to be another chill day.

That was what he thought anyway.

"Oh deaarrrrr~" a voice called out.

Chris's spine began to shiver with fear and excitement as he turned, he knew that voice

"Enty....what is it?" he asked with some worry.

"The base is all abuzz about you~" enterprise said from her hiding spot before she walked out in the aforementioned costume, one that made her well toned voluptuous frame look deadly, yet VERY breedable, chris has to step back in mild fear

Enterprise for her part was trying her best not to cringe in embarrassment, this was new for her, role play of something besides a maid, she wanted something tonight and this was how she planned to get it, hoping to awaken something within her boyfriend.

Little did she know, it was WORKING PERFECTLY. she hadn't noticed in her nervous manner, but chris was pitching a MASSIVE tent already.

"I-its true o-officer" Chris said with semi-fake nerves, he was quickly playing along.

"Well I'm afraid I'll have to take you in on charges of being good in bed~" Enterprise said with a mask of confidence as she got close to chris and put some handcuffs around him before "escorting" him to the basement

XXXXVVVVXXXX

When chris was in the basement, he was even more turned on as he saw the interrogation chair in front of him, enterprise seated him on the chair and brought out the interrogation table

She inhaled to get her confidence up and then continued her act

"Alright STUD we can do this the easy way, or the hard way, admit you're good and we can get you an easier sentence~" Enterprise said, blushing heavily

"Officer you have no idea how good I am, I could make you squirm with both hands tied behind my back~" Chris replied seductively, it wasnt the night he expected to have but he was quick to adapt to this.

Enterprise smiled lustfully and got onto the table, spreading her legs in front of chris's face, revealing the lack of underwear underneath.

"Prove it you crook~" Enterprise said as she slid her wetness into chris's face, chis immediately got to work licking her porthole, and IMMEDIATELY enterprise realised she had miscalculated, it didn't just excite him, he was being RAVENOUS down there, within seconds enterprise was arching on the table moaning like mad from the sensations

Chris was licking viciously and erratically, making sure enterprise's most sensitive parts of her flower were given the best treatment imaginable, he even stuck it in teasingly to taunt enterprise, who moaned even more

"S-STAND D-DOWN S-SCUM,T-THIS IS AN ASSAULT OF A- AHHHH" Enterprise didn't last long, she came quickly and gushingly, squirting all over chris's face, she panted in amazement.

"H-how the h-hell.....d-did this work THAT well?" Enterprise asked between breaths

Chris just smiled, "well officer, am I guilty?"

"A-as c-charged" Enterprise said as she got up from the aftershocks of her orgasm.

She then sat up straight and strided her porthole to examine the "damage"

"F-fuck y-you made me cum so fast, I-I barely lasted a minute...." Enterprise said

"Enty" Chris said as he licked his face, "two of my kinks are being fucked figuratively, and someone I love with all my heart trying her best to get the best out of me" he said with a horny smile

Enterprise felt herself get all wet all over again, she was baffled, "r-really?"

"Yepper, I admit I did NOT expect you to want to try out roleplay like this, you were doing fine, even though you confused normal police and military police a bit there, also real handcuffs? nice~" Chris said approvingly

Enterprise blushed, and turned her head, "g-glad you liked it....I wanted to be spicier, clearly you thought the same"

Chris nodded, "to be honest as I said, being in danger is a major turn on, so when I saw you in that, I was ready to make your skin whiter than the colorado sisters~" he said

Enterprise blushed more and grinded her legs together.

Chris then asked a question "but why did you want to spice things up in the first place?"

Enterprise sighed with an even more intense blush, "I-I admit you're good, amazingly so, but you have no idea how many times I've made women on this base call me mommy, you're the first man I've been with, its all so different, yet better than a strap-on"

Chris laughed softly, "heh, let me tell ya plastic can't substitute for the real thing"

Enterprise was caught off guard, "wait.....what?"

"You think women are the only people that can go both ways?"

"N-no but I didn't think you'd be taking it..."

Chris chuckled, "enty, I'll take anything you throw at me, anything you're up for, I'll do, with some exceptions"

Enterprise flustered, before speaking, "I-I just wanted to explore YOUR kinks.....and see how well you've refined from the sakura visits....you dont need to indulge me"

"well you've been exploring mine without realising it, so lets see some of yours~" chris said with a seductive smile.

Enterprise gave in, "w-well...you've been exploring my biggest one...being a bottom, I rarely get to be, I've been on top for so long, its nice to lower my guard and be taken care of, b-but there's one thing I want to try out...." she said as she got up and walked to a closet, before pulling out a large box.

Chris stared intently, and read the label, "sexy syrup"

"w-what's your favorite kind of syrup?" Enterprise asked nervously.

Chris felt himself getting harder and smirked, "rub some strawberry-banana on yourself enty"

Enterprise nodded and stripped down before she applied the strawberry-banana on herself, the smell was downright appealing, especially when enterprise got out a plate-themed cover for the bed.

she then realised she forgot to uncuff chris, and pointed that out, "o-oh sorry...forgot to uncuff..."

Chris nodded, and then shocked her by ripping the cuffs off.

Enterprise was shocked, "t-those are sexy handcuffs for kansen...how did you..."

Chris smiled "silly kinky enty, male strength is mostly in the upper body, if you cuffed my legs I wouldn't have been able to" he said before he took his shirt off and walked over to his "meal"

Enterprise laid on her back in anticipation, but she didn't need to wait, she found herself being licked to high heaven, chris started with her stomach, which made enterprise squirm from the pleasure and the tickling sensation, before she was forced to arch back from her side being licked.

"mmmm....tastes like enty~" chris joked

"s-shut up" enterprise said with a bashful giggle at that joke as chris continued to lick enterprise thoroughly.

he then started licking her breasts, and sucking on them too, which felt all the more amazing as the synthetic syrup increased enterprise's pleasure receptors, and she moaned out gleefully "YES, LICK ME MY LOVE, LICK YOUR EAGLE~"

Chris continued sucking for a bit before going south of the border, enterprise stared and knew exactly what was coming, the syrup had leaked all the way down there, and she was giddy in lust waiting to see how it felt

"Chris dont dare you waste any time, I flavored it just for you, devour me~" she demanded

"as you wish~" chris said before "devouring" enterprise voraciously, going completely relentlessly

"FUCK YES, EAT ME UP LIKE A THANKSGIVING TURKEY YOU BEAUTIFUL BASTARD" was all enterprise could say as she arched back on the bed and squirmed a bit from how good it felt, her eyes were glazing over and her chest was heaving, she lost all structure in her face as she became lost in the fog of lust, she flashed back to all the times she had masturbated, hoping to one day be treated even better than belfast had done, hoping to be cleaned out and made to squirm all over the bed, and now she found it, she didn't care how she sounded, she was thoroughly enjoying every second of it and she dared not say anything less.

Chris continued his relentless devouring, until without warning, he felt some "syrup" squirt all over his tongue and face again, even more came out this time, and the orgasmic sounds coming from above him were final confirmation, he had caused a "nuclear explosion", and he felt enterprise going limp from the aftershocks.

He got up to check on her, and saw her breathing heavily with a massive smile on her face "good boy~" she said.

Chris felt a childish sense of accomplishment seeing his precious eagle so completely content, if he had tails they'd be wagging "well what can I say, I'm a big eater~"

Enterprise just smiled more "so am I, and I think I deserve to eat now too~"

Chris blushed a little but took off his pants and underwear and grew a devious smirk before reaching for the syrup box.

Enterprise caught on and smirked "why not strawberry-banana again, I like my bananas~"

Chris obliged and rubbed it all over his body and especially his hard as a rock banana (hehehehe), and got on the bed, "eat away~"

He thought he would be ready for what came next, but he definitely wasn't, as soon enterprise was vigorously tasting his scar-covered torso and neck with affectionate bites and licks, and was going wild.

"w-woah, starved aren't we~"  was all chris got to say before enterprise got to the main course

she quickly wrapped chris's dick with her mouth and began to suck on it vigorously, licking it as well, tasting all of the syrupy goodness she could get, and if chris wasn't moaning already, he was now, and loudly

"F-fuck w-were you just waiting for me to accept this?" he moaned out

Enterprise stopped for a moment to reply "yes, call it a part of my kinks but I will do anything to service you~", she then got back to making chris regret being so good in bed, because enterprise was determined to return the favor and she definitely was.

he didnt last much longer, all the pent up horniness from his devouring of his eagle twice over boiled over and soon enterprise tasted some more "syrup" jetting down her throat, it tasted a lot better than usual, and enterprise licked her lips approvingly once it was done.

Chris was panting on the bed in an orgasmic haze, and enterprise just smiled at her work, delighted to see her service was well received.

"I wont need a review my good man, I can see it on your face~" she said with a chuckle

"aren't reviews for maids?" chris jabbed once he was able to think again

Enterprise smirked "oh yes indeed, which reminds me, is a maid a kink for you~?"

Chris nodded

Enterprise dashed to the basement closet again and got out her maid outfit and eagerly put it on, ready to indulge in HER biggest fantasy once again.

Chris whimpered, he knew he was fucked, and it may be in the best way, but his dick was never going to forgive him for this.

"And just how may this maid serve you today?~" Enterprise said with a curtsy

"w-what the hell did belfast do to you" chris asked jokingly

"what did I do to HER you mean~"

"f-fair.... a-anyway I'd like some breast please~"

He soon found his flesh cannon smothered between two mountains of fleshy goodness, andsoon was harder than ever again, moaning from excitement

Enterprise spared no effort trying to make chris feel as good as possible, plapping her breasts down against his pelvis, moving them up and down individually, squishing them against his prostate, all to continue to hear him moan.

Due to hypersensitivity, it didnt take long for her efforts to be rewarded, and soon she found her soft landing coated in wonder juice, coming out so hard it made a noise on the way out.

Chris sunk into the bed, only managing to mutter "g-good maid" between pants at yet another climatic show of happiness

Enterprise smiled in triumph, she had done it again, but she knew neither of them were quite done yet.

"Master, I'm glad to have served you, but if you pardon me, I want you to satisfy my selfish desires~" she said in a faux high class british accent.

Chris got up after recovering and smiled "well what is it you wish?~"

Enterprise got up on the bed and whispered into his hear seductively "mate with me, I want you to press me hard~"

Chris did so without a single work, hoisting her legs so that they were resting on his shoulders as he got into position, and he slid his eager cannon in without much effort.

"A-ah~ finally, this dirty maid is going to be p-punished~" enterprise moaned out as chris began moving, thrusting deep and with force, grunting like an animal.

with each thrust, enterprise moaned more and more, and felt herself feeling more and more gleeful, this was her ultimate desire, pressed against the bed and being fucked passionately, she threw her head back as she felt her spot being slammed against, her mind being fogged with happiness.

"Thats a good maid, moan for your master~" chris said seductively as he picked up the pace

"A-ANYTHING FOR YOU, NO MATTER WHAT~" enterprise moaned out as she felt herself bubbling up

"GOOD, BECAUSE I WANT TO LOVE YOU TILL THE END OF TIME~" chris yelled out as he thrusted even faster

"A-AAH Y-YES, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, TELL ME YOU WILL NEVER LEAVE ME BEHIND~" Enterprise screamed as she got closer and closer to orgasm

"NEVER, I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU BEHIND, I WILL A-ALWAYS TAKE YOU WITH MEEEE" chris said as he fired his biggest blast of the night yet as enterprise climaxed with him, her body convulsing even more vigorously than before, and gladly devouring all of the love juice chris was dumping into her, before chris let ehr legs fall back onto the bed and fell over on top of her, hugging her as she rode the waves of orgasm down.

After they both came down and had time to breathe, enterprise began cuddling up to chris and peppering him with kisses, letting him embrace her after she was done, due to the sheer pleasure of her releases, she fell asleep quickly, and chris just smiled, listening to her snore cutely.

"Thats my enty"

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*The next morning*

Chris woke up and saw enterprise out of his embrace and laying on the bed on her back, staring up at the wall contently.

"Do you remember what you said when we came?" Enterprise asked

"Yes I do" Chris said, moving to rest his head on one of his arms

"Do you mean it?"

"Yes"

"Heh, honest to a fault" enterprise said as she turned to stare at him

"so are you~" *boop*

"Guess I am......knowing you I didnt think you'd accept someone being that submissive"

"I can tell its from real life trauma, the way you smiled when I pounded away, it was happiness of purity AND lust, and those pecks.....no wonder you and I fuck so well~"

Enterprise climbed up onto chris and pressed her breasts against his chest after making sure he was laying on his back before speaking again "tell me, do you regret anything about us?"

"Only the suicide attempt..."

"Should've seen that coming, that was when I realised you really were everything you said you were, a veteran of hell.....I knew what you were thinking...I just wanted to hear it, I admit, that was the first time I genuinely felt like you could be the one for me...." enterprise cooed

"What you have a fetish for depressed suicidal people?" Chris chuckled

"I don't have a narcissism complex..." Enterprise smiled bitterly

Chris smiled to hide the pain "damn.....I was told it was bad.... but not THAT bad..."

"Well, I don't blame my sisters for not talking about it, Yorktown sometimes wished she stayed dead....."

"Tell me then....how bad did it get?"

"I fought like a machine, hoping to kill myself in a battle that would save everyone from the sirens forever, the only end for a warrior like me they say.....it took belfast and robin a long time to permanently undo that thought process....charles nearly brought it back with how much he drilled us."

"He worked ya real hard didn't he?"

"He considered us supersoldiers, which is probably why we didn't rebel, he thought of us as human, but figured we could do more work for less manpower cost, less lives wasted...."

"But you're still human...."

"And he never saw that...."

"Is that why everyone likes me?"

"Of course you silly blondie, we all love you, me most of all of course~"

"heh, would you say that even if I chose to have a second lover?"

"I'd like to see them try to love you more than me"

"heh, thats not a no on polyamory"

"Oh I think I can handle an extra if it means you can always be happy, to be honest I think my sisters would love to be part of that..."

"I mean they all certainly like me more than most"

"You turned their depressed workaholic sister into a happy "eager-to-relax" sister, why wouldn't they?"

"Fair.....but they could stand to not spy on their sister"

Yorktown's spycam self destructed

"How the FUCK did she put that there..."

"Don't worry I took care of it already"

XXXVVVVXXX

"WHAT IS A STICKBUG" Yorktown groaned as she tried to get her camera to work before the signal was lost

XXXVVVVXXX

"Heh, anyways, I have been thinking, chris, how about when we go to paris again, we get the best room and some aphrodisiacs, even if its only one round, I want us to make the best love possible, and gurantee that I have your child"

"Enty....I would be delighted to do that, though I think the hotel will HATE us after that"

"Screw 'em, if I want you to empty your balls inside me, they cant stop me"

"You're god damn right"

They shared a passionate kiss and rubbed against one another, as outside, somebody sighed against the wall of the house

"Why the hell did you have to die john...."

Notes:

Fun fact, out of all the people enterprise has fucked, shoukaku came closest to making her dreams come true.

and then akagi kicked them out of her house, party pooper

Chapter 24: SAVAGES

Summary:

After a chat with an inspector and an air force colonel, chris and enty have a bit of a....deep discussion.

Notes:

Warning: Racial slurs will be in this chapter, this is not to support their use, its only meant to inform the narrative, and I will censor them regardless.

A black haired beast of a man from eastern washington state stood in front of his naval counterpart, the coffee and tea drunken, another man in a cowboy hat and aquamarine clothes having added to the debate, and two kansen flanking the 6'5" robustly built blonde haired half-siren ace combatant of the azur lane naviation corps as they were unofficially called, dressed in a fine sapphire blue naval outfit.

One of the kansen was hiding behind chris, her nervous attitude befitting her tendency to follow chris wherever he went even if he didn't notice.

Another was sitting right next to him, wearing an old admiral's outfit with her long flowing white hair decently brushed, her robust and voluptuous frame definitely meshed well with chris, and as the air force colonel noted, "If you thought you could hide what you two had going on, think again"

"Bradford I have no need to hide this from you, as if you're gonna report me...." Chris said with a confident grin

"Damn right I wont, not sure about Uncle Sam's Misguided Child over here" Bradford said, getting a middle finger from his marine companion, a guy named lawrence

"Oh come on they're not misguided, I mean, Muscles Are Essential, but Intelligence is Never Essential" Chris said jokingly

"At least we're not Eggheads Unable to Analyse and Fight at the same time" Lawrence fired back, "And there's No Air Force Vacancies Yet, so don't ask"

Chris couldn't help but admire the parry, and Enterprise chuckled

"Well, at least none of us are Always Making Relapses when around foreign Youth" Chris said, earning a toast from his guests.

This last bit of banter sealed it all, a test of wits to see if they could work together, and it was clear that they could.

"So the F-4 Phantom IIs.....they'll be our primary air defense I take it?"

"That is correct Waterspout, I take it the lady over here won't mind some AF grade fighter-bombers sticking around?" Bradford said nudging at Enterprise

"Not at all, you'll be better fit for close-range defense, especially when the marines get here...when can we expect them?" Enterprise asked

"As soon as the review is over, I take it you had to cut plans to make it?" Lawrence said

"Yeah, damn jarheaded bastards want me to go to D.C. personally for a review..." Chris said bitterly, Enterprise held his hand under the table.

"That sucks....the Assholes Raping My Yearning to live secretary is definitely going to want you removed...but if he tries anything, you come talk to us, we got contacts" Lawrence said

"You're damn right I will Crabber" Chris said with an informal salute.

Bradford then spoke, "just one more thing, if you do pass and get promoted, do me a favor and swing by Federal Building 6, a new organisation has set up there and I'd like you to officially approve it, the brass is up in arms over its formation, though I support it, I need more backup, this organisation will take us places humanity's never gone before, and if the military is allowed to continue running the research show.....we'll never make it"

Chris closed his eyes and crossed his arm,s trying to remember what that building was, and what organisation it could be, then his eyes opened with a spark for life.

"You have my word, I would be honored to back this up, and if need be, I'll even ask chuck to host a research lab of theirs here, I will spare no expense"

"Good, now let's fly" Bradford said with a salute as he and lawrence left to return to their dorms.

Enterprise sighed and looked at happychris, trying not to die of adorableness.

"So that went well.....what the hell are they building?" Enterprise asked

"The future, a future I always dreamed of, a future......I want to share with you.....but thats for later.....I'm surprised you don't know about any of this"

Enterprise frowned, and Nautilus emerged from behind chris.

"W-we aren't considered human by most of the government" Nautilus said nervously.

Although chris kept his cool, a lightning bolt shot out from his body and knocked out all power to the building for a few seconds.

He calmly turned to Nautilus and, with a masking smile, asked calmly, "run that by me again please?"

"W-we're considered AI......thus don't have human rights....we're still...." Nautilus said

Chris raised a hand to stop her from continuing.

He then started chuckling darkly, spooking enterprise.

"Glad to see humans never change, you're not like them, so that means you must be SAVAGES, SAVAGES, BARELY EVEN HUMAN" Chris sung the last part out.

Enterprise didn't like chris's face, but she didn't speak up as chris tried to contain his anger.

"AI my ass, can I go balls deep in artificial intelligence, have them kiss me, hold me tight, accept my hugs, ride on my back like an innocent child, shoot me into a bridge wall so I dont kill myself, AND do everything in their power to believe that we're still both human? I don't think so"

Nautilus nodded, Enterprise blushed, he was blunt but he WAS right, and she knew it, she had seen TB, TB wants to be more human, but she only exists in the virtual world, so until she has a proper body, she can never be.....although she never looked down on TB for it, it was still a position she never wanted to be in, and the insinuation would make her OWARI DA the fuck out of whoever insinuated it.

Chris quickly pressed a maid button and little bel ran in with tea and cookies, howe's specialty.

"Thank you Bel" Chris said, giving her a cookie, she ran off happily.

Chris then continued.

"Imagine just running along and seeing someone that looks like chocolate is part of their DNA, you dont know them, yet they look like that so obviously they're gonna mug you, rape your lover, and thus must be subjugated for the glory of our cum-colored master race" Chris said with a smirk that implied he wasn't done yet.

Enterprise interrupted, "I....have never seen anyone like that"

Chris nearly choked on his cookie.

"Wanna know something even stupider? imagine if light and heavy cruisers became like that towards each other, and they're both biased against destroyers as well, saying stuff like N****, greaser, timber ****, cracker, kr***, frog, all the fun stuff"

"A-are all of those..." Enterprise asked

"Every last one, half of them are for people of my skin color, and then you have the vultures on top exploiting this, well tell ya what, vote me for president and I'll solve this issue by fucking a moose, THAT'LL DO IT"

Enterprise HAD to cut him off here.

"Okay thats enough......I see why you're mad..."

Chris sighed, "and I've been diagnosed with misanthropy over my vitriol for this shit, well excuse me for hating my fellow humans for claiming people will rape their wives WHILE NOT GIVING SAID WIVES ANY RIGHTS, I didn't mean to imply we need to smartify people"

Nautilus hugged him "no more mad please, only happy"

Chris smiled a little "more"

Enterprise wrapped her legs and arms around chris in a big hug

Chris, wanting to see if he could push his luck, said "more"

Somehow little bel showed up and hugged part of his left leg, eldridge hugged part of his right

Chris felt the warmth and care and sat back in the chair, before he felt someone nomming on his head.

"Rawrrrrr"

Chris just smiled as he felt the painless nomming U-110 was doing.

"with you people around, who needs normal humans" he chuckled

"Well we'll be meeting a lot on our trip to eagle union, and dont worry, paris can wait, if it means you'll be able to enjoy it more" Enterprised whispered into his ear

Chris thought on this and let the affection attack continue.

He was really stressed out, and when it was over, he returned home without a complaint, though thanks to Enterprise having a spur of the moment idea, it wouldnt be a quiet walk.

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*During the walk home*

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Iowa was smirking as Missouri and Joisey looked on with confusion

"I think our commander's had a stressful day" Iowa said

"How can ya tell?" New jersey asked

Iowa silently pointed to a nearby enterprise, walking with someone hugging her affectionately, riding on her back tied with chains, she waved high to the iowa sisters, Iowa waved back, and went along her way.

"....oh" New jersey said

Missouri just laughed "forget her legs, that woman has the strongest back in the eagle union"

Everyone chuckled, except for Wisconsin, who was drunk.

Notes:

Sorry for the intensity, ended it with some fluffy humor to ease it.

that said, the lore thickens, next chapter will likely be the start of their vacation, stayed tuned :D

Chapter 25: Smash and chill

Summary:

Chris and Enty set their modes to gamer, for more gaming moments with long island tagging in.

Enterprise sat down on a cushion, her jeans and her special eagle couples shirt fitting well with her choice of socks today, the controller in her hand, she waited for her gamer mates to show themselves

"AAAAAAAAAAA" a light carrier could be heard screaming

"Never try to play wasabi roulette with me" another voice called out before he entered the room and sat down, wearing sleep pants and his couples phoenix shirt, yorktown was right, they DID love it.

A little with-dressed light carrier followed in, grumbling about the roulette.

Chris and Enty sat next to each other with long island and their fourth player, laffey, who was unusually awake, sitting to their right

"Whats the challenge today?" Long island asked

"we smash, and smash good" Chris said as he opened up the brawl.

Chris picked Lucario funny enough, Enterprise went with Samus, Laffey chose snake, and of all things, Long went with Meta Knight.

"The goal is simple, 10 minutes, most points wins" Enterprise explained

Everyone clicked ready, and the stage was set.

3 minutes in, it became clear that Long Island was in the lead by 4 points, constantly flying around and drilling into the others, but Laffey was the one to knock her down with a missile strike to an idle smart bomb that sent long island flying off the stage and into the blast line, Chris following this with a focus on her as Enterprise readied a missile attack on Long island when she respawned

Laffey was seemingly dominating chris, but Chris rolled and revealed his stored aura sphere, launching her off the stage for a KO as he reacted quickly to a mach tornado from long island, but enterprise had used this to grab a smash ball, she deleted everyone with a laser...except for chris who had jumped out the laser's reach.

"wow she's changed" Laffey said

"And now she's faster but weaker, you're fucked long island" Chris taunted, no seriously he did a taunt

But he was right, Enterprise's character's speed meant she could paralyse long island midair with enough time to deliver a cruel blow, and chris was fighting laffey again.

for several more minutes it looked like things weren't changing, but chris was at 200% damage, while his enemies were still under 130%, it wasnt good for him, but as they smacked around, chris got the smash ball, and dropped an aura storm.

As everyone were stunned to silence, the countdown began, and the match was over, with chris coming in first by a solid 2 point lead.

"He's still the best at smashing" Enterprise said with a bisexual face (You thought I was gonna make a smash joke, but instead, IT WAS ANOTHER BAD JOKE HAHAHAHAHAHA)

Long island growled in defeat, Laffey was smiling "Nice game, what else can we do?"

Chris smiled and brought out kirby star allies.

---

*Several bad jokes later*

"Okay I'm convinced, marx is fun" Enterprise said as Chris used his black hole skill to inhale all the enemies

"No wonder you let me be the main player" Long Island said

"Laffey best adeleine" Laffey said as she shot things with her crystal gun

They played all the way until world 4, to show you how easy the game is, and it was one heck of a fun time.

Then came the next game match, this one was a bit different, a singleplayer game but 4 different tvs, for it was a competition.

"Sonic 3 and Knuckles, in order to win you need to reach the good ending first, which involves 7 chaos emeralds at least, to make it fair,I need to get all 7 super emeralds" Chris explained.

When they all started playing, it became clear why chris had made that challenge condition, even with that he was acing the special stages, and everyone else was struggling to manage, but all of them DID get the chaos emeralds.

They all paused because they all had a question

"Now that we can go blonde, whats the point of super emeralds?" Enterprise asked with a chuckle

"It allows sonic to turn hyper, which is multicolor, faster, and can do a hyper flash which erases all enemies on screen, however it requires all chaos emeralds to become super emeralds, and if you dont get all the supers, you get neither good ending" Chris warned

Everyone nodded, and they locked in.

Chris was still leading in zone count, but somebody was beating him in super emerald count, while laffey had decided to forego the super emeralds.

Eventually they all reached death egg zone, and then they defeated the kyodai eggman robo (thats what I call it and I refuse to hear otherwise).

"So...what now?"

"doomsday zone"

Long island's next question was answered immediately,and they all locked in, the tension was rising, the music was feeding their tension.

Rings were draining, time was marching on, it was a final dash, someone was at only 10 rings, AND THERE GOES THE WINNNERRRRRRRRR.

It was Enterprise who came in first, followed by laffey, then chris, and long island was last.

"That was fun" Long island said, unvexxed by her placement

Chris smiled as he turned on the next game.

Super. smash. bros. ultimate.

before you ask, 4 sucks, so bite me it wont be featured here yet HEHEHEHEHE.

"So many characters......so many choices.....who to choose" Long island pondered as Chris chose his, ridley.

"This game does not come with mercy, and I shall provide none" Chris said in a voice that inflicted pure terror.

But when he saw what Enterprise picked, he knew he was about to eat those words.

*one winged angel begins playing*

"Why do I hear boss music?" Long island asked

"Better lock in" Chris warned

Laffey nodded and chose roy strangely enough, Long island chose mewtwo, this was going to be fun.

---

*A bit of fun later*

---

Laffey and Long Island were feeling physical pain, they had gotten their asses handed to them 10 times in a row by either chris or enterprise, sure they got some KOs too but these two definitely knew their characters well.

And Chris was determined to fight with all he got, he made ridley scrape sephiroth across the ground constantly, and did his tailspike attack to keep enterprise on her toes, but time ran out and it was clear Enterprise had won.

"No, I will not tolerate this" Long Island whined, "99 LIVES, NO ITEMS, LETS GO"

Everyone, set back but understanding, nodded, and it was go time.

It was one hell of a match from the very start, Enterprise clearly knew how to play good, but for every strike she landed, Laffey flare bladed her in the back,  Long Island doing several perfect shields to avoid destruction, at one point chris avoided a strike from enterprise that left her vulnerable to a perfect flare blade that sent sephiroth into a brutal KO, but chris followed up with a tail stab and then a slide across the stage that KO'd laffey, he doubled back for a strike against long island who took the full brunt.

At another point, everyone was at 100% damage but chris was the one to secure 3 KOs at once, but the match still was far from over, and the next time he tried a tail strike, laffey countered him into a screen KO.

Some time later,all of them were down to 5 or less lives, and it. WAS. ON.

A supernova, a psytrike, a flaming critical hit, all in quick succession, KO after KO, strike after strike, pound for pound, nobody said anything, it was smash or die.

And die it was, chris and enty were both down to one stock, and the other two players decided to dodge their inevitable match.

"OWARI DA" Enterprise shouted as she launched her neutral special, but chris was able to dodge it, and did a dashing bite attack to send enterprise flying.

"owari da indeed" Chris said, right before he got flare bladed off the map, coming in dead last.

Laffey giggled triumphantly, and turned at the right time to sent enterprise and long island off for the last KOs of the match, winning said match.

"Well done" Chris said

"That was fun" Laffey said, "something other than fighting in battle, I like it"

There wasnt much else to be said, after that they all took a needed break, and then went back to do various games.

By the end of it, they had gamed so hard, the console they were using white flagged, what a wimp.

Notes:

GAMERS RISE UP.

Chapter 26: Breakfast with a sea god, a nighttime letter from a grim reaper.

Summary:

The big trip to eagle union fast approaches, and two supernatural beings (hah) prove to be interested in how the trip goes.

A beautiful princess sleeps comfortably, her snoozing like a gentle breeze of soothing song to anyone's ears, she moved nary a bit, lost in the land of slumber, potentially never waking up.

And thus the handsome prince walks up to her bedside, and gives her a gentle kiss to free of her her eternal rest.

But the princess did not budge, didn't even react.

Clearly the Prince needed to do something else, and so he did, he brushed her long beautiful white hair away and whispered a sweet nothing into her ear.

"Enty, I have your cap, you it back? come get it"

Enterprise woke up with a jolt and saw chris running away with a mischievous giggle.

"YOU BASTARRRRRD" Enterprise screamed as she went to chase her mischievous prince.

She ran down to the living room in pursuit, only to find her coat and cap waiting for her on a table nearby.

A sea goddess was laying on the couch enjoying the fun of the morning as she read a swimsuit magazine, DAMN TAIHOU IS THICC.

"He got you good" Ägir said with a sip of her coffee

"That he did...." Enterprise said with a sigh as she put on her naval cap, preparing to go find her mischievous phoenix, but was stopped by a smell, chocolate pancakes

"Oh yeah forgot to mention he's in the kitchen already, cooking chocolate pancakes with chocolate ships in them" Ägir said with another sip.

"Probably gonna have a side of scrambled eggs, I know he likes syrup on his.....idk why.....isnt that what is often called a pregnant woman's meal?" Enterprise pondered

"NOT THAT YOU'D KNOW" Chris shouted from the kitchen

"WAS THAT A PREGNANT JOKE OR A BIG EATER JOKE" Enterprise shouted back

No response.

"Oh well, I do love his cooking.....fitting that he makes something special" Enterprise pondered again.

"really? something special today?" Ägir asked

"well sort of, his superiors want him to come to eagle union for an audit.....guess he wants one last good meal just in case...." Enterprise said sadly

"audits....they're hell, I'm having one soon, iron blood is strict" Ägir groaned

"I hope they don't have an exam on your body..." Enterprise said with a smirk

"Like my score would be that far from yours" Ägir said before sticking out her tongue

"Well parried almighty goddess" Enterprise smiled

"Good of you to acknowledge it, because the man of the house has already submitted his will to me, so shall you" Ägir stood up to assume a boastful posture.

"right...." Enterprise turned to the kitchen as chris came out with breakfast

"I'm bi" he said

The 4th wall's funeral is next week.

XXXVVVVXXX

The breakfast was delicious, and very chocolatey

"I suppose this is a fine offering" Ägir said as she wolfed down some pancakes

"Well I won't be able to submit to you for some time" Chris smirked, "neither will enty, we're both going to eagle union for that audit"

"Oh, I see...." Ägir hid her displeasure at the situation behind a stone face

"Though we will also be gone for the rest of the month regardless, a getaway to iris" Chris said, holding enty's hand under the table.

"Hahaha, wow, month of love and you'll be spending it abroad? what did charles feel threatened?" Ägir joked

"Well, to be fair, its to avoid people getting jealous of us, having envious women with the power to level city blocks isn't exactly a good situation to be in" Chris said

"A good thing you aren't dating ME then, the envy would be worldwide" Ägir said with a chest puff.

"Are you insinuating you wish you were an eagle union nuclear supercarrier?" Chris said with a smirk.

Ägir fell over and ran to another room in embarrassment, her face red as a tomato.

Enterprise couldn't help but tease here, "I didn't think you had such a specific type"

Chris nearly spat out his tea, but smiled "no, but white haired goddesses, whether they be archers or rulers of the sea, are VERY appealing" he said loud enough to trigger a dorky scream from the the next room over.

Enterprise stifled a laugh, "are you just teasing her, or are you genuinely smitten with her?"

"I do like long white hair.......but don't worry, you're my number 1" Chris said with a hug

"That I don't doubt, and remember, I wouldn't mind a second, you need the love" Enterprise said with a gentle smile

"Maybe so, but this trip is for us only, and speaking of, tell me, how about instead of cruising there, we race there with our jets?" Chris said

"Interesting, what are the stakes?" Enterprise asked

"Winner gets to be the bottom when we go to paris" Chris said with a seductive smirk.

"PREPARE TO LOSE" Enterprise said, full of determination

XXXVVVXXX

That night, enterprise was calmly dozing, but chris was not, he was up, and he had heard a noise.

He threw on some night clothes and walked towards the balcony where he heard the noise.

True to his suspicions, the culprit was there, a gruff old eagle with a letter that it promptly placed in Chris's hand.

"Hello to you too reaper" Chris said with a smile as he read the note

"Hello there, I overheard some gossip around base, and I know you're going to d.c., here's a heads up, antiochus as already infiltrated there, from the pentagon to the house, the senate, and even the cabinet, they will know the instant you arrive, so tread carefully."

"But, if you manage to get within signal range of fort meade, and manage to avoid being attacked, do me a solid and use your abilities to poke around their database, and if you find anything, you know where to find me"

-Grimprise

Chris couldn't help but chuckle at her usage of his nickname for her, and turned to the eagle in front of him.

"She can count on me, I'll make sure that by the time I return, she'll never have to see herself cry again" he said as he handed the eagle some bacon treats.

After reaper flew away, Chris turned back inside and went back to bed, his bedfellow unaware of this encounter, but instinctively hugging him in her sleep the moment she could feel his warmth again.

Notes:

Fort meade is not some random place, if you know, then there's a real big clue as to what alterprise wants from there.

also I have a headcanon that if sirens did infiltrate the government, it'd be too easy to find out who is a siren and who isn't, just look at anyone who seems to know what they're doing and BOOM, there's your spy XD

Chapter 27: Racing along their flight to hell

Summary:

Its time for our birds to fly to eagle union for the audit, racing each other there with their jets.

That will be their last bit of fun before they have to face an enemy far more evil than any siren, BUREAUCRATS

There was a lot of packing going on in the ol' black nest as it had been affectionately nicknamed.

"Clothes, check, medicine, check, snacks and meal kits, check, birdcage, check, one pure girlfriend, also check" chris went down the list.

Enterprise was chibi flailing in a suitcase "DAMNIT CHRIS LET ME OUT"

He smiled and opened the suitcase, letting enty fall out "had to take inventory babe"

"BY STUFFING ME IN A SUITCASE?"

"Not the only stuffing I plan to do to you"

"I HOPE SO"

They exchanged a "bleh" and went to finish packing, enterprise stored it all in her rigging, and they dashed out to the airstrip.

XXXVVVXXX

When they got there, a problem soon arose, the landing strip hadn't been renovated to handle jets yet, which meant if they took off, it would be very dangerous.

"well.....shit" Chris said, facepalming in his own stupidity.

"Don't worry, we'll find a way" Enterprise said, hugging him to assure him.

"And we will, about now-ish, I have an idea" Chris said, before he activated a communicator.

A TF2spyyell later, Essex landed right in front of chris.

"What is it that you need?" Essex asked in chibi form.

"Can you take your ship out? enty and I are gonna race to d.c. with our jets, and we need a place to take off from" Chris explained

Essex grinned at the thought of helping her senpai, and nodded "It shall be done!"

She summoned her ship in the water nearby, it was quite a site to behold having been retrofitted, and the deck was ready to be used.

Enterprise and Chris were carried by Essex to her ship soon after and preparations began.

"Alright racers, this is a one-way race, first to d.c. wins, now START YOUR ENGINES" Essex said trying to imitate a racing official.

Enterprise smiled and got out her phantom fighter, chris summoned his mech suit and entered full jet mode.

Enterprise was about to start up when she realised something, she had never flown this fast on a jet before, and its very likely the force she'd be exposed to could rip her skin or worse, so she decided to get into her jet's cockpit, augmenting it so she could pilot it her way despite being inside it, and thats when she started the engine.

Chris started his, and Essex readied her launchers.

"Ready......set.....GO!" with a thrust down of a checkered flag, Essex activated her catapults and launched them both into the sky, after the inertia was handled, they took over from there and began flying higher, the rulers of the sky, flying too fast and too high for essex to see soon after, but it didn't matter, the roar of the jet engines echoed, and she knew that when they got back, she would be able to fly her own jets in a massive show of what jets can do.

XXXVVVXXX

With our racing pilots, they were already racing above the clouds at speeds that only they could measure, both trying to outspeed the other while also enjoying the thrill of how fast they were moving.

"I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE GOING ABOVE 500 MPH" Enterprise shouted with excitement

"AND THATS NOT EVEN HALF OF WHAT THIS BABY CAN DO" Chris shouted back, both trying to talk over radio.

As they raced faster and faster, it wasnt a question of who was winning, but who was able to enjoy it more.

They sliced through clouds making vapor trails behind them, when they flew over a siren base they used this ability to write a message in the clouds

"Dear sirens, fuck you, -azur lane"

With that bit of trolling they continued flying higher and faster, eventually ripping towards california, but shortly before they got there, something strange happened, things were quiet, sure noise was there, but enterprise also felt vapor trails piling up around her jet's thruster exhausts

"Chris, I can barely hear my jet, whats going on?"

Chris processes what enterprise said, he realised he himself was feeling a circle of vapor too, and he was barely hearing anything too.

"Enty.........we've done it"

"Done what?"

"We've hit the sound barrier, and shattered it"

"WHAT?"

"You heard me, we're going faster than the speed of sound" Chris confirmed

"You mean we're going so fast that people hear us only AFTER we pass by?"

"Yep"

Enterprise let the silence all flow around her, she saw chris flying next to her, both of them level, a respite from the race for a bit to take in what they were doing.

"I didn't think we could ever reach such velocities..... how..."

"the magic of technology enty, it surpasses humanity's physical limitations, if I did this without the pressured containment of this jet, I would've either burned up or tore myself to shreds....if I even got to this speed, at much lesser speeds the air would be flung out of my lungs.... "

"....does this mean......we can never go this fast while flying on top of my plane?"

"enty...we could, but we'd have to wear pressurised suits, not that it matters, I don't care if I can only hold you at 200 mph or less, thats 200 different speeds I can hold you, and thats fine by me"

Enterprise blushed furiously in her cockpit "d-damnit chris...."

"But enough talk, LET'S GET TO D.C, just remember to slow down when we get there, although it IS still a race, we'll overshoot D.C by a long margin if we don't de-accelerate when we get close" Chris said

Enterprise nodded, but smirked, "but that means I won't show mercy before then"

Before chris could process what was about to happen, enterprise raced ahead, reaching mach 1.5, chris quickly sped up to catch up to her, determined to make every mile of the race count.

Eventually their race got them close to d.c, and both managed to de-accelerate as they got close, they started hearing everything normally again, and chris radio'd ahead to the brass HQ.

XXXXVVVXXXX

Here we see the fine pentagon at work, but down the road and up a few blocks or so, maybe more, maybe less, doesn't matter, the pentagon's greatest nemesis was busy debating, a festering assembly of blood sucking parasites that feast off the avarice and envy of others to fuel their own, curse upon all that knew them, an evil far more entrenched and corrupted than any siren.

CONGRESS *DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNNN*

Their vile debating was in full swing.

"Our country needs stronger border security"

"Our border security is the strongest in the world"

"What we need is to better screen immigrants"

"We should make it harder for people to become citizens of eagle union, make them earn it"

"We should have a list of people that have committed crimes and force them to work with no pay"

"I HATE N******"

One representative, with pale yellow eyes yet strangely great complexion, felt sick.

"Infiltrate congress they said, it'd be easy they said... zero, next time you have an idea, SHOVE IT UP YOUR CUNT"  the representative thought to herself

The senate infiltrators weren't doing much better, the stuff they were hearing was abysmal.

"We should ban clowns!"

"Didn't we do that already?"

"We could always ban women"

"But you're a woman"

"I AM AN EAGLE THERIAN THANK YOU VERY MUCH"

"Okay then give me some eggs bitch"

"I say we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first porno"

"We should ban members of the dragon empery's revolutionary front from having citizenship, starting with that guy that runs clockwork dragons"

"He's not a member of that front...he's NEVER been, because, as we've said time and again, he's from Singapore"

"Singapore? what is that, some western european territory?"

One of the senate infiltrators made a note in her mind "Have the kansen overtake the government"

She sent this note to her ally in the pentagon, another siren, who wrote it down while listening to the brass

"I'm just saying you're a waste of money, we should dissolve the navy, as its obsolete, we have nuke-carrying planes, and get rid of the marines too"

"General that is a TERRIBLE idea, nukes aren't a good way to fight wars, and often you may never find a chance to use them"

"Yeah says you, I'll make an irradiated sea of cobalt on them ching chongers and them nazi fuckers, then we'll see who's right"

One admiral, wearing a uniform with shoulder rank straps that had 5 stars on them, was groaning internally, due to the siren threat, the navy and marines arguably became the most important fighting forces the eagle union has, with the air force a close second as they could patrol the land up high to check for siren land forces far faster than the army could, and also could work with the navy for constant global intelligence gathering, and who cared about dragon empery and iron blood, the sirens were out there.

"Well we'll see if our incoming guest can prove you or us right, he should be here in a few days"

A glasses-wearing office worker ran into the room

"Forgive the interruption but the commander just radio'd in, he'll be here in a matter of minutes"

Everyone rushed out to prepare for his arrival, they knew a kansen was arriving with him and prepared for that as well, it was time to see what this blonde haired commander could offer, and what he had accomplished.

The welcoming party awaited in full dressing as they heard the roar of jets flying into view, enterprise first, followed by chris about 10 seconds later, and with permission to land granted, the jets touched down, powering down until they were silent.

First to disengage from their jet was chris, full uniform and rather well kept, looking like a genderbent vanguard in a naval officer's uniform.

"Commander chris reporting as ordered" he saluted the officers, they saluted back, one said "at ease"

Enterprise then got out of her jet and de-summoned it, she saluted, got told "at ease", and everyone then realised she looked different from last they saw of her, black pants, golden chain in her pocket, fleet admiral's coat, same white shirt, but she was more muscular, robust, longer white hair, and a much bigger displacement, she was even taller.

"Enterprise....you look.....improved" one of the naval officers said

"All thanks to the commander here"

"...well....guess we better start on the audit, anything to say before we begin?"

"yes sir" she then turned to chris "I win" she smiled

"yeah you did....." he said.

"what?"

"we raced here sir, wanted to get here as soon as possible, she's still the superior pilot" chris explained

"well then....anyway....proceed to the audit room, we will interview you shortly, the fleet admirals will organise it for you, dismissed".

And like that, they were finally here, in hell.

And there was no fiddle to relax to.

Notes:

Hope ya like the pot shots, I AM GOING TO ENJOY MORE OF IT.

I'll work on the next chapter ASAP, it'll be semi-tense, but it'll be worth it, WE'RE GOING PLACES BABY.

Chapter 28: The audit

Summary:

The review commenceth, and with it, chris's greatest chance at securing the future of his relationship not just with azur lane or eagle union, but with enty.

As you can guess, the stress is through the roof.

*tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock*

That was the only supportive noise that the audited were exposed to, the clock they were listening to as they waited.

It was a sterile but rather blue office, navy blue, which made chris feel more relaxed, even when he saw the secretary of the navy be called in, he didn't feel much panic...physically.

Enterprise held his hand "you've got this, I've been through a few audits, and if they're anything like mine, it'll be over quickly and then you'll be on your way"

"to be fair....I'm not a kansen...."

"true...." enterprise said with a sad exhale.

As the clock ticked, doubt seeped into her mind, chris had gone through hell, but did he ever leave? perhaps, in his mind, he belonged in hell, and thus...would always make sure he could never hurt anyone too much when he inevitably had to return, maybe he still thought, after all this time, he didn't deserve happiness, for all that he had seen, all he had done.

Chris wasn't thinking much better, he was worried bad, he had managed to stay in azur lane for this long, and he didn't want to be forced out, even if he could have a new life, enty wouldn't be there as often as he'd like...which was always....

it was clear to him that this wasn't just an audit, this was his final judgement, would he get to live, or die?

The questioning was interrupted by a voice

"they are ready to see you"

Chris got up without a word and pulled enterprise close to him, wrapping an arm around her and dragging her like a security blanket.

Blanketprise didn't object, she was enjoying being embraced.

When they got into the audit room, enterprise took a seat next to the podium chris was made to stand at.

And then, it began.

"Commander christian *ommited*, graduated top of your class in naval aviation, achieved wartime rank of admiral, awarded 10 distinguished defense service medals, 7 navy crosses, 3 medals of honor, 6 air medals, 2 presidential unit citations, and a presidential medal of freedom with distinction, rejected a congressional gold medal, decorated by many foreign governments, an impressive record" the auditor said

"Thank you" Chris said

"We have been tracking your progress ever since you arrived to azur lane, we are here to see if you should continue serving in your role as second in command of azur lane, and if you should be allowed to progress in commissioned rank and assume the duty of commanding all of azur lane's naval aviation assets, we understand you have brought one of the highly sophisticated ais known as a kansen with you"

"That would be Enterprise yes, who has become my ship, and I have become her squadron, as noted I'd assume"

"Yes, you have seemed to become a tactical squadron for the ship, it also says you've made her fight better, work harder, and command more efficiently, and your logistical ability helped azur lane regather its strength, you even freed the royal navy home islands from siren occupation and folded them back into azur lane, by all accounts you deserve another congressional medal"

"Yes but I don't need another paperweight" Chris retorted.

"noted....anyways, you have also caused azur lane to request budget expansions several times, its been called into question whether or not its justifiable, you're running at a push, all the changes you've run, the base could explode in on itself at any moment, captain charles has said you've spent billions more than he had just to have ONE ship...."

"That is true"

"So you admit such wasteful spending...what do you have to say for yourself soldier?"

"That the ship in question is right here, come up enty" chris motioned for enterprise to come forward.

"I am CVN-65 Enterprise, my own class now, nuclear powered supercarrier, and-"

"Hold on, nuclear supercarrier? NUCLEAR?" one of the officers watching said out loud.

"Yep, I spent a lot of resources getting enty here powered up, saved her life, and the results speak for themselves, I'm sure you've heard reports of one ship annihilating hundreds of siren ships across the pacific"

"We have" a gruff old sounding admiral said, his 5-star shoulder straps reflecting light on christ for a moment, "And anyone that can send those siren bastards straight to hell is worthy of being commanded only by the toughest commanders out there" the fleet admiral said, his voice ringing familiar to enterprise.

"sir....we-" one captain spoke up

"remain silent franklin" the fleet admiral spat back, shutting franklin up before he himself sat back down.

The auditor then turned back to chris

"So...its true you've created a nuclear supercarrier, tell me, how does she run, is she efficient?"

"Yes....this weapon as you will never needs to refuel, constantly outspeeds nearly every ship we have, and if she cant outspeed them, she can keep her speed up far longer than anyone else, laffey nearly fell apart trying to race her" Chris said

Although she knew he was likely just talking, enterprise felt her heart being stung upon hearing him call her a weapon.

"Are you suggesting we replace the entire fleet with nuclear ships, or just have enterprise here do everything?"

"Negative on both counts, we need every ship we can get if we're to ever crush the siren menace for good, captain chuck has constantly told me to renovate and improve on what we have, we hope to have a 1,000 ship navy by the end of the decade, spread out amongst members from each faction in the alliance" chris said

"You have ambition commander" the auditor said, "but is it matched by your disregard for your own life?"

That struck him completely through.

"I seek death because in doing so I will live, anyone who goes out there and fights and says he's not afraid is an idiot, but those who only fear dying before their work is done will fear not any bullet"

"You say that yet you constantly raise budget demands, and drain tax dollars for little gain, where are the new kansen?"

"We need the resources to summon them, we cannot make new kansen without something that allows a cube to bind to a concept"

"You certainly didn't need that for illinois"

"That was because we were given her unfinished hull to bind the concept to, we then converted it into wisdom cube energy and augmented it, same with satsuma, we used nagato's data for the main turret layout and yamato's data for the conversion to the super A-150 as I submitted in my report, but this is not enough to last, in order to make completely new concepts we need you to build hulls for the cube to bind to, and nobody's delivered"

"Are you saying its up to US to do your job in making new ships?"

Chris took major offense to that disgusting remark, and retorted as such "No, its not my job to make them, its my job to command them, maintain them, listen to them, be there for them..." he started trialing off.

"You think highly of these ships.....as if they're human, they're nothing more than sophisticated AIs that can do the work of a thousand men, an achievement in warfare that saves lives"

"You're right, it DOES save lives, until you want to dominate another country and thus it ruins so many it reaches a net negative, and ruins their lives too, forced to fight for people that don't even like them for them, they do the dirty work we don't want to do, and you won't even recognise them for it, you dont even think they're human, yet they're more flesh and blood than my cyborg ass"

Chris takes off his uniform, exposing a bare arm, and rips some skin off, revealing the siren tech underneath, shocking everyone.

"I am half siren, augmented by scientists to kill sirens, I am less human than a kansen is, a kansen does not have machinery inside of them, they are completely flesh and blood, with the ability to summon powerful arms of war, they fight valiantly to protect the hopes and dreams of humanity, and you want to stand there and claim they're just artificial intelligence?"

"Commander you are-"

"The only artificial intelligence here is the bureaucrats that deny the truth because it comforts them, it must be easy for them to justify such biases in the comforts of their home while the kansen risk their lives for them, because the kansen have to bear the responsibility of doing bloody work, they dont, almost as if they dont want show the true strength of humanity, the strength that gave me the ability to survive far longer than I should, the strength, to LIVE"

Everyone was silent, even enterprise, who was getting incredibly worried because chris was still leaking blood.

"And that is why I say enterprise, and the rest of the kansen, are worthy of respect and admiration, because they can be both an angel, and a demon, yet still be more human than the people sitting on their asses eating salted fries"

At this point, it was clear people were murmuring.

As the murmurs increased, the auditor spoke.

"I think we're done here, you may go, we'll report on the results soon....dismissed"

Chris glared at him before leaving with enterprise.

---

Later.....

---

Chris was bandaged up and looking downright steaming.

"This is why I never wanted to go here..."

Enterprise was silent.

"Look, about-"

"I know what you said....and that hurt...." Enterprise said with a glare

"You know I see you as more than a weapon" chris said

"I know that, and yet you don't see yourself as more than that. it took me a long time to get used to the fact I was more than a weapon, and here you are believing what I used to."

Chris realised it, and sighed "I was just trying to prove a point"

"By admitting in front of the people in charge of your future that you are a fusion of humanity and the enemy of all humanity?"

Chris had no retort for that.

"You even downright told them off for it, you were right sure, but they were right about one thing, you have no concern for your own life, that was incredibly stupid...." Enterprise said firmly, she wasn't yelling, but that made it hurt worse.

"I've been trying to help you, I've saved you numerous times,but here, I can't save you, they can take you from everything and everyone you love, and I can't stop them" Enterprise continued.

Chris spoke up "But they can't keep me away, I didn't bring you here just to make you feel useless, there was something I wanted to do with you here, and I still intend to do it no matter what anyone says, no matter what they decide, and I promise you, whatever the choice they make, they can't keep me away forever"

Enterprise's face was a frozen glare, unchanging.

That night, chris was forced to sleep in another room in the guestrooms.

He knew he pretty much deserved that, he just hoped that enterprise wouldn't stay mad forever, he pulled out the plush of her and held it tight.

As for Enterprise, in her room, she pulled out the plush of him, and thought out loud as she played with it in her hands.

"I hope you can forgive me for this night, I hope to never do this again, my big dumb happy phoenix"

Notes:

Ooo tension.

Next up, a respite, it'll be short, but trust me, it'll be a MAJOR chapter.

And in fact, I'll start writing it now :D

Chapter 29: A promise is a promise

Summary:

Poetic no?

Chris knew he possibly signed his own death warrant, and Enterprise rightfully called him out, but she worried she was too harsh.

But chris's true motive for bringing her along may be the most important thing he's ever done.

Chris and Enty both woke up, alone, and both of them immediately felt the pain of waking up alone.

Chris held back his tears and promised that today, he'd make things right, it was now or never, he had ONE chance at making it up to enterprise.

Enterprise sprayed herself with a lavender fragrance, vowing to the plush she held that she wouldn't let him think that he had screwed up everything.

As Enterprise planned though, she got a text.

---

Sehotec: Hey........look, if its not too much to ask.......can we still do what I wanted to plan?

Nuclear_Ghost: .......

Sehotec: We still have to talk this out, no matter what....I am determined to make things right

Nuclear_Ghost: .......chris....get on your casual clothes, and let's get some damn food

---

That was the entire conversation.

Chris managed to find a nearby eatery for them to meet at, and ordered a footlong sandwich for the both of them, he texted enterprise and told her he was at a specific place.

Thats when he smelled the lavender lilac perfume.

He turned to see Enterprise, anniversary ride style, staring at him with arms crossed.

"Its a good thing I'm an eagle, because you sure don't have my eyes" she said softly, trying to lighten the mood.

Chris didn't chuckle but he did smile a little, trying to ease the tension.

"I got you the philly steak and cheese"

"Nice, what did you get?"

"veggie"

"huh, I need to cook you a massive steak....no lets plan that later" Enterprise said.

They both sat down at the table and chris got their full order, tall sodas with a side of big chocolate chip cookies.

They both stared at their meals....and both didn't seem to want to eat.

Eventually, chris spoke.

"Look, I'm sorry about yesterday"

Enterprise remained silent

"and I'm sorry for being so careless, I know you have every right to be upset, and if you want to shoot me halfway across the planet, you have the right, but before you do, I'd like to just enjoy one last day with you...if worse comes to worse"

Enterprise relaxed her shoulders.

"Chris.....I didn't come here to shoot you, I came here to make up for making you sleep alone, I just needed some space, you're a bundle of chaos that ties itself up good one moment and is unbound the next, yet it never ceases you from being the phoenix I know and love, and if this truly is our last day together....I'll do you one last favor and enjoy it with you"

Chris smiled at that and took a bite of his sandwich.

Enterprise followed suit.

"You know, there isn't much to do in this district, but there IS this one federal building I want to go to, its why I brought you here, its something you deserve to see" Chris said

"You seem so sure...what could it concern?"

"The stars above"

Enterprise froze, the stars above.

they always lit up the night sky, a contrast to the death on the sea, she always looked up at them and wondered, was there life amongst them? was there....and end to this war among them?

she snapped out of her flashbacking

"are you sure we can even visit?"

"I got clearance before I came here, its not open to the public but I was given a favor from a "mysterious benefactor", who was approached by colonel bradford"

"huh.....I forgot you had connections, makes me feel worse...."

"Enty.....you have every right to be upset with me, I was overconfident, even if I always act on some level of certainty....now come on, let's finish this up, kill some time, and go to this building at nightfall"

Enterprise agreed to that, they finished their meals and killed time.

---

That night....

---

Chris lead enty to their destination even though they were using her motorbike.

"we should do this more often" chris said

"maybe" enterprise said passively, they stopped right in front of the building, the sign in front of it was bright and neon

"NASA: paving roads leading to the future"

May not be an accurate slogan but hey.

"NASA? huh..." Enterprise said absentmindedly.

an official approached them

"you're the VIPs aren't you, come on then" the official said happily.

they followed in, and enterprise was astounded by what she saw.

starcharts, projects, labcoats, models of space objects, it was wondrous.

"they really are working towards the future" chris said

"I...I can't believe something like this would exist....when I was just starting out these ideas weren't even encapsulated in children's toys...now our government's.....chris is THIS what you wanted to show me?"

"Yes, but its not all of it, NASA in my timeline is a run down shell of what it used to be, but here, its nearing the prime of what it'll do, for now is sattelites, like that one" chris pointed to a large scale model of said device

Enterprise looked at it with childish amazement.

"wow...."

Chris couldn't judge her, he was gonna do that too.

"They'll compile data about what lies beyond this rock, and expand our knowledge of what truly lays beyond, and thus.....pave the way for great things" Chris said

Enterprise gawked at everything, they toured the facilities at their leisure, enterprise couldn't help but be amazed at what humans were doing.

"And this is WITHOUT the goal of fleeing the sirens?"

"Yep, they do this out of curiosity and science" Chris said with a smile

Enterprise grinned brightly, a smile chris wanted to protect at all costs.

"I can't believe this could exist, thank you dear, thank you" Enterprise said, kissing chris on the lips and hugging him tight.

"So.....am I forgiven?" chris chuckled as enterprise broke off the kiss.

"Oh you idiot I already forgave you, I'm just happy you know me so well that on the brink of so much, you still had time to show me this" Enterprise said with a bigger, more "MUST PROTECT" kind of smile.

Chris smiled brightly seeing Enterprise happy.

"Well Enty, there's one more thing I want to show you, and its in their backyard"

XXXVVVXXX

Chris and Enterprise walked out a back door straight up to a giant model outside, a model of a big capsule-like object"

"What is this?" Enterprise asked curiously

"Its their plan for a spacecraft that can carry people in it, its small but its a start" Chris explained, his breath getting funny.

Enterprise's eyes beamed "wow...."

"And there's more.....in my time....they advance this and make full on shuttles for crews to go out and repair orbiting space stations, symbols of global unity" Chris explained, feeling a little weak, anxiety taking over.

"Y-you okay?" Enterprise said with concern

"Yeah I'm f-fine" Chris said, anxiety flooding him as he felt his pant pocket, it still had something in there, good, it was the thing he brought.

"Chris, dont tell me you're going into an anxiety fit over seeing me happy" Enterprise said jokingly

"N-no, its something else....y-you see that capsule?"

"yes"

"you see the stars above in the night sky?"

"yes"

"then know this, one day, that capsule will be the start of a quest, a quest not to have orbiting space stations, but to have the capacity to explore beyond our solar system, because of the idea that we are not alone in this universe" chris said, regaining composure.

"Not...alone......are you saying that there likely IS life out there?"

"Yes, civilisations, wildlife, everything, the amount of places we could visit, civilisations we could see, are as numerous as the stars" Chris said

Enterprise looked up at the night sky processing this.

"civilisations...free of war?"

"likely....I admit....remember when I asked you what you planned to do after the sirens were defeated?"

"yes, pretty much stick with you" Enterprise said staring at chris, who seemed to sweat a little.

"well, had I defeated that monster in my time...I would've left earth, trying to find those civilisations amongst the stars, leave the old tombs behind, and find peace, and hopefully, die confirming the biggest question often asked, is there life out there" chris explained.

Enterprise nodded, taking that in, and, being enterprise, asked a question.

"So....assuming we defeat the sirens, is that still your plan?"

Chris nodded, "yep, only with one change, I'll take you with me, we'll explore the stars together, no matter where I find myself, I'll be sure you're there with me for it"

Enterprise smiled, her phoenix truly was determined.

"and let me guess, thats another promise?" enterprise asked jokingly.

"Yes, I promise that I will take you there, and I mean it, I mean every promise I make, I intend to keep it"

Enterprise shook her head, "chris....as much as I want to believe that, its getting a bit old....." she turned her back to try and mess with him.

Chris sighed anxiously "y-yeah, I make a lot of promises, but I am serious every time" he said as fiddled with his pant pocket and pulled something out.

"And well, I know words are just words, which is why I brought something to back my words"

Enterprise turned to see what he could mean, and when she turned, she didn't see chris.

"Chris where are you?"

"Look down you blind eagle"

Enterprise did look down, and saw a sight made her audibly gasp, covering her mouth with her hands, even backing up a little.

Her mind flashed backwards, remembering a lot of the ups and downs she had with chris up to this point

"Not the one....."

"Frankly I'm happy you'll take me in, got nothin' left

"HAH, I knew it"

"I appreciate that Enterprise"

"I THINK THAT WENT WELL"

"let's just say I had to fight the apocalypse....and it wasn't a one-off thing"

"I think if we're gonna change anything around here, a good idea would be to improve the gear you girls use"

"Its me you lugnut"

"I feel like I just walked in on so much all at once"

"Oh sad, personally I was gonna recommend watching a game with the st. louis cardinals, a pretty stellar team"

"I got free time, wanna go do something together?"

"I DIDN'T WANT YOU ALL TO DIE OKAY?"

"please, let me die....I know I've improved you lives but its only gonna go downhill from here...."

"Can you....walk with me enty?"

"its okay he gets to call me that"

"You're special enty, for many reasons"

"you're real........you will always be real....."

"Y-you don't have to accept it...I can move on...I can find someone else...."

"I'M KING OF THE OCEANNNNNNNNN"

"there's a lot of color even when you think there is none"

"I can't believe I've gotten such an amazing girlfriend, I didn't feel I deserved it, but once again, fate hates seeing me depressed"

"Well enty, do you accept my promise now?"

That question made her emerge from the river of memories she was swimming it. all that time she was hoping to find proof that the broken depressed shell of a man they found on the beach would never return, proof that chris was certain once and for all that he would always live, and so would she.

And now, she had the proof right in front of her, in the form of a steel ring with a heart shaped emerald with wings, one a blazing phoenix, one a ghostly eagle.

It was completely unexpected, no damn way did her phoenix get the courage to, at the precipice of everything, dare imply that everything would work out in the end, that kind of anti-cynicism was something that she had never seen before.

And she was rendered speechless at the kneeled figure before her, immobile, before finally she lowered her hands, and kneeled down to eye level, looked him dead in the eyes, and with the tears of a broken ace now healed trickling down her face, pulled him into a big tight relieved hug, and whispered her answer lovingly into his ear.

"Yes"

Notes:

Behold, the other reason the d.c. arc was taking so long.

Whats there left to do in dc? well some boring stuff, a meeting with someone, and then its off to a gradual cruise to iris.

BECAUSE I GOT THIS OUT BEFORE VDAY ENDED IN MY TIMEZONE YEEEEES

Chapter 30: Interview with a bull

Summary:

After one of the best surprises of her life, enterprise is on cloud 9.

Right on time to help chris with his toughest test yet.

"I-I.....I...*sniffle*"

"I know, I can't believe it either, and I'm not complaining"

Enterprise hadn't abandoned her grip on her precious phoenix one bit, yet despite this, he had carried her out of the building through stealth, before flying back to their visitors' dorm, her motorbike despawning shortly after her mind crashed.

Now they were back in the dorm, and Chris had just managed to get enterprise off him so he could put the ring on.

Enterprise was staring at it, still in disbelief, and holding her free hand over her mouth sometimes to contain her happy heaves.

"C-chris......how l-long did you p-plan to..."

"Ever since you sat through my therapy sessions with vestal, I was thinking about it long before then, when we made amends in that hospital room.....I....know I'm being quick, I know its only been a few months.....but sitting through my therapy sessions, and deciding to vent it out on the sirens instead of anyone you cared about, after everything we've been through these past few months, just A FEW MONTHS MIND YOU, it feels like I've lived a decade in that time, and you NEVER gave up on me, even knowing what I used to be, who I used to be, your view on me only improved......you said I have a reckless regard for my life.....and thats true, but thats because...I felt like I was becoming less human, but you indirectly told me I was still as human as ever, it helped me accept myself for who I am, and who I want to be with" chris said, his voice kissing enterprise's ear drums lovingly.

Enterprise knew what he was getting at, in simple words, his trust was never broken, only dented a little, but it got repaired and reinforced constantly, thanks to her.

The feeling of appreciation for doing not her duty, but what she full-heartily wanted to do, was as overflowing as the happiness she already felt, for once, she had done something she enjoyed doing, something she could feel ANYTHING doing, and the target of those actions surely appreciated the actions, but had appreciated the woman behind them even more, and wanted to show his thanks in the best way he could, a way that had the goal of seeing her truly happy and content, because it did him good to see her like that.

After this process of thought ended, her tears still running down her face.

"*sniffle* *sniff*, w-why n-now?"

"Because you always wanted to go into space silly, I learned that some time ago, I knew it'd make your day to know that regardless of what happens, I'd make it possible, it had to be perfect"

"W-why? y-you're e-enough perfection as it i-is"

That honest reply was enough for chris to take his shirt off, knowing how much enty liked feeling his scarred chest, pecking it even, and motioned for her to come into a big embrace.

She ran to him so hard they fell into the bed in a big warm embrace, and enterprise spent the rest of that night sobbing happily into chris's chest, nuzzling when she finally fell asleep

---

Morning...

---

Chris woke up with enterprise still nuzzling him, she had woken up before him but was content with nuzzling.

"Morning my future husband hehe" Enterprise said with giddy intent.

"Enty....we have to get up..." Chris reminder her

"No."

"Enty......"

"I am not letting you go, NEVER" Enterprise stared at him with a protective look.

".........even if I can't get dressed?"

".......fiiiiiiiinnnnne" Enterprise whined as she broke off and let him get dressed, she changed into her formal attire.

When the dressing was done, she immediately re-attached herself, nuzzling his shoulder.

"No lonely, only huggy" Enterprise said.

"The physical is going to be a lonnnnng one" Chris said with a sigh

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Chris was at the physician's office with giddyprise still holding onto him and pecking at his cheek occasionally, embarrassing maybe, though for him it was more annoying that he was going to have to be examined, and he needed to be able to move freely, hard to do with a giddyprise attached to you.

When they got seen, yeah...problems arose

"okay just raise your- will you please get off him?"

"No." enterprise replied with a *bleh*

"enty listen to the doctor"

"Vestal isn't here" enterprise said

The doctor eventually lost her patience, and got some steel plates out and pried enterprise off with a crowbar and, before enterprise could object, the steel plates were riveted around her and she was bolted down to a chair.

Enterprise screeched like an eagle, flailing against her restraints.

"...........commander......help" the doctor pleaded

Chris chuckled "she just needs to have her off switch activated"

He then got up from the examination seat, walked up to enterprise, and pecked her on the head.

Enterprise turned bright red and nearly fainted, but regained her composure, finally calmed down.

"You're cute when you blush~"

"Stupid sexy christian" Enterprise murmured.

"Okay...with that out of the way...vitals"

A lot of it was boring, until they did a blood test.

"....how the hell are you naturally producing LSD in your blood?"

"so I can hallucinate by sniffing my own blood? cool" chris said with a smile.

"....dont do that"

"I wont"

"also...while I'm sure doctor vestal will be able to verify this for sure, your siren enhancements seem to be replicating a consistent cell count using the proteins of what you ingest"

"what exactly does this mean?"

"It has a list of baselines of everything you need to remain in your prime condition, and when you get close to that baseline, it begins replicating replacement cells, though you still need to eat right"

"I see, is there any part of this where I should be concerned?"

"Well......sperm cells are on the list too"

Chris's eyes widened "you mean......it begins replacing....right after..."

"Yeeeeeeep"

Chris turned to giddyprise, who had broken out of her riveted restraints, put on some red glasses, and began taking notes.

"I...think that wont be a problem"

".....you're one lucky guy"

"I know, thats why I'm marrying her"

"congratulations, honestly, I thank you for making this woman happy"

Chris raised an eyebrow "why exactly do you care?"

"I have always seen kansen as human, seeing one act like she does....it warms my heart, even when it interferes with my work" the physician said with a chuckle

"Well if I pass my audit, I'll lead the charge in seeing kansen get their rights" Chris said

"Well good, because this was part of your audit, and you passed this part with flying colors, now normally this would be it, but there's someone out by the naval secretary's office that wants to talk to you, claims to be your benefactor"

"Huh....bradford?" Chris pondered

"No, he sent this to give to miss enterprise" the doctor gave enterprise a card that had a sentence on it.

"Hit hard, hit fast, hit often"

Enterprise's eyes widened.

"Chris, we are GOING to the naval secretary's office, PRONTO" she then practically yoinked chris out of the room, racing out the building and to the secretary's offices.

"ENTYYYYYY" Chris whined as chibiprise raced.

When they got to the offices, chibiprise promptly stopped, letting chris fall to the ground painlessly.

"Enty...what the hell" chris groaned as he got up, trying to regain air.

"Ehehe, sorry" Enterprise rubbed the back of her head in embarrassment, "Its just there's someone I want you to meet and he's the one that sent that letter" she explained

"Must be very important to you"

"Oh he IS" enterprise said with more giddy noises, "and you're going to love him"

"We'll see about that young lady, and you better have a good reason for being in trousers and not slacks"

This voice made enterprise freeze up, chris did too, he recognised that voice, it  was the same one from the trial.

They both turned to see a gruff 70-something fleet admiral in full dress with his arms crossed.

"Well? I'm waiting missy"

Enterprise felt her nerves rise, anxiety filling her mind, but she came up with an answer "because I'm the working ship, I do what I want"

The gruff FA stared at enterprise for a second, uncrossed his arms, and laughed.

"Thats my girl, come here you" he opened his arms and walked towards enterprise who embraced this fleet admiral like a happy child.

"Its good to see you again Ellie"

"ELLIE?" chris shouted in bemusement

Enterprise groaned "Damnit......l-look see...." she broke off the hug and slumped in defeat.

"Chris.....remember how illinois effectively adopted you as her dad?"

"Yes..."

"Why do you think I was so supportive of her?"

"......you mean-"

"Chris, here's my dad, and I think you're VERY familiar with him"

Chris looked at the smile she had as she expressed an annoyed headshake, he stared at the fleet admiral before him, and the dots quickly connected

"Holy shit...."  chris said, eyes wide and he quickly saluted.

"Never mind the formalities soldier, and before you say anything, call me bill"

"heh...my uncle was named bill, well admiral bill, its nice to finally meet one of my greatest inspirations"

Bill stared chris down, analysing him closely, he wasn't wearing white, but that didn't matter, he didn't have an event needing it anyway, black trousers fit all the same, and his top attire was well pressed and cleaned, his cap well fitted.

"You know how to make a good first impression in terms of professionalism" Bill commented, "even after being dragged here at speeds no human should have to endure"

"Well what can I say, enty was excited to introduce us, now I completely understand why"

"And I'll give this to you bluntly, I've been watching you ever since you first made contact with the eagle admiralty, and I've been pulling strings for you every step of the way"

Chris was shocked "y-you have?"

"That is correct, it was me that recommended your promotion to commander with note for aviation expertise, it was me that helped you convince the brass that the united states supercarrier was a needed investment, and it was I that kept the CVN project a secret from everyone"

"wait...you knew about that?"

"chris......." enterprise said with a "you dumbass" smile.

".....you told him?"

"He was raising money to invest into metastasis research JUST FOR ME, when he heard, he was the first officer off base to check in on me, the only one in fact, and I may have told him about the CVN-65 project...." enterprise admitted sheepishly

".....so....that means...."

"the base didnt have to pay for a damn thing, I covered her conversion costs myself" bill finished.

"..............."

"So whenever you need ANYTHING, I've got your back"

Chris was just floored

"I think he may need a new brain, you just fried his" Enterprise giggled watching her fiance try to reboot his databanks

"I...think I may need to do some stuff later..." Chris said sheepishly, thinking about how to best thank bill.

"I've told you before chris, my name is not stuff" Enterprise said with a *bleh*

Chris entered frantic blush mode "ENTY NOOOO"

"Hahaha chris you're banging my daughter"

"you seem to take that well" chris said, trying to regain his composure

"no offense soldier, but you think YOU have a great logistics system installed? a little birdy told me about what you did last night" Bill said as grimm showed up.

"Y-YOU LITTLE BASTARD, THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SURPRISE" Enterprise huffed, grimm just laughed in eagle

"You forget who gave him to you missy" Bill said with a fatherly stare

"A-and he's one of the best gifts I've ever gotten.....number 2 in fact" enterprise said nervously

"And what gift do you dare rank higher than mine?" bill asked with a glare that grimm copied

Enterprise raised the hand with the engagement ring on it "take a guess dad"

Both grimm and bill smiled and laughed "alright you're in the clear, but on that, we need to chat about that soldier" Bill said, staring at chris

"Any commander that can keep up with a nuclear carrier is worthy of marrying her, so you have my blessing, my thanks for making her happy, and my official seal of approval for an upgrade to your commission"

"Thanks si- wait what was that last part?"

"You got guts, you didn't back down and attacked relentlessly, you've used carriers in the very manner I did, hard, fast, and often, with battleships being the finest escorts one could ask for, you even figured out how to combine them effectively, but more than that, you had the guts to stand up to the people that could've ended your entire life as you know it"

"You are nothing less than the finest commander eagle union has seen since the siren attacks began, and as such, I put a recommendation in for you, and it got fast tracked, normally the senate would have to approve it, but the president and the secretary of the navy just came back to me, and told me to give you this"

He then presented a formal looking box with the seal of the secretary of the navy on it, chris opened it, and what was in it was a rear admiral's hat, and various insignia to go along with it.

"Congratulations, rear admiral christian j wood, you are now a 2-star flag officer for azur lane, send those siren bastards straight to hell, and use the express lane" Bill said with a salute.

Chris saluted back with a smile "By the time we're done, the only place you'll see a siren is in the deepest bowels of the void of chaos from whence they came"

Bill smiled approvingly "Thats my future son-in-law, now you two get out of this district and have some fun, you've earned it"

"Will do admiral"

"Dismissed" bill said with a chuckle.

---

One hour later....

---

Chris had let enty store the gift in her rigging, and she had re-summoned her motorbike, waiting for him patiently.

"Well I think we're ready to go, are you SURE you dont want to race across the atlantic?" Chris asked

"Chris, had you not done what you did I would be readying my jet right now, but you just HAAAAAD to make me the happiest carrier in the world, so instead, I had a thought, forget flying, we'll cruise to iris on my ship, my improved ship might I add, sound good?" she said with a smile

"Yeah, that sounds good, honestly this has been a trip full of surprises already, cant wait to see what other surprises you have cooked up for me on your ship" chris said with a childish grin

"Oh you have no idea, I can do whatever I want with it, I can make grimm become a giant statue on the island, I can have my jets shrink to the size of robins and have them fly about, I can make us the finest bed, ooooo chris this is going to be the best cruise of your life" giddyprise said.

"Heh, what else could I ask for?"

"Well, I will tell you this, something I want to mention real quick before I forget, you noticed how dad was able to summon grimm?"

"Yeah, didn't think much of it, he just appears anyway"

"Well, there's a reason for that, anyone part of the yorktown family is not only protected by the family eagles, but can even summon them at will, and as the grand patriarch so to speak, he can summon any of our familiars if he so chooses"

"Oh, so...what does that mean for me?"

"Once we seal the oath, you will not only be able to call upon him at any point, but as my husband, you're able to do more with him than even dad can, as of now you can call for him, but thats about it"

Chris thought for a moment and tested that theory.

"Grimm!"

Soon enough, he had a big eagle on his head.

".....did you really have to perch there?"

"your hair is very comfortable"

"Ah I see- WHAT"

Enterprise giggled "He doesn't talk much but very few can hear him anyway, did you think he was just my silent guardian?"

"I....well damn"

"Hehe, get used to him having an opinion, he can be quite the bull" Enterprise affectionately warned as grimm morphed with her motorbike.

They got on the bike and raced for a nearby beach, and shortly after, they were on the full CVN-65.

Bill saw them sail off, and read a note enterprise had left him

"Dear dad, due to having a new ship, I have no practical use for my old one...so....I have left it in a cube for grimm to take to you, can you try to convince the brass to preserve it as a museum? thanks in advance"

-Your precious ghost daughter, Enterprise "Ellie" Halsey

"I will ellie, I will"

Notes:

LORRRRRREEEE DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMP.

Okay so this was a fun chapter to write, happyprise is best enterprise hehe, but also getting into how the world works a little bit, with concepts in motion and lore being dropped.

To explain a teeny bit, promise rings are powerful items, made genuinely anyway, they empower both the giver and the receiver, and this resonates when they're together, so basically enty isn't a one fleet woman, she's two XD

And yes they have to be made from the ground up for maximum effect, akashi's rings dont have that edge to them, even if you personalise the ring she gives you, it just doesn't compare, that cat's practically out of the ring business now as a result, well she would be, if it wasnt for the fact you need to be dating a kansen or be one yourself for it to work.

as for chris's promotion, yes there's a whole process that ends AFTER the president but the law's a bit different in this world, the president isn't term limited (however if you hit 75, you get the fuck out, 65 for congressional seat), and can use his supreme commander authority for promotions, also no secretary of defense, the rule that flag officers need recommendation first still applies.

As for his rank, rear admiral hasn't split yet, commodore is still in use, as for why he skipped to 2-stars? seniority over the other azur lane faction commanders, who are all set to get one star ranks (chuck, the supreme commander, will be given vice admiral status), the flag officer promotions are important because this gives everyone the command authority to serve as faction commanders, and expands azur lane's soft power tremendously, VERY important for the anti-siren war effort.

He won't be promoted for a long time now, sure there's fast tracking but politics are a bitch, every flag officer position is the same process, over and over, its more political than meritocratic once you get past commander, and yes azur lane is international, but the joint brass still is composed of high ranking admirals of different nations, so promotion rules are still followed on a national level, except base commander, who's position can't be equaled, so either he gets promoted too, or the higher ranked official leaves faction command, plain as simple.

But on the joint brass, well, their recommendation fast tracks one's promotion to priority on the list of names, and as many of you may have guessed by now, we know who exactly is the eagle union member of the joint brass.

And as many of you guessed, although I didn't say his name directly, I don't mean it metaphorically, rhetorically, or poetically, or theoretically, or in any other fancy way, thats the bull himself, straight up, as how I'd imagine him in azur lane's world, and he's effectively a father figure to enterprise and saratoga, no relation otherwise though, meaning grimm isn't for sara to use, though btw the logic of a family bird one can summon is a harry potter reference, god I love references I can mesh into a world :D

As for him talking, eh not the best idea, don't expect much, he's still not much of a talker anyway.

With that, the only thing I have left to say is, chris made one mistake, he didnt know just how happy he made enty, find out how happy she got next chapter HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE.

Chapter 31: Pleasure cruise part I

Summary:

Chris is allowed to tour enty's ship.

He finds out that the bridge isn't vestigial.

CVN-65, the world's largest and strongest warship afloat, steaming along at cruising speed, billowing out white flames that emit prismatic smoke that take various colors as light hits them.

And on deck, Chris is marveling at the well-made stern, studying it intently

*smack*

"AH" enterprise yelped

"Interesting construction" Chris said as Enterprise rubbed her ass.

"Y-you......" enterprise blushed.

"What can I say, I love well made sterns" Chris said with a blep

"If you do that to ANYONE else I will shoot you" Enterprise warned

"So you're saying I can tap again?"

"N-no....fun as it is I want to stay focused, you haven't gotten to explore my ship, and I figure it'll kill time before we get to paris"

"Well lead the way then" Chris said

"Nah, you know your way around more advanced carriers, just be careful, and whatever you do, do NOT go to the bridge" Enterprise said, her voice sounding a little off.

"Why?"

"J-just don't" Enterprise said before she disappeared into the flight deck.

Chris shrugged and went to explore the ship.

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The hangar was his first stop, feeling like he'll be here a lot due to his tactical squadron abilities and him being the commander, this was the safest place for him to be when he had to go on a sortie, so he analysed every single spot in it that he could.

It was a very roomy hangar, lots of jets, including some naval phantoms and panthers, but also something else.

"I see you've found the old plane area" Enterprise said over chris's comm.

"You know where I am?"

"I can feel wherever you are on the ship if I focus, but you're near the bombers you gave me for my birthday, so it was much easier"

"the mcclusky division....." chris said

"Yes, I won't ever get rid of them, even if they can never be used again"

"no reason not to, I never asked but, what happened to your task force leader at midway anyway?"

"......shot and killed by sirens, convinced he had served his purpose" enterprise said sadly.

".....ouch"

"sometimes chris....you ask some dark questions"

"sorry"

"its alright, I don't mind answering, but if its okay with you....I'll just go to the game room and game away for a bit"

"you have a game room?"

"I can do many things with this ship, and dont worry my precious angel of resilience, I will show you all of what I can do" enterprise said before cutting the call

She did indeed get to gaming, she sighed as she pulled out a game about slaughtering demons.

Back with chris, he did more explorations, exploring everything, until finally...he found himself where he likely shouldn't be.

The bridge

He opened the door wondering why he wasn't allowed in.

It opened without any resistance

"hm, must be busy" chris shrugged as he sat in the chair.

nothing really happened, he felt a bit anxious so he tried to talk to enterprise, but got no response, she was in the zone.

"damnit enty...." chris wanted to be sure there wasn't something he was meant to do.

so he waited, and waited, and waited.

what he didnt know was that enterprise had fallen asleep,and thus couldnt be reached.

curiosity got the better of him, and so he started tinkering around.

He pressed a secondary unit, nothing happened.

"heh, funny button"

He then spun the steering wheel pretending to be steering the ship.

Enterprise was moved in her sleep but due to how casually the steering wheel was being used it didnt phase her.

"Gotta admit enty your attention to detail is amazing" chris said as he then blew the horn.

This made enterprise emit a noise, she stirred awake

"what the....." she said tiredly, before figuring it was nothing.

back with chris, he noticed the throttle.

"full speed ahead" he though as he moved it.

Enterprise was about to go back to sleep when she felt something funny.

"huh....I dont feel a need to-" she was interrupted by a bigger feeling, and then she realised she felt like she was being bent over and slowly fucked from behind against a wall.

"O-oh no" enterprise realised, she tried to activate her comms but she felt an even more pleasant sensation

Chris moved the throttle further.

"bearing at 30-" he was about to say knots when he felt the carrier shake a little.

"okay...." he stopped and radio'd enterprise.

"hey...the ship is shaking...is there an issue?"

"FUCKING FINALLY YOU STOPPED" enterprise said when she caught her breath, she then teleported herself right to the bridge room and glared at chris with a pinkish face.

"Uhhhh, s-sorry I was messing around-"

"I KNOW, YOU WERE THROTTLING ME" Enterprise said in a huff.

"I wha- wait wha- WHAT- ENTY HUH" chris was baffled.

"I told you not to come in here, think about it, the ship is a part of me, you think this is just a vestigial structure?" enterprise said angrily

"y-yes"

Enterprise groaned "O-okay its my fault for not explaining this....b-but.....what do you think the bridge is?"

"The command center of the ship, therefore the brai-" chris facepalmed incredibly hard, blushing furiously.

"E-exactly....its like my brain, and the wires on this ship are my nervous system" enterprise said.

"s-so when I did the throttle...I was..."

"YES"

"...enty I am SO sorry"

Enterprise stared at him, softening her face, his apologetic stare made her calm down.

"Okay.....listen babe" she got down and held his shoulders "I WAS going to let you handle me, b-but I was planning on waiting until tonight..."

"I see- wait WHAT"

"Chris, you have no idea how much your proposal meant to me, its the valentine season too, you made it the greatest one I've ever had, and I think returning the favor is in order" enterprise said with a loving stare.

"S-so you wanted me to throttle you?" chris asked

"in so many ways....forget saving it for paris, nobody else is around" she said as she nervously grabbed him by the hand.

"enty......I'm not saying no but, damnit I violated you"

"the only thing you did wrong was be the stupid blonde commander I fell in love with, and besides, I stopped you before it got too bad, its like accidentally squeezing a breast in public" enterprise explained

"I...see.....but if you wanted it, why didn't you just admit it?"

"t-to surprise you" enterprise blushed.

"well enough surprises for now enty, if you want it, I see no better way to spend time on this ship than throttling you with all my love"

Enterprise eased her nerves and chuckled

"throttle away, but first, let's take this to the captain's quarters" enterprise said

CUMMING SOON, PART II

Notes:

part II is coming as soon as I post this, I broke it into two parts because it dragged on too much, NOW TO FUCK AROUND.

Chapter 32: Pleasure cruise part II

Summary:

After finding out what it means to use her throttle, chris is ready for his valentine's gift, and enterprise has a LOT to give, and receive.

Notes:

CW: Chris and Enty fuck the every loving daylights out of each other.

....yeah not much of a warning but some people are here for the fluff so figured I'd warn them in advance if they ever read this.

Enterprise lead chris to the captain's quarters, it was ribbed for their pleasure, comfy flooring and walls, massive bed, various "fun devices" to be used, and even a minipond for that poolside sex itch that chris didnt realise enty knew he had.

"You made this didn't you?"

"Yes, made it so we could enjoy everything we have to offer each other" enterprise puffed her chest in triumph, she knew her effort wasn't to be wasted.

"w-well then, what shall we do first?"

"chris...take off your clothes, I'll give you something more my style~" enterprise said with a seductive smile

chris did as he was ordered, he stripped sensually slow to let his abs flex in the right way to make enterprise squirm a little.

"damn your scars look good on that grill~" she said before she snapped and chris was dressed up particularly well.

he stared at the clothing and realised he was wearing silky clothes, with gloves to boot.

"what the..." he thought.

"you have no idea how good it feels" enterprise said as she snapped her fingers again, wearing a sexy maid outfit that emphasis her curves, her toned limbs, and letting the hair flow freely, gracing her shoulders as she moved her hands through it in a sensually slow display of modeling.

Chris felt himself stand at full attention, and began to drool.

"hehe, not yet dearie~" enterprise teased as she summoned a throttle

"I want you to finish what you started~" enterprise said as she climbed up onto the massive king-sized bed next to them, crawling on her hands and knees until she was next to chris, and whispered into his ear.

"throttle me you blonde bastard~"

chris felt himself raise at attention even more, and he approached the throttle, putting his hand on it gently, and despite it not being her actual body, enterprise felt his silk-covered hand on it and moaned slightly.

Smiling in success, chris gently pulled it forward, making enterprise mew in delight, her body shifting in pleasure.

"More~"

Chris moved the throttle forward more, making enterprise squirm, knocking her off her hands.

"s-stop for a m-moment" enterprise pleaded, chris pulled the throttle back

enterprise got off the bed, moved to a side, and laid across the side on her chest, her feet on the floor, like she was about to be mounted.

Chris saw her mouth "continue", and he pushed the throttle forward even more than before, making enterprise moan with excitement

"AH YES, OH MY GOD YES" she screamed out, her body feeling hotter and her cunt getting wetter.

chris decided to get experimental, pulling the throttle back, decreasing the sensation, enterprise whimpered.

"no fa-" she tried to whine but then felt it pushed forward even more, making her feel even more pleasure, she shoved her face into a pillow and screamed into it.

"MMMPH FUUCK YESH" she moaned into the pillow, her body starting to tremble.

Chris figured enough torture, he pushed the throttle as forward as it could go, giving enterprise such an increase in pleasure that outside, jets took off from her deck and exploded into fireworks midair.

back inside, her body shook with the pleasure of her orgasm she panted heavily, her face a mess, the throttle dissolved into wisdom cube energy before vanishing, her legs trembling so much that chris rushed to hold her so she'd come back down from her climax comfortably, his silken hands and clothing making her settle down easier.

"t-that, was so, fucking good" enterprise panted, she then kissed chris passionately, letting him breathe after a bit

"I don't think I'll be doing that anymore" chris said with a nervous sweat

"d-don't have to, just make sure nobody else does it, only you get to throttle me~" she said softly.

she recovered fully from her orgasm, despite her still wearing her maid outfit, she still felt the silk fabric that chris was wearing, and it made her mew in delight.

"damnit babe, I just came and yet I feel hot again~" she whined out.

"christ you're really turned on right now" chris said

"you dumb blonde, of course I am, the amount of love and joy I'm feeling, I want more of it, I hunger for your love~"

"but a maid is meant to serve her master~" chris teased

"oh stupid me, I forgot to do my job~" enterprise said seductively as she got up and gently pushed chris onto the bed.

"my my master, you're so pent up~" enterprise said before gently stroking his torso, massaging right above his scars, making chris sigh pleasantly.

Enterprise smiled knowing she was doing well, she opened up his shirt and pecked at his torso, being as sensual as possible to make him even harder.

"d-damnit you tease, m-maids are supposed to give it their a-AH" he felt enterprise rub her covered labia against his shaft, teasing him so much that he couldn't speak.

"ara ara~" enterprise said in a sultry said, taking advance of knowing he liked to impress, before giving him some relief in finally taking his pants off, revealing she had left no underwear for him.

"y-you knew I liked that silken fabric rubbing against it didnt you?"

"yep~" enterprise said with a smile, "and to make things fair, I didn't add any underwear to this outfit~"

chris realised what that meant as enterprise got on top of him, and sliding herself on top of his throbbing dick.

"do not worry about a thing my master, I will give you my all~" she said before she began moving, both of them moaning with delight

Chris felt his body go weak in enjoyment as he felt enterprise shifting up and down, moaning with delight as she shifted, he couldn't help but remember how things could've gone so different at any point, he had always thought that at any given moment, he'd screw up.

It was always his last chance no matter what, to him, if he screwed up even once, it'd be all over, he'd be kicked back to his time, to never return.

fighting that beast for so long, he had forgotten that not everyone was unforgiving, he could mistakes and everything would be alright.

He could let go of the fear that he could screw up and not get killed, he could overlook embarrassing himself, he could laugh it off.

He could finally be the one thing he hadn't been for so long, a complete human

Enterprise was riding him relentlessly, she had moved her hands across his chest as she rode him, her breasts heaving with every bounce, her body soaking in sweat as her body felt the heat building up.

This sensual ride didn't last too long, soon enterprise felt a cannon firing inside her, pumping out ropes of pure white love that painted her insides with determination to cover them completely.

Her moans as she felt it hit her walls and trickle down made her feel even hotter, she fell forward to kiss chris on the lips passionately.

"Thank you for this reward~" she cooed as chris panted from his loving release.

"enty...I..."

"I know angel, I know" she said as she cupped his face.

Both of them shared this tender moment as enterprise disconnected from him, letting her hole finally leak out and drip onto chris's body.

"but I dont think we're done, are we?" she said

"not by a long shot~" chris said as he got up.

enterprise shifted onto her back, laying flat as she pulled chris on top of her.

"ready for more of your gift?" chris asked with a smile

"don't take any half measure, just do me~" enterprise said with a seductive look.

Chris got into position and slid in as enterprise wrapped her arms around him.

"mmmmm, yes~"

Chris began moving, making sure enterprise felt every bit of his thrust into her still well painted insides, which tightened around him.

As chris began thrusting, enterprise wrapped her legs around him, moaning with glee as he kissed her neck.

"k-keep this up, keep it up, do your very best my angel~" enterprise encouraged as chris got faster.

As chris moved, enterprise felt her mind flash back to some times when it felt like he may be too much.

The cancer, the suicide attempt, the incident in taiwan where he nearly killed himself trying to kill the sirens, his sortie where he commanded a full on attack against a superior siren force despite not knowing how many sirens he was up against, and the audit.

He had been the most stress-inducing person in her life, yet extremely kind, even being there to reel HER in when she nearly got HERSELF killed a few times.

He had never tried to do her wrong, and if it seemed like he did, it was to disguise his true intentions to see her smile bigger.

she remember all the times they had tried for a child, sometimes she pondered, did it feel like he was just doing it for the child, or because he finally found someone who loved him as deeply as he needed them to?

as she stared at his loving face as he pounded away, her answer was clear, it was a bit of both.

"chris....f-fuck...I can feel it, a-are you?"

"Y-yes, get ready enty, your next gift is c-coming!~" chris grunted as he fired his second load.

but in doing so, enterprise was pushed over the edge as well, his climax even better than his first, hers as eruptive as ever, their mutual climatic screams echoed throughout the room before they panted, coming back down in each others embrace.

"god I love you enty~"

"I told you, I know, and I do too~" enterprise said.

but she knew he was not going to be satisfied yet, and neither was she, so after coming back from the climax, she got up and shook her hips in the air, peeling her outfit down to expose her giant breasts.

"come on, ruin me~" she encouraged.

chris got up and got behind her, rubbing his still silk covered hands across her ass and then her sides, making her moan pleasantly.

"n-nnngh, d-don't ever take those off~" she said with delight

chris nodded with a smile as he rubbed her breasts as he slid his dick inside, it slipped in even better and deeper then before.

he then squeezed her nipples before thrusting harder.

"OH FUCK YES~" Enterprise squealed as she buried her face

Throughout this round, all either of them could do was make noises the other wanted to hear, their shared hypersensitivity making the pounding more pleasurable.

both of them had thought long and hard about what kind of future they'd want, but they both knew, that in the end, it was together where the future seemed clearest, and brightest.

And as enterprise turned her head to meet chris's lips as they both came again, the jets outside flew even higher before exploding even more violently.

as they both fell over in climatic shaking, neither of them wanted to move, but their desire to see this share of love to the end overcame them after some time.

and so they continued pounding away at each other, affectionately pecking each other's weak spots, sharing the lead, cumming again and again, until eventually enterprise pulled away.

"what is it?" chris asked

"I think I have one final round in me, but I don't want anything between us~" enterprise said taking off her costume completely, completely bare.

chris felt his silken gloves leave his hands and dissolve midair.

"I have one final idea to make this last round the best~" enterprise said before she got out a big bottle of chocolate body oil.

"Happy valentines day my gold-haired angel~" she said as she covered herself in the chocolate body covering before coming back to chris and coating him in it too.

"t-this isnt the usual way chocolate is exchanged" chris said

"and?"

"fair enough" chris chuckled before letting enterprise mount him, rubbing against his body, tasting his chocolate-covered lips with her own, both of them tasting each other, rubbing passionately, their sexes connecting again, they moved slowly, sensually, against one another.

They moved their arms across each other and took breaks from kissing to peck at/lick the other's neck and body on occasion, or to moan out as their movements made them feel more pleasure.

The round wasn't the most vigorous, but they had gotten all the vigor out, now it was time to give their greatest love to each other, gently, sensually, and with full dedication.

The sensations were greater than ever, their hands interlocking fingers as they sensually wrestled for control, never stopping for a moment, until finally, they pulled each other close, and with the most passionate kiss of the night, climaxing for one final, loving exchange of their love for one another.

This expended the last of their energy, and they fell asleep soon after, gently stroking each others hair.

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The next morning.....

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Chris woke up, blinking his eyes, as he saw Enterprise laying on her back, staring at him.

"Morning..."

"Mornin'"

"That was.....that was perfection" Enterprise said happily but in a still tired voice.

"It was" Chris said

"You were delicious~" Enterprise said

"So were you~"

"Such words are to be expected from my future husband~"

"I like a wife that teases~"

"hehe, well this future wife of yours wont want to fuck like this in any mere hotel anymore, though thats still on the table~"

"noted, but anyway, did you have any doubts on marrying me?" chris asked

"a few, I'll admit, you pushed your luck a few times, but only because I didn't know just how resilient you are"

"......truth be told, I always thought my next screwup would be my last....eventually I figured if I'm gonna die, its on my terms, so I acted like I was about to die every time......it was the only way I felt like I could be me"

"......and yet you clearly changed......you let your guard down...and nothing happened, several times"

"yep, and thats why I was determined to make my proposal perfect"

"hehe, well had I not been so busy, I would've likely taken a shot first when I figured you had enough trust me, and I had enough trust in you"

"that would've made my day"

"hehe, well let me tell ya something" enterprise shifted her arm and spawned something.

"I had this in the cargo hold" enterprise said, showing chris a golden ring with a sapphire heart in it, with similar wings as on her own promise ring.

Chris's eyes widened

"little thing, when someone proposes, soon after the proposee makes a matching ring for them if they hadn't already, I forged this from some materials in the hold yesterday" enterprise said with a cool-headed confidence uncharacteristic of her in these situations.

Chris blushed a little as he let enterprise put it on his hand, but he smiled bright.

"I guess I should cry happiness or something" chris chuckled

"Nah, just come here and kiss your eagle" enterprise said with a smile

So chris did just that, they shared a pleasant makeout session as the day began for them.

And the ship was sailing perfectly calm now, as if no worry existed.

Chapter 33: Pleasure cruise part III

Summary:

After one hell of a night, our lovers would love to do nothing more than just lay in bed together and not move, but unfortunately, this DOES have a plot.

The light of the room graced the embracing birds as they stirred finally.

chris was the first to get up, his body crusted with dried juices, body syrup, and kiss marks, he walked with a small limp to the shower room door and walked inside, ready to bathe away and be refreshed.

He stopped to look at himself in the wall-sized mirror, he looked more fit than ever, if not dehydrated IMMENSELY.

"Definitely gonna need to have a lot of water" Chris smiled bitterly as he saw a tired but very curvy shape materialise behind him, wrapping her arms around him.

"So, think american engineering is the world's finest?~" Enterprise said with a tease

"I'm not answering that" Chris said, earning a small sigh from Enterprise as she stepped to his side to get a marvel at the marks they had left on another.

"Every injury, reclaimed" Enterprise smiled

"And finely tuned" chris chuckled

They both smacked each other in the ass, both of them realising what the other did and laughed.

"well how about we just conserve water and have a mutual soak?" Chris offered

"Hehe, thats fine" Enterprise said.

The soak was very relaxing, they cleaned each other lovingly, until the sensations overcame them,

XXXXVVVVXXXX

Chris and Enterprise were wearing towels and drying their hair with slightly red tinged faces.

"w-when I heard you regenerated sperm I was making a joke about taking notes" Enterprise said with a cough, "but w-wow"

"g-guess you know now that a little wet fuck is VERY relaxing" chris said with a cough

"y-yeah" enterprise said with a blush

"by the way....I can get you some new clothes....you could stand to have your old ones washed" enterprise offered

"well snap away, show me what you got" chris said

Enterprise nodded and snapped, soon chris was in a t-shirt that had an epic eagle with flames coming out of it on the front, wearing a black windbreaker with a blue phoenix on the back of it, with azure flame-styled brawler gloves, slightly baggy leather pants and comfortable shoes.

"thank you, you even made the pants a little baggy" chris said in amazement.

"Consider this your little windy respite skin~" enterprise said as she quickly changed into her bon voyage outfit.

XXXXVVVVVXXXX

They were sitting in a comfortable recreation room near the bridge watching various shows, just relaxing, eating some cooked fish and steak, and enjoying their respite from everything, even each other's wrestling for affection.

Though chris was doing something else, his mind at rest, he was able to use enterprise's nuclear powered ship to enhance his hacking systems, doing something he had been asked to do.

---

At Fort Meade.......

---

An official working a computer compiling data got a secret message pop up.

"Hot single women in my area? don't mind if I do" the female official said, she clicked on it.

The message morphed into the shape of an ominous 3-d model of a black hole before an eldritch beast emerged.

"YOU FOOL!!!!" the beast said as it began assimilating all data in the area.

"SHUT THE SERVERS DOWN, SHUT THEM DOWN" the head official said frantically, but it was too late, everything flatlined.

The beast roared, then stopped, went "thank you kindly", and vanished.

Everyone was baffled, everyone was wondering what happened, how did it happen, HOW...

The official tried to slink out of the room but was caught.

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Back on the ship.....

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"Chris...why did you ride my communications?" Enterprise asked suspiciously

"Needed to do a thing for someone, don't worry I encrypted everything" Chris said as he checked the data he had gotten

"Damn the NSA has a file on a LOT of people...even you" chris said

"ME? WHY THE FUCK" enterprise shouted angrily.

"They dont know shit about you or me or many kansen, but I crashed their databanks, seems the sirens didn't account for this" chris said

"thanks dear" enterprise said kissing his cheek.

"no problems enty" chris said, compiling his data.

"that reminds me.....we never saw your full gift" enterprise said.

"Oh thats right" chris got the box out and opened it on the table.

in it was his outfit and cap, but also a silver medal of liberty, a silver seaborne explorer medal, a golden naval service medal with wings, a platinum renovation merit medal with distinction, a golden eagle cross, and a 5-star platinum navy cross.

"W-woah" chris said

"damn, charles hasn't even gotten the bronze medal of liberty, you're getting decorated" enterprise smiled

"e-enty" chris said shakily

"what is it?"

"That naval service medal, navy cross, and medal of liberty aren't for me" chris said, putting them on the table, he put on his naval cap as he read the letter for each one.

"For undying heroism and loyalty to eagle union, it is my honor and pleasure to bestow upon you, Ellie "Enterprise" Halsey, this medal of liberty -SoTN Wilson

"For winning countless battles and protecting all people across the planet from the sirens, it is my humble pleasure to present you, Eleanor "Enterprise" Halsey, on behalf of the big four, this winged naval service medal, -Raymond A. Spruance"

"For being an true hero, a warrior, a magnificent carrier, and the best daughter an admiral could ask for, here is your long overdue medal for fighting the sakura empire nearly entirely by yourself for six month, and with the approval of the secretary of the navy and the big four, we bestow upon to you the official rank of Chief Warrant Officer 5, with special recognition in aviation, go get them Ellie, and PS, your old ship is being preserved, it'll have to be cleaned and patched up but we've secured a place for it near new york, in memorial to your defense during the siren attack upon it, you and christian will have free access to it at all times, HH,HF,HO -Admiral William F Halsey jr.


Chris pulled out the official rank insignia for enterprise, she was downright speechless. but overcame her silence.

"I......it IS just medals...." she said softly, "but.....I love you so much dad" she said as she hugged her rank insignia.

Chris smiled silently as enterprise took out her medal collection box and added the medals, in front of her battle stars, closing it gently.

"chris.....are you just a bastion of good luck for everyone around you?" enterprise asked with a bemused smile

"yeah....usually it benefits everyone BUT me" chris said.

"well not anymore, COME HERE" she pulled him in for a passionate lip lock which he returned.

Outside, on the flagpole, a rear admiral's banner was raised as if a ghost was managing it, two brilliant stars surrounding a blazing eagle.

Notes:

FEAR THE FLUFF MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

CWO 5 is the most senior of the warrant officer ranks, and I feel enty's deserved it.

something that may be brought up in the future so I'll acknowledge it, "if she's a type II, can she still be limit broken?"

and to that I say, not exactly, she'd need a legendary bulin, but that doesn't exist YET, it'll take mad science for that, fundamentally if she had in game stats, she'd have a 7th star that needs to be filled now, but all of her previous 6 stars are still filled.

also random fact, due to enterprise's power, METAs can be un-meta'd, though in the case of those that fully embrace it...they'd die.....watch out bonnie :D

Chapter 34: Welcome to dunkirk

Summary:

chris and enty hear about another siren attack on dunkirk, and decide to have a romantic slaughter of sirens as a way to seal their love.

...what do you mean thats not how couples should express their love? they're sirens, killing them is hot AND romantic, and gets you a nuclear sub- wait what?

Here our chapter begins by viewing the enterprise in her natural habitat.

Trying to find a way to wrap chris around her body so she could always support him.

"Enty I'm not into this kind of bondage, stahp pls" chris pleaded cutely

Enterprise sighed and let him drop.

"Okay dear" she pouted cutely

Chris got up and stretched his back.

"Ya know, we're getting close to iris, guess we better plan our attack~" he lightly teased

Enterprise propped her legs on a footstool and sipped her coffee as her bon voyage outfit made chris believe there IS a god, "alright then, I think we should attack paris first, and you attack my "special nest"~" she smiled seductively

"Haha, walked right into that one" Chris said with a smile

"I think going to paris first WOULD be a nice idea, as seeing the iris countryside after the fact would be a lot more enjoyable without the thought of fucking you silly" chris reasoned

"what I'm not hot enough to fuck silly in a field of lavenders?" enterprise chuckled

Chris doubled over laughing, that was a good one.

"you ARE the lavender field to me" he said once he recovered

Enterprise grinned with pink cheeks "thank you" she whispered in that tone that she knew chris could hear her best.

"a-anyways, I was thinking we tackle paris, then go to dunkirk to visit the spots there, then we jet around the countryside, honestly I'd like to see alsace-lorraine"

"and then we visit the lavender fields again?"

"always save the best for last dear, and hell why not make it even more enjoyable by kissing in it like we did last time?"

"thats your end game, lip locking with me and NOT trying to make me moan into the ground?"

"somehow romancing you is much more satisfying then emptying my juices inside a container"

"well played" enterprise said with a sip

"truth be told, I'm wondering why you haven't suggested waiting to see if we succeeded yet"

"enty, you and I both know I've needed to bleed off decades of pensiveness, and something tells me you've been very repressed too"

"....you're right.....being on campaign so long, wrestling with another like this becomes something you desire so much that you can't get enough of it no matter how hard you try, and this has been the longest break I've had in such a long time, so yeah, I just can't get enough" enterprise admitted sheepishly.

"are you saying eventually it'll cool down?"

"normally yes, but...I'm a nuclear carrier, for all we know, I may have an endless libido you'll constantly have to satisfy......."

"well when we get to paris, I'll be happy to bleed off all that to see if you truly do have a limit, even if I break my body doing so" chris said

Enterprise blushed ferociously, "s-stop it, you're too precious"

"No" *bleh*

This exchange was interrupted by an intercepted news report.

"wait....dunkirk attacked again? SIRENS?" Chris said in anger

".......chris, I know this was just meant to be a break...but....we cant ignore it like last time" Enterprise said

Chris crossed his arms, thinking, soon mathematical equations began forming around him, circling around as his face contorted its muscles in deep thought, his eyes closed.

He then opened his eyes with a little bit of a glow.

"You're right enty, we cant, but we're also a fair bit away, the fastest way to get there is by jet obviously" chris said

"right, but why is that a problem?" Enterprise said

"If we jet there, we're limited to the airstrike we can deploy, and although we are strong, the sirens are many, we need your archery for a cleaner strike, and you can't do that from atop a jet" chris said

Enterprise nodded solemnly, he was right, to be on a jet flying that fast could tear her human body to shreds.

But she knew her fiance, she knew he had calculated something else.

"But there's a very dangerous move I can do, and it relies on one variable among a dozen others that open up after this one variable is decided upon, can you or can you not use your flight deck as a surfboard?"

Enterprise's brain locked up for a moment, she thought about it, if she needed to she could skate across the water, why would she need a surfboard?

"Why would I need a surfboard if I can just skate across the water?" enterprise said.

"true, but it could be more stable for wave riding" chris said

".......huh...never rode a wave before, but to use my rigging like that, what are you planning?"

"dropping this" he presented his icosahedron "into the water and let you ride the resulting tsunami straight to dunkirk, I'll have grimm and myself play spotter, and when we detect them, we wait for you to enter effective range and unleash arrow hell" chris said.

This was insane, ridiculous, absolutely bonkers, everything chris just said sounded like some kind of madman wanting to divide by zero to kill a spider.

But it just MIGHT work.

"....chris...get on the catapult" enterprise said, ready to strangle him if this failed.

XXXVVVVXXX

Chris was ready, his jet mode was ready for the take off.

"LAUNCH" chris ordered, and enterprise catapulted the entire tactical squadron into the air, soon after he was clear or her ship, she dissolved it into wisdom cube energy, and closed her eyes.

Her flight deck was presented in front of her as a wireframe structure, she morphed it, the wireframe display was then dragged into an atomic nucleus that grew the flight deck around it, altered to be completely flat on top, and attached to her feet

when she opened her eyes, she noticed that everything she envisioned had happened.

"chris.....it worked, I have a surfboard!" enterprise said excitedly

"alright then, prepare for bombing" chris moved his jet some distance behind enterprise and dropped the icosahedron with a shout of "ENGAGE THE CARRIER MOTHERFUCKER"

Enterprise felt the massive carrier drop down into the water, generating a MASSIVE tsunami that started propelling enterprise forward at incredible speed, far more than she was normally used to on the water, but she was stable.

She spread her arms out to keep stability, and as she rose to the optimal spot, she called out into the sky

"I'M QUEEN OF THE OCEANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"

"Thats my enty" chris said as he recalled his carrier

XXXVVVVVXXX

"Why do I feel like killing someone?" Bismarck pondered

"WAIT TILL I CUM FIRST DAMNIT" Eugen whined, using the sudden break from the downright AMAZING way bismarck was using a downscaled replica of her main gun

XXXVVVVVXXX

The sirens attacking dunkirk were starting to triumph over the defenders, jean bart fighting valiantly while commanding her submarine allies to fight harder, commanding mogador to use her axe to slice the executor sirens' necks.

"KEEP ATTACKING, THEY WILL BREAK SOONER THAN WE WILL" Jean bart said, firing yet ANOTHER salvo from her improved cannons, her new flight deck firing off a tactical squadron of AP-rocket carrying attack jets, her raw firepower providing cover for the submarines, including an eagle union guest submarine, to unload torpedoes like no tomorrow into the siren infiltrators.

"I swear maximillian is the most annoying commander we've ever had" Dunkerque said as she fired a salvo into a siren queen.

"I wish you were wrong, I really do..." Jean bart said with exasperated facial expressions.

"They come faster than I do" Mogador whined, Jean not even reprimanding her for that joke, she earned the right to have that one

Surcouf, who was leading the submarine assault, was getting worn down, a siren shot had destroyed her turret.

"Nautilus, how are you holding up?" Surcouf asked worriedly

"I-I'm fine, they keep missing their torpedoes, the other submarines have managed to take down a few bishops" nautilus reported as she surfaced near surcouf

"Good, just a bit more and-"

She only had a few seconds to react, but she saw a shining light in the distance, several of them, surcouf tried to sail out of the way but...as she watched in horror in slow motion, nautilus jumped out of the water and SWALLOWED one of the projectiles before falling back under the water

the other shots detonated around her and the vichya ships, missiles came behind them shortly after, destroying many siren ships and letting a tidal wave sweep others into the exploding carnage.

Jean bart covered her eyes to prevent herself from behind blinded, when she opened them, she saw crumpled wrecks floating, lingering energy radiating off them and quickly dissipating, except what was in the water, the energy sinking deeper.

"What the fuck was that!?" Jean bart screamed out in confusion.

when the water became calm, she saw an eagle fly over and perch on the extended arm of a certain eagle union archer.

"Enterprise? how the hell did you get here!?"

"I was propelled here, apologies, I had to get here as fast I could while still doing enough damage to break the siren assault...."

"so you were the cause of that volley of light, I'm impressed grey ghost, those strikes came from farther away then what I thought you were capable of...." jean bart said

"benefits of being a nuclear carrier, and having jet support" enterprise said

"jet support? huh....OH" Jean bart said with minor excitement as she realised who enterprise was referring to.

she realised somebody may be needing to land so she summoned her new and improved ship, and sure enough, chris's squadron landed on it

surcouf for her part had dived down in search of nautilus, there hadn't been an explosion, perhaps she had hallucinated?

XXXVVVXXX

Chris took off his jet armor and helped enterprise remain steady as both of them regained their balance from their rather active strike.

"That. is gonna leave a mark" Chris said triumphantly.

"Guess it worked after all" Enterprise said with a chuckle.

Chris nodded with relief, and when he saw the pirate before him, he smiled

"Sorry to drop in like this jean" Chris said

"I don't mind, not like I WANTED to see your stupid smile again" Jean bart said.

*beat*

They then embraced in a big ol' hug.

"Good to see you again you pain in my ass" Jean bart said as they broke off the hug.

"I see you've gotten used to your hybridisation" Chris said

"Yeah, thanks for that" jean said with a blush

"chriiiis, are you cheating on me?" enterprise said, jokingly tapping her foot.

"yes, because I love a little croissant" chris said, sticking out his tongue.

This was a performative measure, and the performance worked.

Jean chuckled "so you're NOT coming here to make a failing relationship work, good, sorry that my place is a mess" she said, pointing at the wreckage floating around.

Everyone let out a laugh at that joke.

Jean then decided to do a head count.

"let's see, no fatalities....surcouf, any submarines lost down there?"

"what do you mean, of course there is, didn't you get a reading on nautilus?" surcouf said dumbfounded

"wait, nautilus is lost? but I can track her location, she hasn't even descended too far down"

"wait really? but I saw her eat a light arrow- I see her, she's knocked out, but...she's glowing!?"

"wait...she ate one of my arrows?" enterprise said with immense concern

"AND SHE'S JUST KNOCKED OUT?" Chris said in disbelief

"oui, and....wait...what the....WHAT THE HELL"

the signal then cut as a giant white flash covered the sea.

"what in the holy iris.." jean bart said

"this is fa- OH HELL NO" Chris said, noticing the rainbow fire coming off the white light.

"I-is she dead?" enterprise said worriedly

"No, enty this is the energy of a legendary cube forming" chris said

*inception noise*

"a WHAT?" Enterprise and Jean said in unison as they saw a MASSIVE mechanical orca emerge from the water, roaring to life and devouring any siren in its path, living or dead, before settling right next to jean's ship.

"That....that...that....that can't be" Enterprise said in genuine shock, she saw surcouf laying on it, looking like she was regaining her sense of reality, and air that had been knocked out of her.

everyone stared in disbelief as the makeshift blowhole spouted, and out jumped a larger than usual submarine kansen, shocking everyone in the area, even the vichya ships that had been silent awaiting further orders.

"c-c-c-commander......I feel funny" the nervous submarine kansen said after she landed in front of chris "m-mister orca emerged from my rigging, what is going on, why am I bigger, what's happening to me" she said, terrified

Chris couldn't believe what he saw, he turned to enterprise who whispered something.

"she.....contained my arrow"

"It...would seem so" Chris said

"I-I swallowed it to protect surcouf, I thought it was a siren attack, but when I ate it, it resonated w-with my vessel as it hit my wisdom cube, I felt a strange energy seep down from above, I thought I was going to die, b-but then I remembered the story you told me, about captain nemo, I remembered my desire to be like him, then everything grew white around me" nautilus said

Chris picked her up in a gentle fatherly hug.

"Nautilus, remember when I told you that enty wasn't the first nuclear ship america had, and definitely not the first to show what a nuclear ship could do?" chris said

"Y-yes b-" childish realisation flooded her face

Enterprise smiled, knowing exactly what chris was talking about

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A flashback....

"And thats the story of captain nemo" chris said, ready to tuck in nautilus, having let her sleep in his dorm room

"w-was I named in honor of his submarine?" nautilus asked curiously

"no, you were named after a species of mollusk, in fact jules verne wasn't the first person to name a sub that, but it wasn't the shared name that got me to read you this story....the technological advancements described in the book, most of them are features on nuclear submarines from my time, including one named nautilus" chris said with a gentle smile

"you mean, I could become something truly special?" nautilus asked

"yes, in time my little nemo, you will be able to become the submarine of world's envy, able to follow and protect your friends wherever they may sail, and I promise, that one day, I'll make it happen" he said before tucking nautilus in and booping her nose.

"does that mean I get to see all the fishies?"

"yes, you'll get to see all the fishies' chris said with a chuckle

XXXVVVVXXX

Nautilus paused as she looked at her new rigging, it wasn't a mollusk, but some of the namesake ones started emerging around it, she looked at herself, her outfit having become more futuristic yet still skintight, like a full on diving suit that made her bigger body seem aerodynamic.

her hair was longer, yet she still had an adorable face, her eyes glowed with wonder.

"I can see all the fishies now!" nautilus said cheerfully, hugging chris tightly.

"Yes nautilus, you can see all the fishies now" chris said with a smile.

"It looks like we'll have 20,000 leagues of pain to deliver the sirens after all" Jean bart said in approval as Enterprise looked on with motherly intent, happy to see chris being so lovingly fatherly.

"tell you what, when we get married, lets adopt her" enterprise suggested suddenly

chris smiled "I dont have to wait for that, I'll officiate the adoption when I get back, same with illinois and eldridge, still haven't gotten the papers yet" he said with a nervous chuckle

"wait...marriage.....did you two.....holy shit" jean bart said in awe

"damn bastard just COULDN'T stop making me happy" enterprise said with fake anger

"......you know I never considered oathing him, but can I be part of his groomsmaids?" jean bart asked

"well he'll have to approve that, but I think I can negotiate it" enterprise chuckled as nautilus got out of chris's hug and started playing with the mollusks in the water.

Notes:

NEW NUCLEAR SHIP BABYYYYYYYY

Nautilus is now a legendary-rarity nuclear submarine, her rigging being a giant orca is because that thing's called a KILLER whale for a reason, plus its shape fits a submarine well, unlike the sperm whale which I originally wanted to go for, think moby dick.

that said, she'll be a bit more advanced than the irl nautilus, as the irl one was a prototype, she'll be more like the thresher class, later called the permit class, which had missiles and improved well...everything, even having nuclear torpedoes.

the reason for this is allowing other kansen to be upgraded to nuclear subs more cohesively and integrating everything azur lane needs in an attack submarine force.

also nautilus deserves it.

Chapter 35: Luscious tempest

Summary:

Chris and Enterprise have gotten to paris, they're giddy, they're lovey dovey, and they remember the bet they made.

The hotel will NEVER want to give them a room again, not that they'll care after this.

Notes:

CW: Mad love, when you read this, put on mad temptation from ryuma's videos for extra effect

An air traffic controller working the kansen airstrip is busy preparing for testing clemencau's plane management, utterly bored aside from that.

"Lady clemencau, ready the tigercat"

Clemencau did so

"I must admit the eagle union planes are lovely" clemencau mused as she got on


"alright...prepare for- what the hell, UFOs? coming at us!?" the controller was baffled, but then he saw two jets race past his tower and land on the airstrip almost perfectly.

Clemencau looked on with curiosity as the jets deformed, and out popped a blonde idiot and a silver hair archer.

"Ah, bonjour lady enterprise and commander chris" Clemencau said, bowing from her tigercat

"I see they loaned you one of our finest fighters, nice" Chris said

"Oui, though I am curious about those jets..."

"You'll get to use them later, you just got converted into a carrier so you'll need to work with these planes for now" chris explained

"I don't mind, by the way I knew you were coming, so I booked the hotel du louvre's finest lover's suite for you, under false names to avoid attention, au revoir now lovebirds' Clemencau said with a scoot hand motion

"Wow, she works fast" Chris said

"She's the shadow leader of the tribunal" enterprise explained as they walked away from the airstrip, "she works in secret and is very effective according to her sisters, one of which is her direct superior, jean bart"

"...so that explains why jean didn't seem to be concerned about our arrangements" chris said

"well whatever the case, finest suite? they spare no expense for love do they?" he added

"shame...I wanted to spend my money on you" enterprise whined

"later, for now, I think we should get into the hotel, the sooner we're in there the be-"

chris should've shut his mouth, as within seconds he was hoisted up and raced across paris straight to the hotel.

the receptionist was dumbfounded by the sudden appearance but processed them, and gave them the keys

"try not to ruin anything eagle unioners" the clerk said with disdain.

chris quickly got enterprise away from the receptionist before she shot something

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"I cant believe that clerk...." enterprise said

"People hate us even in this time.....oh well, that just means I won't feel bad about what we're going to do to this room" chris said with a smirk.

Both of them noticed the chocolates on the nightstand near the absolutely plush and paradise-looking bed, and, feeling a little pekish, decided to chow down.

enterprise enjoyed the taste of the chocolates, but then...something felt off.

she looked at herself, for some reason she started looking...sweaty....her breath got funny, and when she looked at chris, she smelled him, he smelled incredibly strong.

"h-honey....y-you look good enough to eat" enterprise said, panting.

logic tried to flood her brain, and then she flet her pussy getting heated and wet.....

"oh no...those were..." she said upon realising it

chris just smiled "enty....I know what you're thinking, those were aphrodisiacs"

"y-yes......dont tell me you ate them too.." enterprise said

"Yep, I did, and frankly enty, I knew they were since we got here, this is a love nest of a room, why else would chocolates be here?" chris said, his face pink, he was trying to hide his pants, and the pitched tent.

"w-why didnt you warn me?" enterprise asked, rubbing her legs together slightly

"enty....what are we here for?" chris said

"....fair but.....this is a drug....." enterprise said as chris got closer, letting her see his excitement

"ellie-" chris stopped when enterprise blushed bright red in horny embarrassment at that.

"i-its fine you can call me that in private" enterprise said

"as I was saying, I didn't eat this drug to get in the mood, I ate this chocolate to help us burn through the passion, let it all out, as much as I can give, to help you see the event horizon of pleasure~" he said in a lusty voice.

Enterprise nodded, backed up a little, and began speaking "i-in that case, I guess we'll burn all night~ come give it all you got~" she said before stripping off her lusciously soaked by now clothes, her needy heated body shivering with anticipation as she got out various "toys' and even a throttle, putting them on the ground for chris to experiment with.

Chris smirked and reached for the chains and shackles, clamping them around enterprise's wrists and using a hook to hoist her arms behind her, before using another set of chains to clamp her ankles to opposite bedposts while making sure her legs were arched so she was still sitting.

"w-wow....starting heavy aren't we?~" enterprise smiled lusciously as chris took off his shirt to let his abs breathe, making a show of setting up the throttle in front of enterprise to get her excited.

those muscles looked like fine meaty ribs, and enterprise started drooling as he moved his exposed arms,flexing them just right to make her squirm, before putting on the silk gloves and touching the throttle.

"mmmmmmf~" was all enterprise got out before he started moving it, making her moan out loud, her lust-filled gasps filling the room.

chris felt himself getting harder watching enterprise squirm from his actions, he was being gentle, but when he got the perfect spot to make her squirm perfectly, he stopped, keeping it at its position.

enterprise through her hazy lust-filled vision could see chris getting closer, until she felt herself being licked in her porthole

"AH~ YES, EAT ME~" Enterprise begged as chris inserted his tongue, devouring her wet folds voraciously, if enterprise could move her restraints she would be tapping him with her hands out of sexual glee, it was too good, he was real good at knowing how to make her feel the most pleasure at once, and as she gasped, she felt her body begin to shake.

Chris noted this and continued his voracious assault until enterprise climaxed all over his face, erupting like a nuclear explosion, squirting  like she had never done before, the throttle resetting to neutral as she came down, helped by chris gently massaging her body.

"damnit babe, I'm so glad you let me have that chocolate, it made that feel even better, do it again, but use your fingers~" enterprise asked

chris smiled in delight at the prospect.

"okay dear, whatever you say~"

he got up and readied the throttle again, enterprise felt her overstimulated senses revv up, and she moaned with full delight

"Ah, ah, AH~"she cried out as chris began rubbing her clit.

he used his other hand to rub one of her breasts, making her squirm more.

"y-you're so gentle...yet it feels so good, d-did you practice this a lot?" enterprise asked between moans

"mmmmmaybe, when you're a sailor you get a lot of "hands on" experience, including knowing how to make a pent up woman squeal in just the right way to relieve her of all tension~" chris said as he licked her other breast, specifically the nipple area, this trifold attack made enterprise's moans turn gusty, her breaths becoming misty as she panted, this feeling was almost too much for her to handle, and she felt like she was about to faint from pleasure.

but she was not one to sink into the depths so easily, even with her hypersensitivity, she didn't faint, but she exploded again, squirting even more than before, and using her limited motion to kiss chris on the lips for a job well done.

"I...I am so glad you're here babe" she said as she came down from her second orgasm

"flattery won't get you out of those shackles~" chris said

"I don't want out of them, I want you to be out of sperm by the time the night's over, I want you to empty all of it inside me~"

chris blushed at the thought of getting to do so again, and his pitched tent was about ready to rip apart.

"oh alright~" chris said as he got up, stripped off his pants and underwear, revealing they had indeed torn apart, it was even bigger than usual.

"w-woah"

"seeing you all pent up and happy does this to me, are you ready?~" chris said seductively as he got behind enterprise to let her shackled wrists be freed from the hook, but still put behind her

"Y-yes, give it to me, give it all to me~" enterprise begged as she felt her porthole heat up again

chris smiled and unshackled her ankles, sitting her on his lap, facing away from him, and guiding her hole to surround his throbbing cannon, she sunk on it with an excited moan

"nnngh, shit, I feel like I'llcum any second~" chris said as he began rubbing one of enterprise's breasts and biting her neck sensually.

"A-AH, YESH" Enterprise slurred out a moan as she felt the triple attack, her clit being fingered as she stabilised herself through sheer will, moving on his cannon to make it fire.

chris moaned into her neck as she moved, feeling relief from the pain of his throbbing erection, enterprise, despite her arms being tied behind her, was giving it her all, and it felt amazing

eventually enterprise felt him twitch, and without much warning, she felt a MASSIVE cannon shot enter her wet porthole, she bent over from the warmth and nearly fell on the floor but chris held onto her tight, making sure it ALL got in there.

"w-wow....how much did you manage to grow in there?" enterprise asked, trying to make a small joke in the moment

"hehe, as much as I can convert from the proteins I eat~" chris said as he moved enterprise face down onto the bed.

enterprise knew what was coming and shook her hips to invite him in, and chris wasted no time plunging back in, going relentless.

enterprise mewed in delight before moaning into a pillow as chris showed no relent, he was thrusting hard and fast, sparing no expense as he plundered enterprise thoroughly

"f-fuck, were you going e-easy- AH~" Enterprise didn't get much time to speak before her moans resumed, she buried her face back into the bed and moaning with delight.

"d-don't stop, don't ever fucking stop, MAKE ME YOUR WIFE, AND MAKE ME PREGNANT~" enterprise exclaimed as she climaxed like a nuclear bomb AGAIN, feeling an even BIGGER load come out of chris and deep into her womb, before feeling chris fall on top of her and hug her affectionately, moving her head so they could lock lips in the orgasmic high.

when they both came down from their climax, chris unshackled enterprise's wrists, and she spun around immediately.

"w-what are you going to do now babe?~" enterprise asked curiously

"I'm going to show you how strong I can be" chris said, picking enterprise up and letting her wrap her legs around his waist and her arms around his back, before standing up and moving her up and down.

enterprise moaned with glee and happiness as she felt herself being jackhammered, suspended in midair, she felt like she was flying, and she loved every second of it, and when chris began attacking her neck, she arched her head back and moaned into the heavens

"THATS A GOOD CHRIS, GOOD BOY, VERY GOOD BOY"

in her frenzied moans she accidentally bounced on her own, the kickback moving chris against the throttle, which made enterprise feel a sudden pleasure burst

"O-OH FUCK, MISTAKE, ERROR, MISTAKE, FUUUUUUUCK~" enterprise didn't last long, she shook with another tremendous orgasm that chris followed up with another load, squirming like mad against chris, gushing out love juice as she kissed him hungrily.

she even gently fell back onto the bed, collapsing from her tremors and squirming, that orgasm shook her like never before, and it took her longer than before to recover from it, not that it mattered since she got showered in licks and gentle touches and pecks during the recovery.

when she fully recovered, she saw chris was still hard as a rock and throbbing, and she smiled with delight

"wow, all that and still going strong, what kind of stallion did I get engaged to?" she chuckled

"one that loves riding~" chris chuckled back

that was the WRONG answer

"e-enty" was all chris could say after noticing the look she gave him before she grabbed him and threw him onto the bed on his back.

"You like riding do you my phoenix? well you've been such a good boy, I'm going to fucking ride your cock dry~" enterprise said, heat and desire overcoming her mind as she activated the throttle again, and slamming down on chris's cannon, he didn't react except for an excited groan.

Enterprise was as relentless as chris had been, true they had a deal, but the deal was long sealed, and now it was time to unleash the nuclear phantom within.

chris could do little but moan with excited breaths as enterprise rode him to kingdom come, the throttle making her shake with pleasure but she didn't care, she willed through it, her eyes glowing white with lusty determination, she had came so much and was going even further beyond to milk her fiance dry.

Chris was enjoying every moment of it, even though he felt a little terror, enterprise was moving so sensually that he kept cumming effortlessly, firing more and more shots.

eventually enterprise bent forward to allow chris to grope her as she bounced more, moaning loudly and contently, her bouncing reaching such force that the bed collapsed around them as they achieved their biggest climax of the night, moaning out into the heavens before voraciously attacking each other's lips and rubbing against each other's bodies as they felt the orgasmic convulsions, only slowing as they came down completely.

They parted and panted heavily, enterprise felt her belly, it was slightly inflated.

"f-fuck...you c-came a lot" enterprise said tiredly

"I-I'll say" chris said as he looked at his balls, they were fucking tapped.

"g-guess you'll need to refuel....s-sorry I got carried away" enterprise said

"enty...you rode me to hell and back and I loved every second of it, I never said the winner would stay the bottom, and I'm happy you finally unleashed everything on me....my bones aren't even cracked" chris said, reminding enterprise of the last time she rode him like no tomorrow.

enterprise couldn't help but admire how strong he was to admit it all despite being worn the fuck out.

"c-chris.....how about we just dont move for the entire day tomorrow, except to get up and eat, lets just relax, I've reached my event horizon, and we both could use an honest break" enterprise said

"...cant we at least bathe first?" chris said

"we can do that, but I dont think we'll be fucking anymore~" enterprise teased

"I don't think we'll be sleeping on the bed either" chris said, pointing at the wreckage

"......the mattress is still intact, thats good enough" enterprise said as they got up and limped to the bathroom.

Enterprise went into that hotel room to get bottomed out, and have the best shot at bearing a child, chris went into that room to finally prove that he could give her the latter, and although time would tell for sure, both of them believed that, at the very least.

They had gotten revenge on that bitch of a receptionist.

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In this month of lovers, our pair have given it their all under the covers, though one does not know where this champion's tale shall head, the chances of him not being happy with his life can be found in the water, dead

-Brest, poet and guardian angel

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Notes:

WOOHOOO SPICE DONE.

now for romance.

and more fluff.

and brest I guess.

btw remember alterprise? here's a heads up, she's still around, and is almost always within a mile of chris's location.

just a fun fact for ya.

Chapter 36: nuclear love

Summary:

Brest's gift from their first visit finally kicks in.

The result is unrelenting carnal lust, and HO BOY do they LUST.

but after that, some impromptu planning.

The bed had collapsed, its mattress and said frame still held, but its legs were snapped completely and the canopy was tossed aside.

Chris woke up to a pleasant smell, a smell of ghostly lavender with a tint of sweet nectar, his nude body being massaged by what felt like someone else rubbing up against him slowly.

He felt delighted, he could get used to waking up like this, but as he moved to the source of the smell, he realised something was off.

Enterprise, bare to him, was sweating, and breathing weirdly.

"E-enty....are you okay?" Chris asked

The smell emitting from her was intoxicating, overwhelming even, and her body was a little shaky.

"I-I'm fine, I-I just, mmmmm~" Enterprise got closer and rubbed his morning wood.

"W-woah...." Chris said, his wood feeling VERY good, he felt his sperm storage swelling...what the hell was going on.

"I-I looked at those chocolates......t-they weren't...." Enterprise said before she accidentally rubbed her clit on chris's leg, making herself moan

"Brest...she.....remember back, w-when she first saw us and blew some golden dust at us?" Enterprise asked

"Yes?"

"S-she left a note in the chocolate tray....apparently that dust is.....meant to increase our desire and love for one another whenever we're in iris" Enterprise finished

Chris took time to fully wake up, and when the realisation hit him, he turned to enterprise.

"You mean she.....oh boy" Chris chuckled nervously.

Enterprise whined in want, getting off the bed and onto the floor, crawling on all fours to an open area of the room, and waving her hips, letting her scent fill the air.

"I need more....." Enterprise whined more, :"g-give me everything, do me like you'd do amagi or kaga, I don't care, give it to me" she begged, her pussy dripping wet.

Chris felt his cannon grow harder, he strutted over towards enterprise, who was shivering in heat on the floor.

Chris flipped her onto her back, pinned her arms to the floor beside her, and plunged deep, moaning with primal delight, and enterprise moaned with primal glee.

As he plundered deep, enterprise kept moaning with relief, even though they had fucked the night away, they weren't stopping, and it felt amazing.

chris then used some floor ties to tie her arms to the floor behind her, before attacking her lips.

The absolute domination, the show of love, the lusty exchange, it was absolutely defiling, yet it was the most carnal of their desires unleashed.

They needed no words, they had said enough, all that was left was their mutual desire, and as enterprise felt the daylights being fucked out of her, she didn't even bother to scream out in pleasure when she felt chris fire his first load of the day into her, the sensation making her climax too, she just panted with luscious need, her face pink, her eyes glowing somewhat white.

despite their climax, both of them were staring at each other like they hadn't even started yet.

it was as if here, now, in this room, enhanced by the atmosphere, they had lost themselves to temptation, all the naughty thoughts they had about one another, they couldn't fit it in any timeframe, it was now or never to just do.....EVERYTHING.

And it didn't matter how hard they were going to do it.

soon after the realisation set in, chris let enterprise unshackle herself, she jumped on him and began bouncing relentlessly, tying his arms behind him on the floor and attacking his neck and lips viciously, grunting and moaning as he felt his dick be embraced so completely, his moans of submissive delight like nothing enterprise had heard

"GIVE IT TO ME YOU PHANTOM BITCH" he cried in delight

"PREPARE TO GIVE ME YOUR SEED YOU BASTARD" enterprise spat back with horny dominance as she pulled him close and bounced down harder, attacking his lips as his dick gushed like a fire hose inside enterprise.

Utter relentless passion soon gave way as chris took control and, not even caring that he had just came, began fucking her again while she still was wrapped around him, she held on for dear life as chris thrusted relentlessly, pounding her until they both climaxed again.

Both of them panted, the heat dwindling a little, but soon it was back up again.

"I'm starting to think that its not just brest" chris said

"Yeah...I don't care anymore, COME HERE" Enterprise pulled him into another aggressive liplock as they viciously fought for domination, whenever chris became dominant he pounded enterprise against the floor without abandon, whenever enterprise wrestled control she bounced right back on top, sometimes even squeezing his member between her breasts just to make him feel more pleasure from the tease.

orgasm after orgasm, cumshot after cumshot, they were sweaty, they were hot, and they were horny, and they wanted to breed.

eventually, both of them stopped whatever sense of fooling around, and went to the shower for one final ultimate FUCK.

chris turned on the shower, letting the steam envelop them, and once the water began coating them, chris got the throttle out, pinned enterprise to the shower floor on her knees, set the throttle to max, and pounded her like no tomorrow.

Enterprise couldn't even moan anymore, neither of them could, their voices had given out, but they both were loving every moment of it, the extreme pleasure sensation making enterprise orgasm again and again, nonstop, her mind felt like it was going to break completely, and her juices squirting out felt like a river of satisfaction, and chris for his part lost count of how many times he fired his cannon, all that mattered was that enterprise was enjoying it, even if she couldn't find her voice to confirm.

As they continued to fuck on the floor, both of them regained their voices to moan out "I love you" as they reached their final, ultimate orgasm, one that made enterprise flash like a nuclear explosion, and chris emitted lightning bolts, drained completely of all the lust they could give, they collapsed on the shower floor, chris used a little strength to turn off the shower head, letting the steam dance around them.

After that, there was nothing, they shared a tired embrace, kissing passionately for a minute, and cupping each others cheeks, their eyes saying all they needed to say.

They both stared at each other lovingly, having given everything they could to one another entirely, and then some.

Enterprise rubbed her belly, it had inflated a little from all the sperm dumped into her, and she let chris feel it.

chris silently rubbed it, and kissed it, approving of his own work, making enterprise giggle.

he then rubbed a finger across her hole gently, took a sample of the mixed juices and licked it, letting enterprise have a lick as well, they both nodded, it was lovely (hehe).

enterprise tapped chris's shaft, and noticed it wasn't hard anymore, it felt utterly spent, and she moved to kiss it to make it all better, this came off as silly but  both of them exchanged a laugh at it.

After that, they couldn't even get up, except a slow crawl out the door one had to open and towards the bed for a more comfy rest.

when they got there, they resumed loving stares and touching.

Only this time, they found words

"You think you knocked me up this time?" Enterprise asked

"Enty, I think I knocked you DOWN" chris said chuckling

"well you're not exactly standing either" enterprise stuck out her tongue.

"true" chris said with a smile.

"oh whats with that grin, never seen a happy possibly pregnant eagle before?"

"what you mean grimm doesn't count?"

"he's never been pregnant....unless my transformation affected HIM....nah dont wanna think about it" enterprise chuckled as she moved closer to embrace chris, rubbing her satisfied hole against chris's satisfied cannon

"this feels...so much better without the desire getting in the way" enterprise admitted as she rubbed her breasts against chris's chest.

"it does, I could sleep perfectly like this" chris admitted

enterprise pecked his neck

"then its a good thing we're engaged, because you can expect perfect sleeps in your future"

"you know...how about we get married on the 80? its big enough and I can't imagine a better place to seal an oath with the ship that will never leave me, then the ship that never left me"

"oh alright you convinced me" enterprise said with a wave of her arm to pat chris on the head

"but we do it in sakuran style, I know your weeb butt will like that" Enterprise said with a teasing blep

"Heh, hope akagi wont crash it"

"She won't, I'm banning her, Kaga and Amagi can come, and if they don't want to without akagi, thats fine too" Enterprise said

"heh....I was gonna ask if it'd be okay if one of them could be a groomsmaid" chris said

".......why?"

"I don't have many human friends, and no family here.....except nautilus, illinois, and eldridge" chris said

"Thats fair, lemme guess amagi because amagi-chan considers you her uncle fish?" enterprise chuckled

"......maybe"

"but why kaga?"

"Because.......to tell ya the truth...I kinda like her" Chris admitted

Enterprise couldn't help but lightly push against him "oh come on dont date my rivals" she said with a joking grin, "nah she's okay actually, it does concern me about akagi"

"Okay fair, but shoukaku?" chris asked

"another crush?" enterprise teased before looking at chris's stare

"....oh my god" she giggled "are you serious? what does white hair bird brain turn you on?"

"maybe it does, I mean would I have fucked you senseless if it didn't?" chris teased back

"touche...ykw? there's a list of people I dont mind you having on the side when I'm gone, and out of all of sakura, she's near the top, she's a prankster, she is calm, and a bit desiring of a companion, she'd fit right in with you"

"you have a list?"

"of course you silly, and no, no dating my sisters, I dont mind you smashing them for fun but nothing else" enterprise stared

"shit there goes my 4th of july bash plans"

"haha...anyways the list....there's essex, shoukaku, robin, colorado, kearsarge, agir, tirpitz, royal fortune, soyuz, jean bart, alsace-"

"why her?"

"she's sweet when she isn't horny"

"....fair"

"anyway there's jean d'arc, saint louis, the vittorio quartet, marco polo, iowa, shinano, amagi, the north carolinas, the south dakota quartet, maryland, vanguard, richelieu, and of course my golden twin" she chuckled

"Thats a lot, you can explain that later, but I will say, on regards to the wedding, if I end up entangled with someone before then, they'll be in my wedding party, I already know who I want to be my best woman if I can convince her"

"eugen?"

"eugen"

"york wont let anyone else be my maid of honor so...yeah" enterprise chuckled

"heh, you think we'll fuck on our wedding night?"

"depends on if I'm carrying anything by then~"

"heh, yeah"

"I wonder though.....kansen are by default sterile.....but if I'm not, you think I could carry multiples in me?"

"depends on your body, I mean I know humans that carried triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets, sextuplets, hell even NONUPLETS, though only one group of the latter survived past the newborn period" chris said sadly

"I....don't think I could handle nonuplets, even triplets would be a hassle, though considering the biology we are working with, perhaps even ONE will be a handful"

"whatever the number, I will gladly help you through it, if only to see a little enty" chris smiled as he kissed enterprise on the cheek

"well if I can make it through my first and it proves to be easy, we're trying for another~" enterprise said with a kiss to chris's cheek

"forget trying, I'd like to cum inside again period" chris chuckled

"and I'd like to cum as a result of whatever you do to me~" enterprise said as they locked lips before drifting off to sleep in yet another loving embrace

Notes:

THERE WAS MORE SPICE ALL ALONG HEHEHEHEHEHEHE

Also fun fact, one of the most common compliments my parents got at their wedding was how cute their baby was.

Of course I wouldn't know, I was a baby at the time hehehehehehe

I say this as a warning, I'm getting way too many thoughts about how I want the wedding to go, EEEEEEEEEEEE I AM SO GIDDY.

Chapter 37: Lavender-scented peace

Summary:

After getting banned from their hotel, chris and enty decide to fly a bit.

and by a bit, I mean across all of iris to the very same village they visited once before.

Both lovers woke up and slid out of the bed, getting on some clothes finally, as they heard a scream.

"Keep it down we're trying to recover-" chris said before he realised it was the hotel manager.

"W-W-W-W-WHAT DID YOU DO TO OUR LOVERS SUITE?" the manager and a very angry desk clerk said in unison

"used it for its intended purpose, what of it?" chris replied cheekily

"YOU ARE BANNED, YOU HEAR ME? BANNED, GET OUT" the manager said in a flush.

XXXVVVXXX

Chris and Enterprise sat on one of the latter's jets, chris letting enty rest her head on his shoulder while wrapping an arm around her.

"I....think we won't be vacationing here anymore" Enterprise replied sadly

"enty.....its just a fuckin' hotel"

"the best hotel, I could tell....by how you slept" Enterprise said

"I sleep like a log-" chris began before enterprise put a finger on his lips

"You slept like a ROCK, like you were enchanted, I woke up wondering why it was so quiet, only to see your passionately dozing face and that silly dorky smile you get sometimes" enterprise said, moving her head to stare him while making smile gestures using her hands

"I...smile when I sleep?" chris asked

"Usually after you get a little peck~" Enterprise teased, "but point is, I love what I see, that room was comfier than even the bed we have in our house, you've never been so at peace before, even on our first romantic getaway you slept so soundly.....I cant even replicate it on my ship...." enterprise said

Chris blushed a little, the fact his sleepy face was so appealing to look at, he sighed with a smile

"Enty, that kind of sleep cant be forced, so much can go into just sleeping like that, including knocking you out when you overwork yourself" Chris said with a smirk

"SO ITS YOU THAT GIVES ME INFREQUENT HEADACHES" Enterprise jolted

"only light taps to make your brain enter sleep mode" chris said

Enterprise sighed "well alright, but I still refuse to give you anything less but the best" enterprise said

"Enty...you ARE the best" Chris said, pulling her face in for a quick kiss before she could say anything.

When it was over, Enterprise blushed rose red, much to the laughter of alsace who was watching them with jean bart and richelieu

"One enjoys spying on them" Alsace said

"Well jean, this is what you'll have to deal with if you want to share his heart" Richelieu said

"well that and his good hearing" jean said as she ducked and rolled

"wha-" richelieu and alsace were hit with comical anvils dropped by grimm.

jean was left with a heart-shaped chocolate.

All jean could do was see a jet fly away, she held the chocolate to her heart and grinned

"Smooth, you cassanova" she said with a snark before dragging the anvilled chorus away

XXXXVVVVXXXX

"Okay I have to admit, that was clever" Enterprise chuckled as she hugged chris from behind on top of her jet, which was flying at safe speeds

"I love anvils" chris said with a smirk as they flew over vast parts of iris, enjoying the birds eye view of the country, pointing out landmarks and waving at passing birds

they sat down on the top of the jet, resting up against one another, the stillness of the clouds around them, the wind blowing as it does, it was the sensation they both craved.

"You know, I wonder.....when we get back, who will you tell first?" Enterprise asked

"Probs charles, then yorktown and hornet" chris said

"Ah, I see, I wonder how Illinois will take it?"

"Probably very well, she's my daughter after all"

"you really need to stop adopting kansen" enterprise teased softly

"oh come on its only 3..."

"5 counting amagi and shinano chan"

".....5.....OKAY....but I want a 6th you know"

"and I hope I give you one, if the rest of this audit means you have to be away from azur lane, I'd like an excuse to be on reserve with you" enterprise said with a smile.

chris smiled back as the jet descended, it had found the lavender village

when they got off, hands held, they sniffed the flowers.

they both stared at the village, the villagers welcoming them warmly, and letting them have their peace.

"I don't think you'll need to blind me this time" chris joked

"absolutely not, but now that we're here......what now?" enterprise asked

chris got a mischievous grin, pulled his hand away from enterprise gently, and turned to her.

"catchmeifyoucanonthree123GO" he said quickly before he ran off into the field

"OH YOU LITTLE-" Enterprise chased after him like a ghost- NOW I GET IT XD

anyways they ran through the fields of lavender, chasing each other,filling the air with sounds of laughter and affectionate tackling.

Due to their immense energy, this chase lasted hours, but as night fell, so did they, in a gentle embrace in the form of a heart in the lavenders, peace found, peace delivered.

And as they fell into slumber, though neither of them knew it, enterprise's wisdom cube was glowing a bit brighter.

Notes:

peace. fluff.

that is all.

also random fact, jean bart's love for chris started because the guy kept harassing maximilian, because that guy kept telling her to "turn that frown upside down" and wear clothing like her sisters.

needless to say, she at first was just thankful somebody shut him up, but seeing how happy he made everyone, she found a gentle appreciative soul.

a soul she intends to break the dick of in furious passion.

Chapter 38: I did the work of two people, for the sake of three

Summary:

Enterprise fainted during a rant, and what caused it has made her decide to go into reserve.

Chris was standing over enterprise's bed.

He held her hand gently, assuring her that he was there.

"Dear you CAN go" enterprise said

"Not until I figure out what the hell happened" chris said

"That is simple, she overstressed herself" Vestal said, "but we both know this isn't supposed to happen, so I'm checking everything, unfortunately I won't be sure for some time, so you'll have to go about your duties, just make sure you both dont do anything too stressful, though if she has to help you sort papers, thats fine" vestal said

"Alright, I'll also plan for if she has to step down as capital ship of the third fleet" Chris said

"Alright, discharged, oh and btw, congrats on the engagement, I'm gonna be a bridesmaid right enterprise?" vestal asked innocently

"yes you will" enterprise said with a bitter smile

XXXVVVVXXX

When they got back to the office, chris explained the situations to his secretaries.

"I understand, will this interrupt the carrier project?" Essex asked

"No, the united states class will be online soon enough,"

"eager to replace me?" enterprise asked abruptly

everyone stared at her

"uhhh.......no....nobody's gonna replace you senpai" essex said

"DONT CALL ME THAT" enterprise barked

Chris took initiative and got out some chocolate cake.

Enterprise ate it voraciously and hugged chris

"thank you much" she said with tears in her eyes

Chris was of two minds about this, either something utterly impossible was happening, or something utterly impossible was happening.

"Enty.....just.....relax okay?"

Enterprise nodded

"analysis....enterprise's vital signs are erratic" kearsarge said

"actually...can you send this data to vestal?" chris asked, "it'd help her find out whats going on"

Kearsarge nodded and sent the data to vestal.

"That aside, I don't intend to replace enty in all her roles unless its absolutely necessary, but I will need more assistance from the rest of you" chris said

And then he turned to colorado

"Nice work on the siren crushing colorado" he patted her head, making her smile.

After the secretary work was done, chris took a look at enterprise, who seemed a bit dazed and tired

"sorry for the workload.....I didn't think you'd be this affected"

"Its not your fault, whatever's wrong with me, it isnt your fault"

Chris smiled bitterly, before speaking softly to himself

"Strangely, I hope it IS my fault..."

---

A few days later.....

---

Chris was observing reports and implementing more of his reforms, this and worry about enterprise was taking a toll on him.

"I don't understand how things could've gone south" he told his company, which happened to be shoukaku, agir, hindenburg, and kaga

"why are you telling us?" shoukaku asked

"because I'm worried, worried as hell, but I know several people often wonder what would I do without her..."

everyone silently nodded

"well, it'd hurt...it'd hurt a lot, but I'd find someone else to marry eventually....and all of you are my candidates for such a wife"

Everyone blushed various shades of red, except hindenburg who just smirked

"why not just have multiple wives right now?" Hindenburg asked

"Ain't as special...sadly"

'I can respect that" Kaga said

"as can I" shoukaku said

"well hindy and I are already bound to you so there isn't much of a difference" agir laughed

"mayhap, but I will say, with or without enty, even she will say I could use some more love in my life....."

"that makes sense...but why me?" shoukaku asked

"we like pranking people, and your gentleness is something I love" chris admitted

shoukaku hid her blush in her dress.

"so why me?" kaga asked

"well, you do have that strong appeal" chris admitted

kaga nodded and proceeded to fluff chris with her tails

"same reason I kinda like you" kaga admitted

"and as for YOU sea goddess, you're just S-tier in so many ways, and you're dorky like me" chris said, causing agir to bury her head in the ground to scream, getting a big chuckle out of everyone present.

"funny how once enty is sick you start looking to replace her~" shoukaku teased "you could've asked" she said, resting her head against his shoulder

"hahaha...nobody can replace enty, and besides, she's already okayed half of you, which is why I got you here to begin with"

Everyone did a metaphorical spit take as chris got the last laugh

XXXXXVVVVXXXXX

Chris spent another day just trying to get by, enterprise had been getting moody, but they managed, and then vestal called them.

When they got there, Vestal looked very apologetic, Kearsarge looked off, and Chkalov was stunned.

"What's going on?" Chris asked as Enterprise grew annoyed

"I am SO sorry you two....I REALLY should not have doubted it..." Vestal said

"Comrade enterprise....your nuclear physiology has given us a VERY abrupt surprise" Chkalov said as she looked at the results

"Look, we knew chris being a siren could result in....some unexpected effects, at first we thought he gave you an STD because your body seemed to have what looked like a tumor growing" Vestal said

"Well clearly it isn't if you're implying it isn't a tumor" Chris said

"Da, kansen don't normally have tumors anyway, but well...tell them comrade vestal"

Vestal sighed, and looked at them with honest intent, "its two things actually"

"Well out with it vestal, what's wrong with her?" Chris asked

The first thing she said hit them like a truck, and the second thing was an obvious joke to lighten the impact of the news.

"She's pregnant. and you did it"

The shock of that news nearly caused chris to fall over with a full on heart attack, but he took steady breaths and DIDN'T get a heart attack, neither did Enterprise, but the wind was knocked out of her.

"You're shitting me...." Chris said in genuine disbelief

"The results don't lie" Chkalov said as she showed the results.

"Oh my god...." Chris said, utter disbelief flooding the tone of his voice

"H-how?" Enterprise asked

"We cant tell if its the siren part or the nuclear part or both, what is known is that the baby is growing well, already having a beating heart, you really are a miracle that fell out of the sky chris" Vestal said

Chris and Enterprise stared in silence for a long time.

They both knew how much they wanted this, yet the chances were so miniscule.

Yet just like when chris confessed and enterprise accepted his love, like when she found out she had metastasis, when she was converted into a nuclear carrier, that night when he proposed, all of it had a moment of immense changes of fortune that came out of nowhere, and now, the most impossible thing for them had come true far quicker than either of them had expected.

"And one more thing...chris, she has sperm storage sacs in her body....and they are quite full, meaning.....she could have more coming" Vestal said

Both of them stared at her in greater shock

"A-and according to my charts" Chkalov said with a spike in nerves "she could be able to fertilise her egg cells and store them for later use" she explained

"damn enty..." chris said softly

"I....think I'm okay with just one......" enterprise said, "but if its fun, I think I'll keep some fertilised cells around to enjoy raising another" she chuckled

"well, I think we both know she's going off active duty, not that she'll mind" chris said

"I could use a long break, I'll still fight if I have to, and I'll always defend the base, but with so many friends and allies, I think I can rest easy knowing the world is safe without me constantly fighting" enterprise said as she grabbed chris's shoulder for comfort

"and as for YOU...I hope you understand that with this information, we'll have to run some tests to see if you can get anyone else pregnant" Chkalov said

"Got it, start with you later, be in my basement tonight, I'll plow you good" chris said with a smirk that made chkalov fall backward onto the floor with with a comedic nosebleed.

"less talk about that, more getting out of here, we need to let this sink in" enterprise said

chris nodded and they waved goodbye to everyone.

XXXXVVVVXXXX

When they got back home, they let their shoulders relax, took several breaths, and after some silence, they tackle hugged each other

"OHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODITSFINALLYHAPPENINGEEEEEEILOVEYOUILOVEYOUILOVEYOUILOVEYOUILOVEYOU" they said in unison as they rolled on the floor in a big ol' hug, laughing like a bunch of children, happy tears flowing out of their eyes and kissing each other lovingly.

They spent some time on the couch making out in celebration as agir and hindenburg showed up with some coffee

"is this normal behavior for them?" hindenburg asked

"you get used to it" agir said, totally not jealous of enterprise right now.

"why do you even live here anyway?" hindenburg asked

"NO REASON" Agir said with a blush

Eldridge, Nautilus, and Illinois showed up to wonder what the ruckus was.

"whats with the noise?" Illinois asked

Chris got up and held Illinois by the shoulders

"Sweetie, you're about to become a full sister"

Illinois processed this information, and then screamed in excitement, hugging chris and enterprise tightly

"EEEEE YAY I LOVE YOU MOM AND DAD" she said in excitement, nautilus and eldridge both started getting giddy with excitement, they're gonna a little sibling to play with.

all in all, the nest was getting pretty lively, and that left one question in everyone's minds.

when the hell is that fucking wedding gonna be anyway?

Notes:

ENTERPRISE HAS A CHICK BOYS

Originally I wanted to save this for white day but fuck it, as for wedding, expect it in april at the earliest, can't rush everything now.

Yes this will lead to issues concerning who chris will take out on sorties he personally has to be in, and while technically enty doesn't have to engage, he still needs an active adjutant that can launch his jet self into battle.

And that is already planned, and the replacement will be revealed in azur prime very soon.

as for the baby itself, well, I think we all know its gonna be littleprise, but she'll have an actual name (not eleanor II HEHEHEHEHE), and expect her to be born in a couple months, till then, BABYYYYYYYYY

Chapter 39: Rules for dating my phoenix

Summary:

You read the title, read on.

Some time after the carrier marched, a few kansen stayed behind for various reasons, hundreds still went around the base doing whatever, and the nest was abuzz because a meeting was being held.

"Alright, I know you want to share him with me" enterprise said

everyone nodded

"while I'm okay with sharing, in fact I encourage it...because of reasons we'll get into later, we have to set some rules here" enterprise said

"thats fair" jean bart said

Enterprise got out a projector and some red glasses

"*ahem* first rule" she flipped to the rule in question and pointed at it "do not let him sleep alone"

"This is an absolute win" Shoukaku said

"Yes" Colorado said

"Well good, because if he sleeps alone, he may risk getting nightmares, bad ones, and something could sneak in and snatch him, I don't want that" Enterprise said

Everyone nodded

"Rule two" she flipped a projected page "I get priority in all love when I'm here, if I'm not here, its HIS choice among those present at any given time"

Everyone nodded

"Rule three, no fucking in our bed, thats our special place, ITS OURS" she said sternly

Everyone sort of groaned but understood

"can we still cuddle him there?"

"No, you sleep in your rooms with him" enterprise said, relieving everyone who thought they'd be couch potatoes

"Rule four, sex with him is a-okay, it ain't a sacred event to me and he needs the relief, but PLEASE do it either in the basement or your own rooms, if you're alone with him, then fair game, just make sure nobody's gonna walk in on it"

This of course was met with silent elation and some tails being wagged

"Rule five, dont flaunt your moments with him to others, I don't want fighting, we all love him and he loves us"

"So I DONT bomb anyone's rooms, got it" Shoukaku chuckled

"Rule six, do not be overly doting, let him dote on you from time to time, equality in relationship is something he loves" enterprise said

Everyone kind of cocked their heads in confusion "that's it?"

"Yep, any questions?"

"What if we want his child?" Kaga asked

everyone turned to her, "what? I want his kit....what of it" she blushed

"......I don't think he'll mind, he was...VERY eager in trying to have my little bun" enterprise said rubbing her chest.

"Ah that makes-" Kaga paused

everyone paused

*beat*

"WHAT!?" was their universal reaction

"Hehe, surprise" enterprise chuckled as she disabled the projector and took off her glasses

"Y-you're pregnant?" Jean bart said, disbelieving what she heard.

"yep, and from what the doctors say, while I'm able to rear children anyway, chris is able to interface with our concept with his sperm, meaning he can knock any of you up" enterprise said

Hindenburg flew back a little as Kaga felt hot and heavy and so did shoukaku.

"I-uhhhh, may or may not need to borrow him for a b-bit" Kaga said stuttering

"M-me too" Shoukaku said

*bonk noise*

"NOT YET" enterprise said

"A-anyway, any OTHER questions?"

"How would one go about expressing one's love in a way that would appeal to him?" Shoukaku asked rubbing the lump on her head

"hehehe, good question" enterprise said

"First off, gift him little stuff, makes his day better, be physically affectionate, he REALLY enjoys that, though tapping his ass or grabbing his member wont be as effective" enterprise said

everyone started taking notes

"and if you want a special day with him, just be nice and be yourself as well, its really not complex, all he can ask for really"

Jean Bart blushed "not really complicated is he?"

Enterprise shook her head "to be honest, its kind of why I'm accepting of this, he literally has nobody but us left, he knows so little about this world, yet he's surrounded by beautiful people that are nice to him, it can make him seem gullible, but he's been way too paranoid to be taken as a fool so easily"

everyone silently listened

"He's been indulging in life because this is pretty much his paradise, a lovely home, friendly people, well cared for, able to reciprocate, a family to boot, after so long being the last one alive in his time, is it any wonder he's been so willing to protect us?"

everyone let this sink in, and smiled

"You make it sound like you're not that important to him" jean bart smirked

"Oh I mean a lot to him, after all, he confessed to me first, and he's ringed me" she showed her engagement ring.

"But that also means I'm his first lady"

pretty much everyone could live with that and they nodded to affirm it.

"You know what? he's been through a lot, so how about you all get to have a date with him one at a time, see if it'll fully work out" enterprise offered

everyone smiled and nodded

"I'm first" jean bart said

"why so?"

"I made a promise and I intend to keep it"

Somewhere, in the eagle union offices, chris felt his dick whimper.

Chapter 40: Jean Bart, I hear you call

Summary:

Jean Bart gets to spend time with the phoenix, and learns he has a bit of a songbird side.

It was late morning, far too late for anyone to still be sleeping, and a certain pirate knew this, so she was taking action

Jean Bart walked into the nest and up the stairs, stopping for a moment to wave to hindenburg who was cooking something

"Going to wake up the contract binder?" Hindenburg asked

"May as well" Jean Bart said

"be careful, you may not like what you see" hindenburg cautiously warned

"I'm sure it wont be that bad" jean bart said as she finished climbing the stairs

She saw the room door before her, and opened it.

She was met with a lovely bedroom, tv, a heater that looked like a fireplace, a galaxy glowing on the ceiling above, a giant comfortable bed that contained too sleeping birds in it.

"wow....no wonder you dont want to share" she said quietly as she went to the bed to wake up her targets.

When she got close though, she saw enterprise awake, but smiling gently.

"Morning ghost" jean bart said

"morning jean, I know its late but....I'm afraid to move" enterprise chuckled, her cheeks slightly rosey.

"you alright?"

"mmm ye-es" she said with a sudden jolt

jean bart realised something was going on "d-did I interrupt anything?"

"not exactly" enterprise said as the blanket she was covered in paved way to reveal EVERYTHING

jean bart fell backward in shock at seeing enterprise's almost completely naked form, and more specifically, an almost naked blondie gently licking enterprise's exposed soft landing.

"MERDE-" jean bart said utterly flustered before running out of the room

chris hadn't actually noticed anything, too lost in this marshmallow heaven, nuzzling and affectionately licking the wonderful mountains, even causing some lactation.

Enterprise shoved him off her gently

"S-save that for the baby" she said nervously

"hehe, okay enty, besides, I know something for certain now, your tits taste good~"

"....I-I- AAAAAA" enterprise screamed into a pillow.

XXXXXVVVVVXXXXX

They were eating some fine breakfast, jean bart trying to fan herself.

Enterprise had already left to attend to some kansen matters, so it was just chris, jean, and the two german cruisers that never pay rent.

"S-so...." Ägir said, blushing because she could tell jean bart now knew something she did, "y-you see what we're up against?"

Jean nodded with a blush "o-oui"

Chris chuckled "oh come on now, dont feel inadequate, I mean I don't have the biggest cock on base-"

"Oh really?~" Hindenburg said with a curious smirk

"NO" chris bonked the horny demon cruiser with some newspaper

"Anyway, way I see it, you have nothing to compete with there, and well, the saying goes, smaller means you're closer to their heart"

Ägir and Hindenburg got mad

"HEY I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE HIDING SHIT" chris said

Jean bart smiled seeing chris roll over in embarrassment.

Chris regained his composure

"P-point is I don't judge based off physical attributes"

Everyone nodded, letting him off the hook.

XXXXVVVVXXXX

Jean bart got herself dolled up a bit, her Springlight Étoiles outfit fit like a glove as always, and Richelieu was patting her down

"Never seen you dress up randomly, tell me dear sister, expecting someone?"

"No, some idiot blonde thinks he can get my hopes up" Jean bart smirked

Richelieu squealed "Awwwww, you're finally sharing the lavenders with lady enterprise? congrats!"

Jean Bart blushed "i-its just one night.....to see...."

Richelieu giggled "sure.....one night....."

Jean bart felt an urge to sock richelieu in the fact but resigned herself to a sigh "lieu......how do I make him pay for committing such a serious offense?"

"Serious offense? gonna need an itemised list" Richelieu said with a "bleh" face

Jean Bart didn't even roll her eyes

"Bastard got into my heart and thanks to that I went up against that bitch fox and now half of sakura knows what I called him"

Richelieu smiled sympathetically "They're not going to let that go, are they?"

"Considering one of my rivals is kaga....they MIGHT....."

Richelieu nodded before giving Jean a bouquet of lavenders "Its up to you both on whether or not you sink, or swim, but enterprise did tell me he likes these"

"and WHY would she tell you that?" Jean bart raised an eyebrow

"she understands sister things" Richelieu said, getting a joking bop to the head

XXXXVVVVXXXX

It was late afternoon, and quite breezy.

Chris waited on a secluded part of the beach, dressed like a corsair though without the hat or any wig thankfully, awaiting the object of his reason for being here.

In the distance he saw a pirate ship emerge, its sails the banner of vichya dominion, with several actual banners decorating its sides, it stopped some distance away from shore, a shape dropped down and walked elegantly across the water towards chris.

Chris's jaw dropped seeing the absolute beauty walking towards him, she looked slightly embarrassed, she held the bouquet of lavenders firmly as she got closer.

Jean Bart's face only grew more red as she got closer, until finally her walk across the water was over, it felt like an eternity for her, but she gave the lavenders to chris and he accepted them, surprised she'd know to give him this.

"How did you know I liked these?"

"Lieu asked your eagle..." she said with a blush

Chris chuckled "well if you're gonna try to loot my heart, may as well go for the woman with all the answers"

+2 Points

Jean Bart stared at him awkwardly before clenching a hand over her heart and extending another outward "my ship awaits...if you want"

Chris did not hesitate to grab her hand, and she gently walked the both of them towards her ship, despite chris not being a kansen, perhaps some kind of resonance allowed him to be walked across the water, or maybe it was some lazy writing, who knows, but as the wind brushed past them, the very waves seemed to form a rose petal road- oh wait thats cherry blossoms from satsuma, shipping bint-

When they got to her ship, she summoned a rope and held chris tight before pulling them both up and onto her deck.

To say that chris was impressed was an understatement, he was speechless as he surveyed the deck, it wasn't dolled up, the breeze blew across the deck warmly, and a table set up on the deck was all chris needed to understand what bart was doing.

"I hope you dont mind but I didn't do much cooking side from the lobster" Jean Bart said, pointing to the table's contents, cognac was there too, ready to be poured.

"cognac? how did you-"

"I'm a pirate, work it out" Jean bart said trying to ease her nerves.

Chris chuckled "okay boo"

Bart blushed bright red "you now how to make me happy and mad at the same time..." she muttered as she let go of him and let him walk to the table, she sat down on the other chair, the cognac was poured and the food was then dug into.

Chris found the lobster tasted well, but then noticed the main course on his plate.

"what is this?"

"potjevleesch, flemish for little pot of meat, its a local dunkirk delicacy......dunkerque allowed me to take some from her stock because I couldn't cook some in time"

"well I don't mind as long as its good" chris said, before digging into it.

and yeah, it was good "sweet lord, this is good"

Jean bart blushed "t-thank you"

"Thank you for getting all this together" chris said, drinking some of the cognac.

Jean Bart blushed as he watched his content face relax, she didn't know how many points she was at, but I'll tell ya.

+10 for a total of 22, cause she was already a 10

When the meal time was over, chris smiled "man you're one hell of a pirate, spiriting me away to your ship and looting my heart for all it's worth"

Jean Bart was nonstop rosey in the cheeks "you're playing a dangerous game"

"I know, its my life, maybe thats why I like pirates, they live a hellish life, but they get romanticised by all that hear, and respect by all that see"

"I live for the battle, so maybe I shouldn't talk, but it is an exciting life, one I'm surprised you don't embrace more often"

"To be fair I am dutiful, but I admit I'd gladly live the life of a pirate....shame its 200 years too late"

Jean Bart tilted her head in confusion.

"ah, right, you don't know about this song, ykw? how about some music, and allow me to sing you a song about a pirate from my time" chris said

Jean bart nodded "show me what you can do with those pipes"

Chris chuckled, found a music player on jean bart's ship, strange that she had one, and put on an instrumental, before, gathering his nerve, sat in front of jean and began to sing

"Mother mother ocean....I have heard you call....wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall, you've seen it all......you've seen it all...."

By the time the song ended, Jean bart had been practically hypnotised by his sweet soft tone of singing, when it was over she smiled and clapped

"You have the voice of a bard"

"careful, I may seduce you" chris said

"too late for that" jean bart said

"excuse me?"

"listen here blondie, you just sang straight to this pirate's heart, compliment my ship, I can tell you appreciate how I'm dressed, and even before that, I've been pulled in by you, I feel like I've grown dependent on you ever since I saw you break maximilian's sword in two, I like this feeling"

Chris blushed "well, I know a feeling I'd like, you mind if I use your lap as a pillow while we watch the clouds for a bit?"

Jean Bart promptly sat down on deck and patted her lap, chris got comfortable and rested his head, spreading his hair out for jean bart to stroke.

the clouds passed by over them and they watched them go, bart massaging chris's head gently.

as he rested, he began to softly sang

"squalls out on the gulf stream, big storms comin' soon, I passed out in my hammock, god I slept to way past noon, stoop up and tried to focus, I hoped I wouldn't have to look far, I knew I could use a bloody mary, so I stumbled next to the bar and now I must confess......I could use some rest..."

His singing relaxed jean bart, for a moment she though she'd fall asleep, but she stayed focused, listening to chris singing, until as he finished another verse, jean bart joined in for the last bit of the song, she had known this song from royal fortune who heard chris sing it a few times, and their soft duet ehcoed only as far as the ship.

"The wind is blowin' harder now, fifty knots, or there abouts, there's white caps on the ocean and I'm watchin' for water spouts, its time to close the shutters, it's time to go inside, in a week I'll be in gay paris, and that's a mighty long airplane ride and now I must confess.....I could use some rest, I can't run at this pace very long, yes its quite insane....I think it hurts my brain....but it cleans me out, and then I can go on....yes it cleans me out, and then I can go on...."

As they stopped, chris's head and body were raised and as if instinctual, his lips met with jean's, and he wrapped his arms around her, a sensual lip lock that stopped after both of them realised what had happened.

"*cough* you sing well" chris said blushing, jean bart replied with a "y-you too".

They both sat aside each other for a bit.

"S-so....ummm" jean said "you think...."

"jean, you win, plain and simple, if you can give me days like this, you'll fit right in...as long as you dont mind sharing"

"of course not, as long as I get to see your dumb blonde haired face all the time, I'm good"

"hehe, I'll sing to you whenever, how about a few more numbers?" chris said as he realised it was already nighttime.

"No, I have a better idea to spend this night"

"?"

"I made a promise around christmas that I intend to keep" jean bart said, getting up.

"oh?"

"captain's quarters" jean bart said bluntly, motioning for him to follow her.

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when they got into the captain's quarters, chris was finally asked a question

"why are you dressed like that anyway?"

"....its formal?" chris said

"well you may as well take it off" jean bart said

"why would I-"

"NOW" jean bart said, her face not of anger, but of want.

chris immediately understood what she meant

"O-OKAY, but warning, I....have been scarred" crhis said, parting his top to reveal his chest.

"OH. MY. IRIS." jean bart said, staring hungrily

"what?"

"THOSE FUCKING ABS...." jean bart said

"y-you dont care about the-"

"SHOW ME MORE" jean bart demanded

chris obliged and took off his pants and boots, revealing his toned muscular legs, and revealed his toned arms by taking his top off.

Jean bart was completely lost in a horny haze

"uh...jeanny-" chris said in slight terror.

"not jeanny, MOMMY" jean bart said pushing him onto the bed and ferocious attacking his lips.

soon her dress was parted and both of their underwear were off, and chris was hard as a rock

"m-mommy pirate, p-please let me live"

Jean bart giggled "Oh don't worry, just fulfilling my promise to loot your booty~" jean bart said as she pulled up and got herself positioned.

"I-I'm usually the dominant one-"

"Not on this ship blondie, here, I'm the captain, and I am going to rock your world~"

Chris smiled with horny resignation as jean bart slid his dick into her porthole, before aggressively riding chris like a raging typhoon, as the night truly began.

for a good chunk of the night, any unfortunate submarine could hear the sounds of grunts, groans, moans, and shouts of "HARDER MOMMMY" from the captain's quarters of jean bart's ship, and one in particular, U-96, wondered if it was too late to get an acting gig in berlin.

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After quite possible the greatest sub experience of his life, chris was being cuddled and massaged by jean bart, her nude form providing a gently yet form pillow for him to rest upon, his head nestled against her chest, licking them.

She was genuinely surprised that he endured so much pleasure and scratching, just what the hell did kaga and amagi do to him? she wondered.

whatever the case, his peaceful face was paradise for her eyes, and she kissed him on the head

"bonne nuit, mon cher chevalier"

Notes:

I was mad tempted to do another smut scene but kept it short to put focus on the romance.

yep, jean bart made it, and if you're worried about the scratches, chris was reinforced due to his experienced with amagi, so he can handle a vichya pirate plunder hehehehe.

as for who's next, well, take your bets, because it'll definitely be more smutty unless it colorado.

Chapter 41: The enemies on the sea, and the stars in the night sky, have one thing in common.

Summary:

between several storms, and one hell of a need to just have a break, chris and enty finally do something they have never done before.

a full-on, on-base, date.

Sometime after a couple days idk, our lovers woke up in bed per usual,and per usual chris had to drag himself out of bed with a cuddly eagle wrapped round his waist(well, usual for that day of the week, tuesday)

somehow they got dressed and chris walked down the stairs, and into the kitchen, the eagle STILL wrapped around his waist.

"its tuesday" chris said to the person in the kitchen

"....every tuesday?" jean bart asked

"yeah, you should be here thursday, thats when its my turn" chris chuckled as jean bart readied some local flemish food.

"smelllllll" enterprise murmured

"enty, dear, coffee" chris said, enterprise got up and had her coffee.

jean bart didn't expect her to look so calm, her eyes free of worry, a gentle smile on her lips, and relaxed shoulders.

"she really needed your love didn't she?" jean bart whispered into chri's ear as he prepared his chocolate chip waffles with strawberry syrup.

"she can hear you" chris said

"thats right jean" enterprise said cheerfully.

jean bart was creeped out "okay, why are you such a ray of sunshine?"

"because today is a VERY special day" enterprise grinned

chris grinned back

"tuesday?"

"nope, tell her dear" enterprise said.

"today's the day I finally take her out on a genuine bona-fide on-base date" chris said

"wait..you've NEVER?"

"nope" chris said with an apologetic stare that enterprise returned

"strange isn't it? but we figure with the calmness of everything as of now, why not today?" enterprise said

jean bart nodded "gotta say if he was willing to make my day, I can only imagine what he'll do for you"

"I already tied akashi to a tree" chris said

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"I DIDN'T EVEN SCAM ANYBODY YET NYAAAAAAAAA"

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"So you're the one that keeps doing that" jean bart smirked

"Don't tell Musashi" chris said

"why?"

"she said she'll fuck the person behind this.....so I think she already knows" chris said

everyone did a small "eep"

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The date day started with a rather flighty couple going out of the nest and into the entertainment area.

Their shared glee in finally having a break was only matched by zuikaku seething as enterprise ignored her

"NOTICE ME GREY GHOST"

"NO"

After that they hit the booths.

Their first stop was two bunny girls advertising their booth

"step right up, hit the bullseye and win a date with the commander of eagle union!" north carolina said

chris smiled bitterly.

"north carolina...why?"

"oh come on you're such a lovely item"

enterprise threw a dart at the middle, getting a bullseye

"I win" she smiled, taking chris away, leaving washington to laugh

"....I'll let you have that one" north carolina said with a bitter smile.

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The next booth was some archery game.

Enterprise's eyes glowed yellow but chris tugged on her arm

"NO, DOWN, BAD ENTY" chris said trying to prevent the poor booth from being destroyed.

The booth operator, lexington, chuckled"its okay commander, she's disqualified from playing due to fairness concerns"

Enterprise froze, and nodded "I...guess thats fair"

Lexington nodded sadly "had to ban essex too"

"why?"

"her crossbow is not only rivaling your bows in strength, it also has the properties of an AP rocket, so....for the sake of the booth..."

both bird-brains nodded.

chris sighed "how about I play for the both of us?" chris said, holding enterprise's hand

enterprise smiled "you know what? sure, I wanna see if I taught you anything"

chris snickered before he stepped up, lexington gave him a bow.

"you have ten shots, hit all the planes for a prize" lexington said, starting the game.

one plane flew out from the left, chris shot it perfectly, another from right, shot

one from above and below at the same time, both shot

one left, one right, shot

3 from the left, right, and top, all shot

then there was a superfast plane, but chris shot it down, a perfect score.

Lexington applauded "congratulations, you win the prize"

it was a plush jellyfish, with a glow in the dark tag

"awwwww" enterprise cooed

chris hugged it "new friend" he said, before walking away with a thanks and some gold for lexington.

XXXXXVVVVVXXXXX

Chris and Enty noticed a casino

"Oh this is gonna be interesting" chris said as he got close, but upon doing so, the door guard took one look at enty, and immediately ran inside

"Oh nooo, no, no no no, NO, NO, NADDA, NOPE" he closed the casino door and locked it.

Chris stared at enty who looked annoyed.

"I PAID FOR THEIR BILLS WITH THE MONEY I WON" she screamed.

Chris squeezed her hand gently "eh may be for the best, I'm a gamblin' man, they'd die if we took the casino by storm"

Thats when the manager came out "sorry for the trouble, you can come in"

Chris and Enty laughed evilly.

the poor manager didn't know why.

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Chris hit up the slot machines and Enterprise shot craps

Chris somehow managed to get 7 triple 7's in a row and walked away with a massive payout.

on another side of the casino, the craps were shot.

"SNAKE EYES AGAIN" zuikaku bemoaned, "THIS ISNT OVER GREY GHOST"

Smugprise took her payout and walked away.

Smugprise and Chris met up near the video machines, both of them amazed at each other's winnings

"Lucky E?"

"Sneaky Snake?"

"Yep"

"Yep"

That was their whole exchange before they saw the virtual high rise game.

"Okay this one's a favorite of mine, you place a bet in the machine, get a hand dealt, then you figure out which cards to keep, which are copied onto the virtual slot, the high rise if you will, like so" chris put in his bet of 20 gold and drew, getting two Aces, a four, a six, and a seven"

Chris chose to keep the aces, the tower hand copied it.

He then drew again, getting a third ace, but the virtual hand got a third ace and two jacks

"damn full house, cool" chris said

and then the rise went up a slot

"the multiplier increases as you go up, stops at x8" chris explained

Enterprise was sitting happily watching chris play, he got to  x8 and a total payout of around 2,000 coins, a massive payout.

"There's a triple one with deues wild thats much more risky, not every hand counts and you could either get them all or none, wanna take that bet my lucky lady?" chris asked, flipping a coin in his hand.

"I'll take that bet, you're gonna regret it, I'm the luckiest eagle that's ever existed" Enterprise boasted

She did the low bet of 3,000 coins, oh this is gonna be fun.

Free ride, good, first hands were duds.

Chris then stared in amazement as she got 3 4s of a kind.

"Wow thats 6,000, you go enty" chris said approvingly

Enty smiled, her next hand was a four of a kind, 3 4s again, payout of 12,000

"Enty...I swear to god, if you-"

she did

the payout was enough to make their payouts turn into cards for safekeeping,magic stuff.

The manager came over and was outright stunned.

"o-oh my, you're running this place dry" the manager said

"we're gamblers, its in our blood" chris said

"so is rudeness, you think you can just come in and drain my casino dry?"

"excuse me? I'm the one that covers your rent and bills" enterprise said defensively

"please, I know the base covers it" the manager said dismissively

enterprise's face felt white hot "they don't, the soldiers you entertain do"

Chris tried to defuse the situation

"Tell ya what mack"

"Its jeff"

"MACK, how about a game of poker, deuces wild, we play until we run out of investment" chris said

The manager frowned, especially upon realise chris had managed to change into a gamblin' outfit.

"Uhhh...."

"Jeffy, enterprise covered our debts in exchange for being able to come back here, and that man is the base adjutant commander" one of the game dealers said.

"Look we still have a business-"

"Piss off enty here and you wont" chris interrupted quickly.

the game dealer nodded.

The manager sighed "okay.....if you lose it all, you go away and I repossess your flagship"

Chris's eyes sharpened

"You leave my enty out of this" chris said

"oh SHE is your flagship? I never noticed, you're gonna learn a lesson BOY, don't fuck with a cardshark" jeff said with a glare

Chris's stare turned DEADLY.

"Boy, my maternal grandpa was a klansman, my maternal grandma was an irish catholic, my paternal grandpa and paternal grandma died before I could ever meet them, I had a platoon of my own soldiers killed for raping and torturing prisoners, you want to dance? LETS DANCE MASHED POTATO BUTTCHEEKS" he roared.

Enterprise was concerned, but clearly chris had a plan.

she whispered into his ear "d-dear, you can just leave..."

unfortunately jeff heard that :oh thats gonna be lovely....hope you dont tend to lose now~" he said smugly

"deal. it." chris said

The cards were drawn

Chris stood pat while jeff drew 2

"damnit pair of jacks" jeff said

chris revealed his pair of queens

"YOU BLUFFING BASTARD" jeff said angrily

"whatsamatta, ya walkin' here or somethin?" chris said in a faux sardegnan mobster accent

jeff grumbled as chris took his winnings

next deal, bet of 200 coins

"I'll bet double"

"raise" chris said

"raise" jeff fired back

"call"

pair of aces, chris won again

"GRRRMBL" jeff grumbled

next hand, jeff one with a superior high card, chris didn't sweat the loss.

the dealing was on, enty got worried after a triple loss in a row to the same 3 of a kind, then a 4th one.

Chris and enty looked at each other.

"whats the matter, afraid of losing your little flagship?" jeff taunted

chris stared back "no, I'll never lose her" he said sternly.

"Oh dont say stuff like that, dont want anyone to know about THAT eh?"

Chris caught on, Enterprise remained firm, everyone was watching, including several kansen.

One stared at chris, baltimore, with her date, cleveland

They stared at him, with a look that said it all

"Don't let him win"

"Do you like kansen oh mighty manager?"

"as long as they line my pockets"

"no wonder you want enty, sugar mommy's loaded in all ways eh?" chris said

jeff stared at him "you think I want her for her money? she's the fucking enterprise, merely associating with her is prestigious" he said as he drew his hand.

Chris chuckled "I can tell from your face, you have a hand with jacks sure, but no queens, kings, or aces to speak of, I remember having a hand with a high card of 10, just BARELY counts as something playable, horrid luck, but then, I drew an ace, and then another, I always had 2 aces in my hand from then on, now, I have 4 aces and a deuce, a pretty solid hand if I do say so myself" he said nonchalantly

Jeff was befuddled, his hand DID have an ace, in fact it was a flush of hearts.

"My hand's sturdy, can fit all sorts of situations solidly, and has that one wild card to make it all come together, I spent several apocalypses with a wild three ace hand, count my siren augments was a third solid ace, and now, enty here? got a 4th, so tell me jeff, you had jack, did you join the navy?"

Jeff's eyes narrowed "I never served, I helped douglass though, gave them a gamble with a design, and not even the air force wants it, I thought it was good"

chris smirked "no wonder you're about to lose, you wanted blackjack, and got a flapjack" chris taunted

Jeff's face steamed

"Alright admiral, let's make this interesting, all or nothing bets, I raise my deed to this casino, my personal black flapjack, and my business deals on the mainland"

chris nodded "okay, I raise my account, my position, and my heart" chris said

enterprise was stunned and began to sweat nervously

chris whispered to him "hey, glow up already, its not that bad"

enterprise turned to look in his eyes in anger, but chris's eyes WERE glowing.

he then drew his cards and got a poker face

jeff threw his cards down.

"I got a flush, gotcha beat" jeff replied smugly

chris sighed "I guess so, cause in the end, all I have is a 10 of spades, jack of spades, queen of spades, and a king of spades" chris said faux solemnly

"oh and a wild card" chris said with the biggest smirk on his face yet.

"Wild royal flush BITCH" he said triumphantly.

every kansen whistled and cheered, chris was squeezed tight by enty in celebration.

Jeff was utterly PISSED but still smug

"You may have won the hand, but I know what'll happen when I tell your superiors-"

"No, you won't" chris said with a glare

he then turned to everyone in the casino

"Keep this place, I came here to have fun and I did, and tell this jeff guy to shove his dick in a toaster next time he wants a kansen"

and with that, they were out.

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"So...that all happened" Chris said

"....you saw his hand didn't you?" Enterprise asked

"he was way too confidant and I could see how he reacted to my mentioning of an ace" chris said.

enterprise nodded "well I've seen weirder things"

"like this cotton candy I got for you?" chris said

"HOW DID YOU DO THAT SO FAST"

"I'm the sneaky snake" chris said, handing the cotton candy over that enterprise consumed quickly.

"Ooooo the teacups" chris said rushing over, enterprise rushed with.

they got in and the cups were spinning

"weeeee" chris said, enjoying himself while enterprise held onto him to enjoy the ride.

when it was over, they giggle and chuckled with delight, and enterprise swept chris off his feet

"oh shit I'm overpowered" chris said as enterprise smiled

"enjoy your uber ride" she chuckled before carrying him to their next stop.

this of course did not go unnoticed, another uber passed by.

"ah, hallo enterprise"

"hello bismarck"

"I see you're in the taxi business too" bismarck said

"yeah, the rates are good" enterprise said

they both started laughing.

chris and eugen high fived each other.

they then parted ways and enterprise let chris down near the corn dog stand

"free corn dogs for everyone" nevada said

"I'll take 4" chris said before picking them up.

chris got out some ketchup and mustard, but didnt put them on the corn dog, instead stirring them together with a corn dog

"you...mix them?" enterprise cocked her head confused

chris smiled "yep, wanna try?" chris offered

enterprise nodded, chris fed her one of the corn dogs.

it tasted good

"mmm, nice" enterprise said approvingly before doing the same to chris

this moment of sharing corndogs was supplemented by a giant ass heart shaped steak being plopped in front of them.

"From mama bighorn herself" nevada said

Enterprise and chris chuckled, they sliced the steak into even chunks, got the sauce, spread it, and ate it.

"texas steak, how I've missed ya" chris said contently

enterprise was voracious but nodded with a smile.

when they finished and had some root beer to drink, chris picked up enterprise and bridal carried her, she rested her head against his chest, soothed by hearing his heart beat.

she closed her eyes and let the sound flood her mind as she began getting all snuggly.

chris carried her across the amusement quarter, letting her be lost in the melody, before carrying her out to a cliffside looking over the ocean, still holding her in his arms, gently stroking her head

she hadnt realised they stopped moving until she opened her eyes

"chris...where are...we..." she saw the birds flying, she realised they were on a cliff, and the sunset had begun.

"When the sun goes down, and the clouds all frown, night has begun for the sunset, see it with your eyes, earth's re-energised by the suns rays every dayyy"  he sung softly

"Take a look out there, planets everywhere"

Enterprise noticed planets suddenly spawning in the darkening sky, and around her, like little fireflies

she felt she could touch them, and tried to, but it passed through her grip.

as she did, chris still sang

"I can see it all, from this great height, I can feel the sun, slipping out of sight, and the world, still goes on, through the night....."

The starlit heavens soon came to view, chris's eyes, all a glow, staring at her and the stars.

Enterprise couldn't help but feel at peace and yet amazed, these visions, were her eyes deceiving her?

Was he, summoning a mirror sea, to make this all happen?

"You smart bastard" Enterprise said, kissing chris on the lips

The grass they were sitting on blew gently around them as enterprise still sat firmly in chris's lap, arms firmly around him, before he made the grass disappear from view.

soon, enterprise saw herself being carried on what felt like nothing, when she looked around, there was nothing but the cosmos around them, and chris had grown cosmic angelic wings.

his hair glowed, his eyes shining, and he let her stand.

"this...." enterprise said before chris put a finger on her mouth

"shhhhh"

Enterprise, lost in this cosmic realm, nodded, various shapes and constellations reached out around them, cosmic lavenders, sounds of piece, aurora borealis the path beneath them, and chris flew across the path with enterprise holding his hand.

As they flew, chris sang a twilight song, before stopping at what below them looked the planet.

This indeed had been a mirror sea, but the cosmic sea felt like heaven.

"This isn't an illusion for the sake of it enty, its to show you...."

"show me what?" she asked curiously

"The one thing the enemies we fight and the stars of the universe have in common"

"hm?"

"their numbers barely compare to the amount of love I have for you"

This earned him a minutes-long embrace with a full kiss that felt like a panacea for everything that ailed them.

When they broke off, they stared at each others eyes, and smiled like their lives were perfect in that moment.

"Chris.....can we please come back here again, when our child grows up?" Enterprise asked

"Anything you want"

Enterprise grinned "I want you to sing for me, sing for me, you cosmic angel" she teased, acknowledging how he changed himself, he turned off the glow but kept the wings, if only for awhile.

He pulled her in, and sang a song, a song that was the pinnacle of this day.

"Nights in white satin, never reaching the end, letters I've written, never meaning to send."

"Beauty I'd always missed, with these eyes before, just what the truth is, I can't say anymore."

"'cause I love you, yes I love you, oh how I love you, oh how I love you~"

Notes:

Yes he has mirror sea powers.

Yes he uses them to show his love for enty and show the cosmos, and yes enty just asked him if he could do it again for their child.

Because any argument is invalid.

Chapter 42: A-Z for the birds

Summary:

Just them being interrogated by hindenburg.

Chris and Enterprise woke up in their basement.

"what the hell? I dont remember fucking you last night" chris said

"and I dont remember BEING fucked" enterprise said tiredly

Hindenburg then popped up in front of them.

"I saw you sleeping on the grass contract binder, I got you both back here so you'll be comfortable when I ask you some things"

"okay hindenburg whats the deal?" chris asked

"A game contract binder and binderette~"

"If its dickgirl I'm out" they both said in unison

"Oh nothing like that, just a challenge, A-Z, what luscious desire you have for each other, and do not worry, any secrets can be filed away hehehe~"

Chris sighed, "ya know what? why not? got nothin' to do today"

"This isn't the type of couples game I thought we'd have" enterprise chuckled

Hindenburg got the projector up.

A = Aftercare (what you’re like after sex)

"Oh you KNOW exactly what he's like" Enterprise said, "we're both very cuddly, huggy, touchy in general, just trying to hold on and gently sleep in each other's embrace" Enterprise grinned

"Ooooo~" Hindenburg cooed

B = Body part (your favorite body part of yours and also your partner’s)

Chris promptly rested his head on his favorite part of enterprise, nuzzling.

Enterprise couldn't help but smile at his honesty, and hindenburg blushed, gonna write THAT down for later...

As for enterprise, she pointed to chris's chest "the scarred chest reminds me of the battles we fight to see people smile, his abs feel so warm and inviting too~"

Chris then answered for his own, "I Like my abs too, reminds me of who I am, and what I can be"

Enterprise pointed at her legs "and if he ever rubs them, I'll come...to him quickly"

C = Cum (anything to do with cum, basically)

"Oh not much on this, she certainly loves taking it~" chris said

"Damn right, haven't really had the time to indulge in it but I love it when you make me swallow it, it tastes like white chocolate, and when we do it again, you're caking my soft landing mister~" enterprise demanded jokingly

"As for hers.....it tastes like honey and it dresses my face lovingly" chris said, making enterprise blush furiously

"Well MISTER when we mix our juices it tastes sublime" she said in a blushing huff that made hindenburg laugh

D = Dirty secret (pretty self explanatory, a dirty secret of yours)

Both of them wrote notes

Chris's note said "I always wanted her to chain me up and rail me with a strap-on while getting water rained on us"

Enterprise's note said, "I always want to do it in the maid outfit, preferably with some chocolate syrup on me~"

E = Experience (how experienced are you? do you know what you’re doing?)

Both of them stared at hindenburg.

Hindenburg nodded "yeah you're both lewd beasts"

F = Favorite position (this goes without saying)

"Depends on how pent up I am, but I'll take her from behind if I'm really pent up, or mating press, but usually all that matters is staring into her eyes and snagging those lips~" Chris said

"mating press for the intimacy, doggy for the domination" Enterprise said bluntly

G = Goofy (are you more serious in the moment? are you humorous? etc.)

"To be honest we just love and bang, 'nuff said" chris said

H = Hair (how well groomed are you? does the carpet match the drapes? etc.)

"we wax" they said in unison

I = Intimacy (how are they during the moment? the romantic aspect)

"Oh you have no idea, the way he kisses, the sensual movements to make sure my body is relaxed, his embracing, his affectionate words, OH FUCK YES HE IS LOVELY" enterprise started gushing

Chris muttered "damn you pot..." in his hazy blush

J = Jack off (Masturbation)

"Never" they both said

K = Kink (one or more of your kinks)

"Being bottom, especially when I'm in a maid outfit or chained, chris here helped me explore what its like to be cuffed and pounded, mmmmmmf~" enterprise lowered herself under the covers.

"I enjo-YYYY" chris jolted as he felt something underneath the covers

"go on~" Hindenburg said

"A-anY waAAAAY, gotta love the tip teasing, and being dominated by her, or watching her be elated when she goes down on me, makes me want to pump her full o-offfff OH JESUS CHRIST INTERMISSION"

---

One "blown" joke later....

L = Location (favorite places to do the deed)

"Right here, her ship, or the master bed upstairs, sometimes the shower" Chris said as Enterprise rose up from the covers wiping her mouth off.

"Especially with steam in the latter case" she said with a slurp.

M = Motivation (what turns you on, gets you going)

"ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS APPARENTLY" Chris said with a flush

"Hehehehe~"

"In all seriousness, not much, just you know....massaging some areas if she's had a stressful day" he said snaking a hand under the covers

"He'll get in the mood if I put on something hot, or if I g-gr-grope- h-his aa-aasss" Enterprise said before she shook a bit.

Hindenburg was impressed.

"Gotta say contract binder you do have a way with your hands~"

Chris licked his hands as enterprise groaned into a pillow in embarrassment.

"I'll say~"

N = No (something you won’t do, turn offs)

"Rape play, body excretions that aren't cum, no anal, though since I have only one hole back there she can do it to me, I wouldn't mind being pegged~" chris said

"S-same here" Enterprise said getting back up from the pillow, "though I also wont do blood play or scratch you up, save that for the vampires" enterprise said with a gentle nudge

"I mean...there IS colorado..." chris said, thinking he was joking, but the chuckle enterprise gave indicated there's something more to colorado.

O = Oral (preference in giving or receiving, skill, etc.)

Whether it was the mood or the work of hindenburg's magic, instead of an answer, they gave an exhibition.

Considering Hindenburg's glowing eyes....both.

Whatever the case SHE was wet by the end of that show

"Lucifer's own snakes shiesse you both are voracious" Hindenburg said trying not to finger herself

P = Pace (are you fast and rough? slow and sensual? etc.)

"Whatever we go through before determines the pace, stressful day equals a more relentless pounding, but if the mood is very romantic, we have gentle romantic touches that can make an orgasm build up for so long it'll take us a combined minute to stop orgasming" chris said, enterprise nodded

Q = Quickie (their opinions on quickies, how often, etc.)

"Eh, I'm down, problem is we've craved each other so much we never can just get it over with quickly..." Chris said

Enterprise nodded "we barely move after some of the more passionate nights......."

R = Risk (are you game to experiment? do you take risks? etc.)

"Eh I'll do most whatever, we've been experimenting to see what works, and so far, we've cum to the same conclusion" Chris chuckled, Enterprise slid under the covers but got a bonk stick to the head

"owie"

S = Stamina (how many rounds can you go for? how long do you last?)

".......12.....FUCKING....ROUNDS" Enterprise said remembering their night in paris, "AFTER...A NIGHT...OF AROUND 6..."

"Usually we limit it to 3-6, but when we're unbound holy SHIT" Chris said remembering everything

T = Toys (do you own toys? do you use them?)

"We have the entire collection, some multiple varieties, but I prefer to use the throttle~" chris said, making enterprise blush

"wait...a WHAT?" hindenburg asked

"oh dont you know, you can use your throttle in the bedroom~" chris said seductively

Hindenburg summoned her ship's throttle, and chris gave an example with a gentle touch that made hindenburg feel hot.

"I-I see"

U = Unfair (how much you like to tease)

"Only for a little bit to get the ball rollin'" chris said

V = Volume (how loud you are, what sounds you make, etc.)

"You'll find out when she recovers from her delivery" chris said

"I-I BETTER" Hindenburg said

W = Wild card (something you think the other is into)

"Threesome with victorious and myself" Chris said

Enterprise replied with "........how did you read my mind?"

They both nodded and looked up victorious's number

"Hello hello, victorious here"

"Hey vicky its me chris, wanna smash with me and enty sometime?"

"HELL YEAH" *click*

"I dont think fucking a pregnant woman is a good idea" Hindenburg said

"we can make do~" chris said, and enterprise nodded eagerly

X = X-ray (let’s see what’s going on under those clothes)

Chris and Enterprise both agreed on one thing silently

Hindenburg knew that look and was concerned

Y = Yearning (how high is your sex drive?)

"I had to get pelvic upgrades thanks to her" chris said

"we aren't satisfied until we're immobile" enterprise said

Z = Zzz (how quickly you fall asleep afterwards)

"Not too quick, enough time for some pillow talk and an embrace first" Chris said

"Its a bit of a game on who sleeps first, the other gets to hear our snoozing" enterprise smiled

"And that is all the letters, there will be an SFW one probably, so.....now what?" Hindenburg pondered

She then felt a crop being tied around her neck

"U-uhhhh" Hindenburg started quivering

And then someone touched her throttle

"I know you used demonic magic on me, naughty demon" Chris whispered seductively into hindenburg's ear making her eyes roll back in pleasure

Enterprise got out a vibrator with a naughty grin

"I-I DON'T WANT TO DIE" Hindenburg said with shaky breaths as she realised something.

It was her feeding time, and she was HUNGRY.

Notes:

Yeah Hindenburg feeds off sexual energy so she was hoping to get some food.

SHE'S GONNA GET IT ALRIGHT.

Chapter 43: Making preparations

Summary:

the baby's on the way, so how are they preparing?

"Dear I know you're excited but this MAY be a bit too much"

The sound of bemusement that came from the mouth of enterprise was well earned as Vestal looked over her.

Chris was typing on a laptop nearby, filing away plans for a gender reveal party.

"Nah, don't wanna burn down a forest" he said, ignoring enterprise's words

Vestal was just happy he wasnt trying to kiss her, would make the examination real difficult.

"Well I can safely say you're doing great so far my favorite patient" Vestal said, "Sadly I still haven't gotten the maternity ward expansion put in yet, so I can't deliver it here when the time comes"

"So you'll need to come to our house?" Enterprise asked

"Yes, make a room to use for when the time comes, pick any from your house, and make sure its very comfortable yet sterile" Vestal advised, chris typed that down into his notes.

"Vestal its months away, surely you can get the ward built in that time" Enterprise said

"You're probably right, but there's a problem, you see, you dont have 7-8 months to wait" Vestal said

both birds raised their eyebrows

"You have less than 3, your nuclear makeup is speeding up the baby's growth threefold, expect the baby around mid june tops" Vestal said, showing the growth charts

"w-wow...." chris said

"damnit, I'm due in nearly 3 months, and we're to be married soon, but everyone's out trying to secure the pacific...." Enterprise looked conflicted

Chris sighed "well damn, I just hope we dont suffer major setbacks then..."

Vestal nodded "and I understand you have a convoy to help escort to truk"

"Thats correct, I have to move the sakuran core to truk so we can set up shop there, it'll require numerous munitions ships, auxillary bulins, and the entire third fleet as escort"

"Thats a lot of ships, and enterprise isn't coming with I take it?" Vestal asked

Enterprise shook her head "No, I can't afford to risk it, I want to go, I really do, but I have to protect the base, plus....with this....I may end up miscarrying if I'm correct"

Vestal nodded "Though I am not the expert in kansen pregnancy, you should see amagi about that, she'll help you"

"dear dont you have experience with pregnancies?" enterprise turned to chris

"human pregnancies, this is a bit different, I can be a doting fiance/husband all I want but its new territory, plus I never had to be doting to someone carrying my child...."

Enterprise nodded "and yet you still try, every time I stumble he bridal carries me" she said to vestal

"strongest back in the world" vestal said to herself

"I remember one time I snapped at him..." enterprise said

---

Flashback

---

"DAMNIT GET ME A GOD DAMN PIZZA NOW" Enterprise shouted

"Enty you know that-"

"DID I ASK FOR YOUR OPINION" Enterprise threw a slap at chris but he caught it

Enterprise glared at him but softened, realising what she almost did.

"Enty, I know what you're going through, you're not alone" chris said softly, lowering enterprise's arm

"......did you think I was going to..." enterprise said, her voice getting shaky

"I didn't, but I expect the unexpected" chris said, pulling enterprise into a hug

"now, I know it isnt really in your ability to calm down at the moment, but I'm here for you, so for now, let's just watch some shows and weather the storm yeah?" chris said, escorting her to the couch where she broke down sobbing.

---

End of flashback

---

"Damn blonde idiot figured I'd get hormonal and thus let me go through it while being hugged, damn you baka" enterprise said with happy tears in her eyes.

"I've treated this like a human pregnancy, but I don't know if there's anything I should expect from a kansen pregnancy that'll surprise me" chris said

Vestal nodded "and thats why you'll need to see amagi, but I gotta admit its commendable how sturdy you've been, seriously did you ever consider just leaving her alone during the hormonal rages?"

"I figured it'd be better to know I wasn't scared of her, I feel that's helped" chris said

"well you two haven't broke off the engagement so thats a plus" vestal said with a smile

"but you're free to go, well, just one more thing" Vestal said

"hm?" chris asked

"wanna know if its a girl or boy for sure?" vestal asked

they both nodded

"well, its a girl, and more than that, she's nuclear, and definitely a hybrid between human and kansen, she'll be a handful I bet" Vestal said

"she's our handful" Chris said with a smile, holding enterprise's hand

XXXXXVVVVVXXXXX

Our lovebirds were out of the medical facility and just having a walk up and down the coast, letting the breeze blow their hair.

Enterprise didn't look much different than usual, though her breasts were larger than usual, and her hips were a bit expansive, she had to put on her race queen outfit since it allowed her stomach air, chris was in his respiteful outfit and ogling his pregnant fiance like she was the most beautiful sight in the world, I mean she WAS after all.

"So, emily?" chris asked

Enterprise chuckled "emily, sounds like a nice name"

Chris wrote that down

"Other than that, I guess we better get the nursery made up soon" chris said

Enterprise nodded "of course it'll have an eagle plush toy"

"yes"

"and I suspect you'll be making the crib?"

"yep"

"hanging hellcat models, panther models maybe?"

"why not make her future big girl bed in the style of a jet?"

"sure sweetie"

"I'm thinking of aurora borealis for the walls, though may be excessive, I do want a star map floor"

"heh, okay"

"oh and we're going to have a radio station playing classical music in her room to help her sleep at night"

"why that?"

"it helps development believe it or not.....I actually sleep better with classical music" chris said sheepishly

"and you never told me?"

"I thought you'd hate the idea"

"......okay fair but if you want I can just install the radio in our room as well"

"okay dear"

"by the way dear, when this thing jets out of me, is it gonna hurt?"

"a lot likely, think of it as like taking a massive shit"

"......I hate that comparison yet I understand"

"hehehehe"

"but on another topic, tell me, if she grows up to be as beautiful as me, are you prepared for her to be dat- how the fuck did you summon your vulcan gun that quickly" enterprise said with shock as chris did indeed summon his vulcan gun

"if anyone breaks her heart, I blast them apart" chris said, desummoning it.

".......she'll be safe" enterprise chuckled

"but......there IS one more thing I need to discuss" chris said

he brought out his icosahedron, and summoned the 80 per usual.

"chris....." enterprise said stunned "why did you bring it out?"

"because enty, I've been downright solid in my plans for this ship, and now, I'm firm in believing it can work, you see it?" chris said

"yes"

"I want emily to inherit it when she's old enough"

enterprise's eyes widened

"chris.......I understand that, but.....wouldnt that kill you?"

"not exactly....see.....it keeps me alive yes, but not as literal life support, moreso it keeps me forever young and healthy......if I severed my connection, I'd age and die...eventually" chris explained

".......and that wouldn't fly because it'd hurt me to see you die"

"yeah, I know there's a way around it" chris said, "but idk how much yet, but I promise you, when she can inherit it, she will truly be, the hero of the future, and the greatest eagle to ever live, just like her mother" chris said

Enterprise blushed with a smile, and they kissed on the beach, enterprise raising a leg backward, happy to have such a wonderful fiance.

That night, they slept on the CVN-80, poor enty suddenly felt too weak to move and could only recover by sleeping on the carrier hehehehe.

Chapter 44: The personal effects of having planes.

Summary:

Enterprise has a talk with some ships that are new to flying planes, explaining some non-battle aspects of controlling planes.

Clemencau, of all ships, was finding herself out in the open on this breezy yet decently warm day.

She adjusted her outfit a bit before walking down a path through a garden of lilacs and tulips, passing them without much of a sound.

Her objective wasn't that far, the gazebo in the garden, she was to meet someone there, apparently someone was willing to explain to her the ins and outs of plane management, a good thing too, she hadn't had much help from maximillian.

On her path through, she ran into someone, who seemed to be less grouchy than usual, which was always a pleasant sight for clemencau's eyes

"Bonjour jean, you seem to be in a "I'm not going to kill anyone" mood today" Clemencau said with a teasing tone

"There's still time in the day" Jean bart said back.

Clemencau rolled her eyes internally in sisterly annoyance, but spoke again "are you here for a rendezvous too?"

"Oui, someone wants to show me some secrets about planes now that I can fly them" Jean Bart said

"No kidding, I was here for the same reason" Clemencau said with a smile

"enterprise?"

"enterprise"

Jean Bart smiled unusually warmly, as in she smiled, at this "don't tell me you want to date chris too"

"Why would I do that when I have impero to torment?" Clemencau said with a chuckle

Jean bart laughed and they both went to the gazebo

When they got there, enterprise was sitting there, eyes closed but humming softly.

Jean Bart and Clemencau immediately checked for any signs of a mirror sea before realising yeah, this was real.

"we're here" Jean Bart said

Enterprise didn't open her eyes "please sit, you caught me mid-flight" she said.

clemencau and jean did sit down, perplexed at what she meant.

"miss enterprise, what do you mean?" clemencau asked

enterprise merely grinned as her face warmed slightly, her hand curling like it was being caressed.

her eyes opened as a small tigercat flew back and landed next to her before dispersing

clemencau and jean bart looked at this in confusion

"your planes...can be summoned out of battle?"

"yep" enterprise said, spawning a hellcat that whizzed around the outside of the gazebo.

"this is something you can do as well, you can fly them around for recreational reasons, or to pester those who love~" enterprise said with a wink as the hellcat vanished

jean bart and clemencau stared at her

"is this why you called us out here, to show us how carriers can be annoying?" jean bart asked sarcastically

"oh no, just wanted to show you how, now that you're carriers, you will have to get used to the concept of the planes themselves, they're an extension of yourself" enterprise said.

"and they can be used to pester your precious phoenix" clemencau said with a wink

"very much so~" enterprise winked as she summoned a hellcat, she picked up a lilac and installed it in the hellcat's rockets before letting it fly.

XXXXXVVVVVXXXXX

Chris was overseeing some construction on a munitions supership when a hellcat locked onto him.

Chkalov noticed the hellcat and shook chris's shoulder "comrade DUCK"

chris turned and was hit full on by the rockets, they exploded on impact.

he was barely phased

"*cough cough* damnit....who did that" chris wondered before he smelled the lilacs

He blushed profusely since now he smelled like lilacs "entyyyyyyy......"

XXXXXVVVVVXXXXX

Enterprise giggled

"wait..did you see his reaction?" jean bart asked

"yep, if you close your eyes you can see through your plane" enterprise explained, "there are...consequences to-" enterprise was erupted by someone catching her hellcat and rubbing its wings, she moaned abruptly

"WOAH OKAY" Jean bart said in surprise while clemencau tried not to laugh as enterprise blushed ferociously in embarassment.

"I-I'll deal with that later...f-for now, yes whatever happens to your plane can be felt by you.....s-so be careful who you bother, lest they torment you" enteprise said despawning her hellcat.

Jean bart noted this, clemencau grinned.

"also if you touch someone else's plane with yours, it's like interlocking fingers" enterprise said, "its how we do long distance relationships"

"so thats how you and victorious kept your sanity" clemencau said with a nostalgic smile.

enterprise blushed remembering it "it really did help a lot, even if it was just a faint touch.... but we're getting off topic, be careful when deploying them, they can be used for many things, delivering stuff, watching over others, and long distance contact, go ahead and try it out" enterprise said as she got up and out of the gazebo.

Jean Bart and Clemencau followed her lead and got out, preparing to take flight

"So, if we use jets, is that harder to manage?" clemencau asked

"not if you keep at cruising speed, they're able to turn better though, much more aerodynamic" enterprise explained

Clemencau nodded and summoned her Dessault Mirage IV, it was unarmed...for the moment, but it flew all the same and clemencau got used to seeing through it.

jean bart summoned her templar-painted panther and viewed the world through it.

They flew around base, though clemencau was fine just flying about, jean knew exactly where she was flying to, and soon a certain other carrier was flying a panther with her too.

XXXXVVVVXXXX

Chris had wrapped up his duties for the day and was relaxing in a field, enjoying breeze, lost in his own little world.

It had been a long time since he had found time to just sit back and enjoy life, and with this brief interlude between storms, he wasn't gonna waste the chance.

As the wind blew around him, he heard the familiar sound of tiny jets moving above him.

"so this is what he does?" jean bart asked

"sometimes, he isn't sad or anything, he just loves looking at clouds...and at planes" enterprise said noticing chris laid down to watch the jets move.

jean bart said nothing but moved her plane downwards, enterprise followed, and as they got close, chris moved to boop them.

Jean bart got incredibly flustered

enterprise blushed but laughed at jean's reaction "hehehehe if he saw you know he'd tease you so much"

"YOU SAW NOTHING" jean bart replied angrily before both of them felt their heads being hugged.

because chris had hugged the panthers lovingly, letting them feel his warm embrace, which both of them enjoyed.

XXXXVVVVXXX

As chris laid there, he felt the panthers vanish, he let his arms fall to his side and watched the clouds pass by.

he heard the sound of two people stepping up to him.

"had a feeling you two would join me, lets watch the clouds together" he offered

enterprise and jean said nothing but snuggled up alongside him, resting their heads on his chest, they all stared at the clouds for some time.

when night began to fall for real, chris got up and gently pulled his company with him.

"so, about those planes, did you have fun jean?"

jean nodded "thank you for giving me the ability to fly"

"heh, just you wait, give it time, and you'll be able to fly on your plane, enty here can teach you" he said, picking up his blushing fiance without much trouble

"and why cant you teach me?" jean bart asked

"because he's gonna be busier than I will" chris's passenger replied

"you know, all this makes me wonder, who else do you plan to date?" jean asked

"well, I was gonna give kaga a shot, if thats okay with you dear" chris said

"I'd suggest shoukaku first, she's gentler" enterprise said

"....after what I put him through, I agree" jean bart said

chris had no rebuttal, and thus everyone walked back home, and when hindenburg appeared in their house the next morning, she saw 3 sleeping people on the living room carpet, snug.

"contract binder, you are a strange human..."

Chapter 45: Dorky throwbacks Part I: Chris's embarassing secret

Summary:

hello, gonna make some somewhat short if not dorky snippets of the early days of their relationship, this one focuses on something enterprise found out when trying to wake him up for a meeting.

"HEY FUCKER, KNOCK THE FUCK KNOCK, ITS PAST YOUR WAKE UP TIME YOU PIECE OF TYRANNOSAURUS REX CUM"

The vivziepop-made doorbell didnt wake chris up, dude was out cold.

His snoring could be heard from the other side of the door.

This annoyed the person ringing his doorbell, a certain eagle union car- its enterprise because who tf else would it be, DO YOU EVEN READ THE-

Nevermind, anyway Enterprise, despite wanting to be gentle, got impatient and decided to just open the door, it opened.

"do you EVER lock this? or did you plan ahead?" Enterprise wondered as she crossed the dorm's living room and walked straight to the bedroom, where she saw her commander snoring, curled up like a crescent moon, tucked under the covers like a little kid.

"dont think about how cute this is, dont think about how cute this is, AH NOW YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT IT"

Enterprise was blushing from ear to ear seeing chris sleeping like this, but she knew she had to stop it, so she shook him a little with her hand.

no response

She tried a little harder, nothing.

She grumbled and decided to remove the blankets, only to find an even cuter sight awaiting her.

Chris was sleeping in some makeshift eagle union pajamas, and was holding a teddy bear close to his chest, it looked slightly feathery, two adorable eyes, long limbs, a black nose, and chris was holding onto it like it was some pressure-activated sleep device.

Enterprise nearly fainted from the sight, emitting a squeal of glee that woke chris up.

"Who what when WHERE-" chris said as he jolted awake.

he saw enterprise looking at him with starry eyes and a squeal face

"enty whats the ma-"

he realised what he was holding, and quickly got flush with embarassment.

"YOU SAW NOTHING GET OUT" chris said embarrassed.

"BUT YOU'RE SO CUUUUUUTE" enterprise whined

"BEGONE" Chris fired a lightning blast instinctually, but enterprise's lucky E caused her to dodge unharmed.

The window however was not, and Enterprise became smugprise

"You're paying for that out of pocket or else I tell yorktown~" Enterprise said, knowing exactly what yorktown would do with this information while also snapping a photo.

She spent that entire morning being chased around the base, yet she didnt mind one bit.

XXXXXXVVVVVVVXXXXXX

Present day, Enterprise had just finished telling this story to Illinois, who giggled at chris's expense.

"You must really feel embarrassed right now, but its okay dad, its nothing to be ashamed of"

Chris, getting an idea in his head, nodded in agreement

"Yes, but I'm still giving the bear away to the baby when she comes out" he said, "and besides, I got a bigger hugging object" he said before hugging enterprise.

Enterprise screamed in chibi form demanding to be released but found no release from the hugs that night.

revenge several months in the making.

Notes:

it aint much but its honest fluff

yes he did sleep with one, though not anymore of course hehehe

Chapter 46: Dorky throwbacks Part II: the first date that actually wasnt

Summary:

This one goes back all the way to back when chris was relatively new to azur lane, I mean several days after he got out of the hospital he was in new.

Notes:

read this, its the prequel story and tbh you can see how my writing may differ from then and now
https://archiveofourown.org/works/59983234/chapters/153034513

"thats fine by me, but I got free time, wanna go do something together?"

"that'd be nice"


With those words, a raggedy old blonde and an overworked grey ghost walked out to the woods near the base.

Chris snuck into a bush, following Enterprise's example

"Okay, dont make a sound" Enterprise said softly

"I wont" chris replied back with a whisper

Enterprise waited patiently, then a deer ran into the clearing, enterprise shot it cleanly, a painless kill

"nice shot" chris said as enterprise analysed it

"Hm" enterprise said absentmindedly

"Enterprise, are you alright?"

Enterprise turned to say yes but chris looked at her with concern.

"*sigh* I didn't expect to start my down time with another kill" enterprise said

"I see, but at least this one has benefit, you can cook its meat"

"Is that the only difference?" enterprise asked.

"no, we're humans, we're still animals, if you asked grim, he'd justify his kills for mere survival, sustenance to live his life"

The aforementioned eagle touched down and seemed to nod in agreement.

"Huh....." enterprise said distractedly as chris cut the head of the deer off.

"what are you doing?" enterprise asked

"having a deer's head on your wall is a mark of a hunter, but I want to make a costume using this deer's head" chris admitted before he netted the head up

Enterprise just bagged up the rest of the deer and followed chris to their next area.

and then she saw him diving into a stream

before she could react, he emerged with a catfish on his hand, he ripped it off his hand and put it in a bag

"what the hell" enterprise reacted

"Rods are for pussies" chris smirked before he jumped back in for more fish.

He packed up some salmon, cod, and even a giant tuna somehow, before he was ready to move on.

As enterprise followed chris, she pondered about him, earlier he had managed to chase charles out of his own office, but did the work charles needed to do without a fuss.

from one mood to another, did he have some kind of disorder? or was he adapting to situations at lightning speed?

Whatever the case, she noticed him stop by a river and get out a swirly whirly

"Okay first off what are you doing, second, why do you have a swirly candy?" Enterprise asked

"I'm fishing for sharks" chris said, before enterprise could rebuke this, U-110 jumped out of the water and chomped down on the swirly whirly.

"see? shark fishing" chris said with a smile that tried to hide his desire to laugh.

U-110 swam away, swirly whirly in hand as she licked it, defying physics because it didnt get wet.

Enterprise had nothing to say, well except for one question

"How did you know she was there?"

Chris pointed to his eyes "I naturally had light sensitive eyes before I got augmented, so her fin hair was easy to spot, but I have water vision too, no way she could hide from my line of sight"

Enterprise was impressed "does it work with stuff in the air too?"

Chris nodded "though it works better at night"

"why is that?"

"because the fucking sun is down so it doesnt burn my eyes out" chris replied bluntly with a chuckling tone

Enterprise nodded "so if someone were to deploy a plane, you'd be able to see it coming and dodge?"

Chris nodded "by the way hornet tested that already" he said quickly

Enterprise pouted "I wanted to do that...."

Chris chuckled "you're adorable when you pout little miss heroine"

Enterprise took offense to that, replying with "I am not little"

Chris had to take a minute to process that "so you dont deny the adorable part but deny the little? what do you think you're in short supply?"

Enterprise's eyes turned yellow and she summoned her rigging

"I'm giving you a head start" she said

Chris took the cue to run like hell as enterprise deployed her Hellcat

Chris managed to jump across bushes and under logs until he was out of the forest where the hellcat could accurately aim at him.

But chris swerved quickly which threw the hellcat off his track long enough for him to blend in with the ground

Enterprise grumbled "where are you you cheaky little bastard"

The hellcat couldn't find him, so enterprise despawned it and hopped on another once she was out of the wooded area, looking for chris herself.

she circled but found nothing, until she noticed what looked like a rock moving slightly.

she smirked and used the hellcats HVARs, firing them at the rock.

Chris noticed they were coming and ran like hell, nearly avoiding getting incinerated.

Enterprise laughed seeing him trip over himself and land on the ground.

"Okay you win" chris said as enterprise approached him, "that was kind of funny to be honest"

Enterprise smiled "well glad you liked almost dying" she said sarcastically

Chris chuckled "by the way, I didnt know you could fly on your planes"

"Yep, and we can do all sorts of tricks with them, want to see?" enterprise offered

"Yep, feel free to show off" Chris said

Enterprise smiled and summoned a full sized hellcat

"uhh...enterprise..." chris said as he noticed the door open

"You're getting first row seats" enterprise said

Chris started sweating "l-look I-"

"Thats not a no~" Enterprise said before lifting him and stuffing him in the cockpit, summoning a pressure suit for him to wear.

Enterprise got on top of the hellcat, and next thing chris new, he was up in the air and flying without operating a single thing

"WOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAH DAMN YOU TAKE OFF FAAAAAST" Chris said

"And I get faster from here" Enterprise replied

"wait you can hear me?" chris said

"your radio in the cockpit connects to my internal radio" enterprise explained as she did a barrel roll to avoid a flock of geese.

Chris felt the force of the roll but barely moved

As enterprise did more tricks, chris realised thsat despite going up and down, left and right, all at once, even sea skimming, he was barely in danger of being thrown around, enterprise had amazing control over her plane.

"WOOHOHOOOOO" Chris said "WEEEEEEEEEEEEE"

"Enjoying the show?" Enterprise asked

"I'd enjoy it more if I could look up your skirt" chris said jokingly

"Thats it you're becoming an HVAR" Enterprise said

"NO NO I'M SORRY" Chris said

Enterprise giggled "relax I'm not gonna do that, besides, I cant get you out and onto the rocket launcher"

The flight continued for some time until chris had to go back to his dorm to rest.

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Present day

---

"Looking back" Chris said as he stroked his tired fiance's head hair to relax her, "I didn't think I'd enjoy the ride that much"

"Well, you sure as hell never objected again" Enterprise replied, turning her head to look at him.

"Though now that you can fly a panther, I've been wondering what it'd be like to ride a jet that you can control"

Enterprise raised her head a little and pulled his head down to cup his cheek

"Dear, save it for our anniversaries~" she said softly before kissing him

What a fun day to look back on.

Notes:

Heya guys quick announcement.

announcement over XD

in all seriousness I'm gonna be doing more throwbacks to pad time until chapters 49/50

why?

well for one I regret not building up their relationship, but also because chapters 49 and 50 will be two important chapters, 49's the wedding, and 50's the child's arrival, I cant do them both in one big chapter without making it too draggy, but here's to some good stuff coming up.

Chapter 47: Dorky throwbacks Part III: How yorktown reacted

Summary:

flashback to the time yorktown found out she was going to be an auntie.

Some time before Hornet was given the news, Chris called yorktown to his office.

She walked in wondering why she was being summoned, seeing Enterprise sitting on a couch lost in her own world was an unusual sight.

"Thank you for getting here" Chris said, getting up, he wasn't wearing his uniform, a sign this wasn't business

"Commander, why did you call upon me, do you need a favor?"

Chris shook his head.

"Not a favor yivvy" Chris said, Yorktown blushed in embarrassment

"D-dad told you about my name didn't he?" she asked

"Yes"

Yorktown sighed "I figured he would, though I wish I found out at the family reunion"

"I wont call you that often, but take it as code for me wishing to speak with you about family matters" Chris said, and Yorktown nodded with a smile as she sat down

"So, what's the family matter of today?" Yorktown asked

Enterprise stopped being immersed in what she was doing on a laptop and turned to Yorktown

"Well, we have some news for you, and I'm sure you'll like it, you reacted quite happily to the news of our engagement" Enterprise said

Yorktown giggled, easing her nerves "I was, sorry for getting ahead of myself" she said softly

Chris smiled "its alright, now I know you don't want to fight but still will when you need to, and thats why I'm here, I'm thinking of giving you something to do if enterprise and myself are away"

Chris's smile got bigger and so did Enterprise's

Yorktown looked confused "is there something you're hiding from me?" she said, her look darkening like an older sister about to be angry at a secret being hidden

Enterprise sweat a little but shook her head "Not exactly...its just we haven't told you because we didn't have time until now"

Yorktown's expression softened "I see, who else is party to this information?"

"Vestal and Chkalov, you were one of the first 2 I wanted to tell, the other being hornet, because she's going to take over as active flagship" Chris admitted

Yorktown was now more puzzled "but enterprise is still in fighting shape, dont tell me you're retiring now enty"

"I'm not, I'm going to reserve" Enterprise said

Yorktown frowned "enty....its not like you to leave the fighting to someone else, I'm glad you're doing it, but what does this have to do with me?"

Enterprise smiled brightly before chris took over "well, who else to be an auntie but you?"

Yorktown looked visibly angry now "was that an age joke?" Yorktown asked, calmly getting out a giant mallet

"No you silly sister, its a joke about you being an aunt to his children" Enterprise said

Yorktown dropped the comedic mallet "That's a nice sentiment...but....." Yorktown paused, something didn't add up.

If she was going to be an aunt, wouldn't she already be one thanks to the fact chris adopted illinois and eldridge and nautilus, was there another child he- OH THAT MOTHERFUCKER

Yorktown's expression turned to pure shock as she realised what chris and enterprise were getting at.

She walked up to enterprise, stunned, and softly rubbed her stomach.

"It can't be....." she whispered, shock still on her face.

"Proposing wasn't the only thing he did to me on our trip, we tried a LOT" Enterprise said.

Yorktown stopped rubbing enterprise's stomach, and looked at her smiling sister.

---

Flashback

---

Yorktown flashed back to a time when CV-6 and CV-10 had docked next to each other for a family portrait, CV-12 was on the other side of 6, and the trio were talking about the good times and bad times.

Of course, their adoptive father was sitting there letting them babble

"Enty...you still deserve to have a peaceful life once this war is over" Hornet said

Enterprise shook her head "I either die before this war is over, or die to stop war entirely, I don't plan on outliving war.....because without war, there's no use for us"

Yorktown gave her a shoulder hug "Enty, there's more to life for us aircraft carriers than you think, remember that brief film you did? you could always provide set pieces or planes for films, or offer free plane rides to families, you can even become a museum, its not the proudest life but you could integrate with humanity and live a human life"

Enterprise raised an eyebrow "isn't that something you want?"

Yorktown paused, but nodded "I want to live a life like the sailors I sailed with, I want to enjoy the world without having to bloody my hands, we've all done a lot of bloody work, but you've done the most out of any of us, if its anyone that deserves a happy life away from battle, its you"

Enterprise paused, but then turned to Halsey

"Dad, what do you think?

Halsey chuckled and walked up enterprise

"Young lady, you're a working ship that's worked her ass off slaying japs and sirens up and down the pacific, way I see it, with that bow of yours, you could find decent paying work as a big game hunter or an archery champion, hell you could even become a hell of a geography book author, the only thing I don't think you can do is have kids, but you've done the impossible before, so I'm not gonna stop you from having kids if you find a way"

Yorktown chuckled "ah children, they're wonderful, hammann is quite a scrapper"

"I AM NOT" a tsundere scrapper said.

"I do wonder what it'd be like to have my own children, or just be to be an aunt to children you have" Yorktown turned to Hornet and Enterprise

"Good luck on that, enty's only interested in victori-"

Somehow hornet found her mouth being covered by her own jacket.

---

End of flashback

---

Yorktown had spaced out but her look said it all.

"we were going to ask if you dont mind being a babysitter" Enterprise said

That made Yorktown finally speak.

"You actually did it....." she said, tears of joy forming in her eyes.

"I'm going to.....I'm going to be an aunt...an actual aunt...." Yorktown fell onto her knees, processing it all, enterprise gently hugged her.

"You've earned the right to have a life away from battle too you know" Enterprise said.

This was enough for yorktown to hug her tight and cry into her shoulder.

Chris dared not interrupt this moment.

Yorktown eventually gave her answer "when the baby arrives, I'll gladly take care of her"

She then got up and looked at chris, smiling with tears of pain going away.

"As for you" she walked up to chris and hugged him tight

"Thank you in advance for being the best brother in law I could've ever asked for"

Notes:

I would've done a funny but this had to end sweet-like

one more throwback and its on to the main event, which I'll likely do once I've had time to focus on it.

god I love giving depressed characters happiness

Chapter 48: Starlight Oath, Part I, the dawn of destiny draws near

Summary:

Maybe a bit too hard of a title but anyway, the wedding is upon the base, of course the bride to be and the groom to be have a lot of work to do.

"Stop complaining and take off your clothes"

Yorktown could be heard from behind a curtain saying this.

Chris was being uncooperative

"Yorktown I know we've seen each other naked before but COME ON can't I just make my tux myself?" Chris pleaded

"No." Yorktown said in a "I'm gonna be a good sister and sister in law" voice

Chris wanted to just run but yorktown had chained his leg to the dressing room floor, she was not letting him leave.

Hornet was of no help, she was enjoying the show.

"Yorktown I swear to whatever is up there that I will have you sent to the arctic if you dont release me" Chris said

Yorktown smiled at him with a darkened face "You're GOING to let me size you up"

Chris realised this was getting nowhere fast "York, I know you want to be a good sister, but I don't like having to sit and wait for things to happen"

Yorktown sighed "I know....its just...."

Chris patted her on the shoulder "just focus on the bride okay? you're her maid of honor anyway"

Yorktown and Hornet did a double take, "she never told us that!" Hornet exclaimed

"well now you know, enty said she didn't ask because you wouldn't let anyone else be it" chris told yorktown

Yorktown grinned "she's right"

with that chuckle and a chain being unlocked, chris finally got time to make his own groom outfit, getting the perfect flower for it and bringing out a fine tie with his admiral standard on it.

It was perfection as far as he was concerned, even though he hated wearing suits, he let the yorktown duo look him over.

"I think you're ready on this front" Hornet said

XXXXVVVVXXXX

Enterprise was getting properly sized up for her bridal dress, Yorktown was being thorough.

"Yorkie...." Enterprise said as Yorktown groped her to see how strong the fabric needed to be

"I'm sparing no expense" Yorktown said as she raced around getting everything she needed, she began making the gown right there and then, and soon enterprise got to try it on, it was snug and fit like a glove.

"its perfect..." Enterprise said, smiling in the mirror but looking unsure of herself.

"whats wrong enty?" Yorktown asked

"I want to be a great wife....but does this really suit me?"

Yorktown smiled sympathetically and puts her hand on enterprise's shoulder

"You'll be a great wife, remember when he got here he barely spoke, and even though we got him out of his shell he still was nervous around the base?"

"hehe, he did look adorable-" Enterprise paused

She never thought about it much, but looking back, her thoughts were rosey, even in the hospital he looked handsome, gorgeous, lovable even, her memories were tinted.

"I keep seeing him...but he looks better...how..."

Yorktown smiled "see? perfect wife"

Enterprise pouted at this teasing remark.

XXXVVVXXX

Nagato was busy lewding it up with unicorn- WOAH THEY'RE HOLDING HANDS WHAT THE FUCK LADIES-

jokes aside unicorn was petting nagato who was wagging her tails happily.

Then there was a soft knock on the door.

"WHO DARES INTERRUPT MY PETS" Nagato said, jumping up and morphing into her koto form.

"I do" a gentle voice came from the other side of the door.

Nagato demorphed "oh....welcome shikikan-sama" Nagato said as the door opened.

Unicorn was white as a ghost "y-y-you can turn into a werefox?"

Nagato frowned "s-sorry, its a war form if you will, when my true power is unleashed..." Nagato said, hugging her shocked lover OH MY GOD KEEP THAT IN THE BEDROOM....okay I'll stop

Chris let this moment pass before getting to why he was here.

"Nagato, can you officiate the wedding between me and enterprise?" chris asked

Nagato nearly fell back in shock.

"m-me!? w-why?"

"We're going to do this a special way, and I figured since you're a maiden you'll be able to do the traditions right" Chris reasoned

Nagato thought "so, want a cherry blossom tree?"

Chris nodded

"I'll let satsuma grow one for you at the location, its a specialty of hers" Nagato said, before writing down some things required

"ummm, why do you need nagy's help?" Unicorn asked

"because I'm a huge weeb thats why, and with everything that's happened, I kinda just wanna do a mixed culture wedding, hopefully to encourage others if they so choose" Chris said

Nagato and Unicorn looked at each other and blushed profusely, making chris laugh "Oh you two, dont think about that yet, take it easy"

Nagato puffed her cheeks "I WASN'T THINKING THAT"

Unicorn looked sad "I was..."

Chris patted her back "don't worry uni, nagato's just using an advanced technique"

Unicorn looked at chris "what technique?"

"LYIN'"

XXXXVVVVVXXXX

Chris walked up to eagle union HQ and called for pennsylvania, arizona, and illinois.

"You wanted to see us commander?" Pennsylvania asked

"Its about the wedding isnt it?" Illinois asked

"Penn, want to be a groomsmaid?"

"hell yeah"

"Illy, want to bake a big cake and various meals for everyone?"

"Hell yeah" Illinois replied with a blep

"what about me?" Arizona asked

"assistant chef sound good?" chris said with a wink

Arizona caught on and smiled "yes, thank you"

XXXXXVVVVXXXXX

Chris then went to iron blood

He politely went to the admiral hipper dormitory.

When he got there, he noticed Metahipper humming happily

"Had another fun day with the sibs?" Chris asked

"Yes, but I also found someone quite enjoyable to spend time with" Metahipper said while kicking her legs too and fro

Chris smiled and went to a specific door, and he knocked on it.

Eugen came out looking well colored

"Guten tag herr commandant, I suppose you want me to pose for some adoring fans?" Eugen teased lightly while striking a pose.

"no just want to ask if ya wanna be part of my groomsmaids" chris said

Eugen paused for a moment and, admiring the bluntness, nodded "the hippers will be happy to provide some schweinhaxe for the party"

Chris chuckled "well okay but no vodka or hard beer, I dont want everyone getting drunk and causing another incident like me and essex in the mcdonalds"

*cutaway*

"THIS IS REAL MEAT YOU FUCKERS" Chris said while drunk, after having stuffed his dick between two hamburger buns

Essex was paralysed on the floor after eating 413 chicken nuggets

*back to the present*

"Don't want to do that again" Chris said scratching the back of his head

"in all fairness, yours definitely would have more taste in it" Eugen said, getting a big chuckle out of chris.

"well I'll see ya around" chris said, waving to eugen who waved back, chris then got out of the quarter, but just as he did, he turned back in and shouted something.

BLÜCHER!

The namesake ship arose from the shadows and grinned

"Hiya hiya hiya commandant, spee and I cant wait for the wedding you've teased so much" Blücher said with a chipper tone

"Well tell spee she's invited too, you two are quite welcome anywhere I am" Chris said, "though I cant help but feel like there's a-"

*distant scared neigh*

"-curse on you" chris finished

Blücher stared at him innocently, so he sighed "I must be hearing things"

"You are" Blücher said.

Chris smiled at her positive vibes and left to find Bismarck.

However, he didnt find her, she found HIM.

"Ah, gut, its you" Bismarck said a little nervous

"Okay bis what is it?" Chris asked

"To the point as ever, gut less awkwardness, anyway well, you know about me and eugen"

"everyone does, the moment you two made it public I never saw iron blood more happy"

"a-about that, see, we're engaged as you know and...I don't know how to plan a wedding" Bismarck said sheepishly

"You're worried about ruining it for eugen with excessive planning?" chris said

"Ja...." Bismarck said with a sigh "you're a good planner, but you also have such a loose disposition that you can reach max efficiency while still having time to douse yourself in maple syrup and daring people to lick you"

"Thats...oddly specific" Chris said, "but I see your point, I can please a crowd and make it seem natural, I admit you'll like a high class wedding, but I think we can come up with a good theme for it anyway" Chris said assuringly

Bismarck smiled "Danke, also I've wanted to give you this" Bismarck said, it was a big box.

"F-for you and enterprise" Bismarck said, being a little off kilter.

"Thank you bismarck, but whats in it?" He asked

"I-its a cake, a chocolate one, sorry I'm not used to....I got to go" Bismarck ran off

Chris was puzzled by this reaction, was there something bismarck wanted to say but couldn't tell him?

He shrugged and went back to the nest to set the cake for later

XXXXVVVVXXXX

Enterprise was in a room with Kaga and Shoukaku

They were staring at her, she was staring at them.

A clock was ticking.

Enterprise calmly asked them a question

"so....would you care to be part of the wedding party?"

Kaga and Shoukaku stared at her.

"why us?"

Enterprise sighed "Its not easy but, you can either be part of mine or his, because frankly, he doesnt have many options, and I wouldnt mind it either why"

Kaga wagged her tails in thought, be a bridesmaid or a groomsmaid, tough choice.

Shoukaku closed her eyes in soft thought

They both thought in silence, before giving their answer

"I'll be part of his, he could use it after everything he's done for me" Kaga said

"I'll be too, if only because in doing so I get to prank him with fish at the party~" Shoukaku teased

Enterprise just grinned "I'm sure he'll pay you back for that with your legs spread"

Shoukaku fell over in blushed shock

"DAMN YOU GREY GHOOOOOST" she shouted to the heavens as Kaga lost her shit laughing.

XXXXXXVVVVVXXXXXX

Soon the wedding parties had been organised, and the list was put on the fridge in the nest kitchen

Enterprise looked over the list, and discovered that the best man slot had a different name than she thought

"Charles? when did he get on the list?" Enterprise wondered

Chris smiled before explaining "to be fair, he and I have become vitriolic buds, he's offered to be my best man as a thanks for saving his bacon from the wrath of halsey" Chris said

Enterprise nearly keeled over in a laughing fit.

"what did he do to piss dad off?"

"something about running his ghost daughter ragged without rest, nearly breaking her soul and causing emotional damage for his other daughters, I had a polite talk with the old bull about it" Chris said with a wink

Enterprise just feel over laughing.

"Oh chris idk how you did it but wow, I can imagine the commander's face when he realised how close he came to being rushed by an angry bull" Enterprise said with chuckles in her breaths

Chris just smiled in triumph before getting out a box

"whats this?"

"a gift from bismarck, for you and I" chris said, he opened it up, and then he saw what was inside.

An absolutely INSANELY delicious-looking chocolate cake, with chocolate icing and chocolate sauce inside.

It. was. PERFECTION.

Chris read the note

"You've touched the hearts of eugen and I with your kindness, so we came together to make this cake as a thanks for helping us be together, I'm not used to making such personal gifts but....all I can say is...., vielen dank blondie ♥"

Chris read it out loud and Enterprise was downright shocked

"I cant tell if they genuinely love you deeply or they just see you as a close friend, but considering this chocolate....I think somebody had trouble expressing it, reminds me of someone I know~" Enterprise jabbed chris in the arm jokingly

Chris just smirked "Bismarck always was considered to be my female twin"

"So....twincest then?" Enterprise smirked before laughing as chris got a nosebleed.
They eventually shared the cake, but found something in the middle, a statue of chris and enty, gold and silver, in their uniforms, positioned in a way that they formed a heart with their arms

Chris and Enterprise cleaned it off and happily placed it up in a special room.

As soon as that was done, Chris turned to Enterprise and asked a question

"You want to pig out at the reception?"

"you read my fucking mind"

Notes:

Hope ya enjoyed, because next chapter's the wedding event, and I CANT FUCKING BELIEVE I GOT HERE.

Look, I just...no I'm not spilling my guts here, but I just want to say thank you for all the support you've given me and all the ideas as well.

This little self indulgency has become a story I genuinely loved writing in a way others can enjoy it, and I'm glad people do.

Now on to some references, yes charles WAS in danger, when I wrote days of a phoenix's origin now passed, I made a remark that charles was running the base ragged in story.

however, lots of plots have developed since then, so there's a big question, how screwed would charles have been if chris didnt change things around?

to answer it, enterprise's downward spiral affected him as much as it did her sisters, and he took initiative by checking up on them once a week just to be sure they were doing okay.

IF at any point it became clear that they were about to break, yeah, charles would've been screwed.

in fact, after enterprise told him about chris, he sent a letter to charles, saying, roughly, "if you EVER work ellie like that again, you'll be able to speak sakuran to yamamoto"

Needless to say, it was the first time charles had a case of severe bowel evacuation.

Chapter 49: Starlight Oath, Part II, the dawn of destiny is here.

Summary:

WHADDYA THINK IS GONNA HAPPEN XD

Time.

There wasn't much of it.

There never was.

Space.

There was a lot of it.

There always is.

Dimensions.

Until several months ago, chris wondered if there was a lot or only a small amount, but now he knows the answer is both.

Antiochus.

Chris fought them tooth and nail, never seeing the end of their presence.

All this combined, he was lost in thought, standing at a mirror.

His group of groomsmaids and the best man had huddled him in a room to encourage him.

"Its just getting married you idiot" Jean Bart said with a smile

"Not like you're about to sign a treaty handing over your country" one of the few men in the entourage said

"bradford I know" chris said, turning from the mirror.

"But this is one battle I'm terrified of screwing up"

Charles actually laughed "hundreds of battles and THIS makes your nervous? remind me to study sun tzu to learn how to handle this battle then", giving everyone a chuckle.

Chris smiled "well okay I'll ease my jitters, but you do realise who I've invited to this event right?"

Everyone nodded, and charles held him by the shoulders "You're going to make a good impression, you already have, now you get out there and make sure everything's going to plan, got it?" Charles said

Chris nodded "will do boss"

XXXVVVXXX

Enterprise was getting fitted out to make sure everything fit right.

"I wonder if the invitations went to the proper addresses" Enterprise said as Yorktown finished fitting the dress.

"They did, you know he sent them himself, even sent them with encryption to the military officials he wanted to attend" Yorktown said

Enterprise sat on a chair and sighed "York.....I can't believe this is happening"

Yorktown sat down beside her, and several other people sat down with her.

"Back in 45 I would've said the same thing" Texas said, "I always pegged you for an all work, no play person"

Enterprise sighed, "you wouldn't be wrong mama bighorn, even after...robin..."

Victorious was in her bridesmaid outfit and she made motion to speak

"I know enty.... but as I said you deserve happiness, and now you're about to be the happiest eagle in the world"

Grim screeched in offense

"Excuse me? she didn't spend the last 21 years being your companion through thick and thin wondering if you'd survive your own darkness!"

Enterprise giggled "Grim, you weren't the only one wondering"

"But I AM the happiest eagle in this world because you're not the same enterprise I saw at midway, maybe now I can have a break and find a nestmate of my own"

"That poor unlucky woman" Enterprise joked, causing Grim to try to peck her but she dodged with her lucky E

The laughter in the room was enough to make everyone feel less nervous

XXXXVVVVXXXX

Chris stood out on the dock/airstrip and watched people come in.

He shook hands with some of the people arriving, and saluting those he had to.

"Nice to meet you winfield" Chris said

"Not as nice as finding out you're okay with causing a social storm back home when it leaks out you're marrying a kansen" winfield said

"Well played sir" Chris said as winfield passed him

Chris turned to see a soviet general look at asimov, who had dressed up for the occasion

"Asimov you handsome devil, stick you in a frock and I'd ride you raw myself"

"I'll take that as a compliment"

"Yeah don't" The general muttered to himself before he turned to chris

"Ah Marshal, didn't expect a ground pounder to show up, especially one of your station"

"They want to name a ship after me, imagine being immortalised like this" the general replied

"I don't have to, people will know my name forever" chris said with a sigh

And after that chat chris saw the man he really wanted to talk to.

"I swear sir I am going to dress appropriately for the occasion" Chris told halsey.

"I believe you, but you better not be giving your bride some beer" Halsey said

"I won't sir, I wanted to do this more sakuran but they suggested exchanging sake, not a good idea" Chris said

"Sakuran, I really should be angry, but I guess I'll have to accept that we're on the same side now, but if they act up, send them to hell for me" Halsey said

"Will do sir" Chris said as Enterprise emerged to hug her dad.

"I guess you proved me wrong dad" Enterprise said.

Chris chuckled "thats my enty" he said softly.

XXXXVVVVXXXX

After everyone had gotten situated at their temporary residence, chris breathed in deeply.

"People of azur lane, guests, and that one asshole bird that keeps stealing my corn" Chris said, glaring at Grim and Duncan who pointed at each other with their wings, "I have hidden a lot from you, 100,000 tons of stuff, and today, it shall be yours to sit upon for this day"

He then inhaled deeply, took out his black icosahedron, and threw it out to the sea.

"ENGAGE THE CARRIER MOTHERFUCKER"

Within a minute, CVN-80 was out in the water for all to see, its massive size dwarfing every other ship in the dock except for CVN-65, Hood, Warspite, Yorktown and Hornet's ships, and Satsuma.

"This is the ship I've held back on revealing until the time is right, it is superior to anything we have here, and no siren can outfight it, but there's only one, and its our final resort, and today, its where I'll marry the love of my life, so prepare for boarding" Chris said before he teleported EVERYONE on top the flight deck.

Soon the entire place was decked out for the wedding, flowers and tapestries with all the trimmings, and a makeshift altar with cherry blossom trees decorating it.

Nagato had gotten her position set up, and the guests filed on their respective sides, including a few admirals, including an old iron blood looking fellow and some other fleet admiral looking guys

To chris's surprise, in the front row were two people he never expected to be this public.

In fact, as everyone realised what he was staring at, they all froze in shock

Chris went to talk to them directly.

"Grimprise....D.....I thought you'd hide" Chris said

"Normally I would but I've had enough of hiding, I'm about to see myself be happy, its about damn time I let my presence be known" Alterprise replied

"And I'm just happy to be here" Miss D said, "and dont worry, I made sure the sirens wont interfere"

XXXXVVVVXXXX

"WHY THE FUCK ARE OUR SHIPS TURNED OFF AND STAYING OFF" Observer growled

XXXXVVVVXXXX

"I'll reverse what I did when this is over" Miss D said with a smile

Chris chuckled "well I hope you enjoy the show" he said before getting back on the altar.

Satsuma flicked her tails and let the cherry blossoms start blowing everywhere gently, some making a flower path

Chris felt himself stiffen, and not like that you fu- no that's a glass house, anyway he was nervous.

Everything was going to plan, his white tuxedo had caused some off stairs but he didnt feel like wearing black for the sake of a stupid joke, he was happy, he was definitely happy.

But he felt like everything was gonna go wrong, he had always waited for something to spring out and fuck everything up, it always was like that...but maybe his own anxiety was sabotaging him.

Yeah, the anxiety, he wish he could take it out of him and shoot it, it'd be all over- wait tf, is that music?

Chris broke out of his thoughts and turned down the makeshift aisle to see a goddess of freedom get carried onto the deck by an eagle with a bell on his neck.

Charles took one look at the blonde idiot and couldn't help but feel bad for the guy, he looked like he was about to jump Enterprise right there yet tried to be completely still.

"You're a true soldier wood, hakuryuu couldn't top that beauty" Charles thought to himself before he got a nodachi bonk from a telepathic girlfriend.

Chris looked at enterprise and felt butterflies in his stomach the size of albatrosses, her dress was perfection, her veil covered her face well, and the necklace of pearls she had on her made him flash back to the day he gave them to her.

And she was being walked down by her dear old dad, with eldridge and nautilus holding up the back of her dress.

Nagato looked at him and offered some words of comfort

"彼女も緊張するでしょうから心配しないでください"

"彼女が心配していることや自分のことを心配していることを心配しているのではなく、ただ彼女が妊娠中に産むことを考えないようにしているだけです"

Chris's reply made Nagato blush into the book she was holding.

Enterprise walked up the alter with eldridge and nautilus letting go of her dress, and stared at chris lovingly

"I didn't expect you to wear white..." Enterprise said quietly

"White is for joy, black is for mourning" Chris replied back softly

As he lifted the veil to see Enterprise's eyes, they both stared deeply, blue to purple, purple to blue, but both of them noticed something quick, something that made them both giggle, and Nagato noticed too.

"Pain always has to leave somehow" Nagato said quietly before letting the couple hold hands, their slightly teared eyes drying up for once.

She began to speak

"Esteemed guests, friends, allies, and the goddesses alike" She was referring to the yamato sisters, Agir who was trying not to lose it, Odin, and some angellic kansen, "we are gathered here today to bless these two with eternal bliss, and endless happiness, two long tormented souls scarred by endless war, now to heal in each other's arms, and to be bound together no matter where they find themselves, and henceforth, as a show of bliss, the lovers have elected to exchange teas of the others favorite brew" she summoned a small table and two kettles were placed on it, one of china oolong, and the other of darjeeling, both were hot.

Nodding, they broke their hold of each others hands to pour the teas for each other to drink, sipping them down lovingly, a ceremonial endeavor that ended with them putting the cups down and staring at each other again, waiting for nagato to continue.

"With this, there is no doubt of do they or do they not, and now I shall let the couple say some brief words, the vows they have prepared"

Chris went first, ever short yet direct.

"Nearly a year ago, I was a man broken from decades of war that seemed to have no end, my world burned around me, yet I kept fighting, long after the point seemed to have vanished, it is that will that made me fight on, it was that will that kept me going long enough to see if this world was worth living in, and I'm glad it did, because from the very day in that hospital room, I have never doubted that the woman I see in front of me would make my life worth living, I didn't think I'd end up marrying you, but here we are, and I'm happy to have it this way, I will gladly walk the path the future holds for me, with you the entire way, and if I dont, may your dad make sure death parts us" Chris said, and after a pause, he heard a man say "DAMN RIGHT I WILL"

This made Enterprise consider breaking down in laughter, but she steeled herself, and began to speak

"When I saw you in that hospital, I was curious, you seemed to reek of my counterpart, a broken shadow of what I was.....and in a way, I was right, because you had fought alongside her for so long, yet the thought of you using me as a replacement for her never crossed my mind" she said, Alterprise nodded, knowing her heart was for someone else and miss D winked at her, knowing john archer was the guy for alterprise.

"I didn't think I'd be here marrying you, but I'm glad I am, no matter how tough a battle I endure or how great the pain I suffer from being separated from you, I’ll go on with the hope of seeing your smiling face again, and again, for the rest of my life and yours"

Nagato nodded and spoke again "And now, the rings"

Chris brought out his ring, enterprise brought out hers, they slid each others rings on, enterprise receiving a finally made platinum ring with a diamond in the shape of an eagle's head, with two wings encrested on the sides of the diamond, chris got a ring of platinum as well, with a phoenix's head diamond, with flaming wings incrested around it.

But as the ring slid on his finger, he felt something inside him, soon his wings emerged and began glowing, their metallic appearance giving way to a blazing rainbow aura around them, like a true phoenix's wings.

chris let his wings descend, the awe of the sight impressing everyone, but chris noticed something, his wings weren't metal anymore, in fact, they seemed, ethereal.

enterprise grinned knowingly, and chris didn't say a word, but smiled lovingly.

Nagato was about to say the next part, but chris and enterprise took initiative, enterprise summoning her bow and chris summoned his vulcan minigun

Nobody dared speak.

with a knowing smile they both despawned their weapons and began resuming their loving stare and hand holding.

Nagato looked at them and spoke again "By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife, and I shall now run before you accidentally squish me" Nagato zipped off.

Chris and Enterprise gave each other one final glance and pulled each other into a full passionate kiss.

The crowd cheered, some people cried, and Nagato sighed in relief knowing she made the right call.

XXXXVVVVXXXX

Some time after, the wedding photos taken, was the reception party that had very little in dancing, but lots of foods, and gifts from the bride and groom for everyone.

Halsey's gift was one of the photos, specifically one where Enterprise had gotten him and her sisters in the frame, and Nagato got the bouquet, she sat somewhere away from the festivites, her pupils dialated white with Mutsu and Unicorn wondering what exactly was she thinking.

Yorktown was pouty that no alcoholic beverages were being served, but hornet was happy to not see anyone be wasted.

Jean Bart was cutting a rug with richelieu, who looked like she was hanging on for dear life.

Kaga and Shoukaku were chatting about stuff, and Amagi was letting Miyuki enjoy some sweets.

Bismarck and Eugen were chatting up Taihou of all people, and the Yamato sisters were chilling with Satsuma.

All in all, things were going great, though only one thing seemed to scare people.

How fast the married couple were making several meals vanish without a trace, Amagi looked concerned

"Whats wrong mama?" Miyuki asked

"Enterprise isn't going to have a fun night...." Amagi said

"Are you saying a pregnant woman shouldnt eat that much?" Kaga asked

"A pregnant KANSEN shouldn't, especially when they're that happy, unless they want to be in incredible pain" Amagi said.

XXXVVVVXXX

Chris opened the door to his house and carried Enterprise over the threshold.

Singing something to himself as he carried her up the stairs to their bedroom, their eyes never leaving each other's sight.

Enterprise was lost in her husband's gaze, but then...something got her a little bit worried, she felt a sudden pain in her body.

"Dear....I think I ate too much" Enterprise said softly

Chris nodded "as did I, I'm likely going to be using the bathroom soon" he said as he let enterprise down on the bed.

But enterprise felt more pain, that...wasn't good

"I...I didn't eat anything bad....whats going on"Enterprise thought to herself as she took her wedding gown off, thinking maybe it had gotten tight.

But she still felt pain, and it was getting more harsh.

Chris had noticed after he came from the bahtroom, "Okay thats not good" he said as he got his tuxedo off, he came to rub her belly, but it didn't do her any good.

"Enty...we may need to go to ves-" he was stopped by Enterprise clenching her belly after she tried to move.

There was no mistaking what was happening, Enterprise looked at him with a knowing sense of worry, he scooped her up in her arms and rushed her down to a special room.

"Okay yeah we're calling vestal, she's making a house call, worst fucking timing I swear to god" he muttered to himself as Enterprise began moaning in pain.

He typed up a number.

XXXVVVVXXX

Vestal had arrived late from the reception and had holed up hoping she could recover from the festivities, and then the phone rang.

"somebody better be in dire need" Vestal said, but as she looked at the caller ID, she realised she should've kept her mouth shut.

She answered the phone "hey commander, please tell me it isn't what I think it is"

"Vestal I have bad news, you're getting a week's break" Chris said

Vestal realised why he said that as she heard noises in the background

"Don't tell me..."

"Vestal you're making a house call, I am going to repay you for this as best I can, but get over here and get over here NOW"

Notes:

HOHOHOHOHOHOOOOO BOYYYY.

I think I screwed this up but I am glad it got here.

I'm making the next chapter right after I publish this, and trust me, it wont be a long chapter, but it'll be the last chapter we all knew was coming, so stick around.

that said, WOOOOOOOOOOO

Chapter 50: Starlight Oath, Part III, Babyprise

Summary:

READ IT.

pls.

Vestal gathered her medical supplies and made a call to the repair ships over the P.A"

"I'm making a house call, everyone make sure nothing explodes" Vestal said before running towards the nest.

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When she got there she realised the door was open and Chris was waiting at the doorway.

"Vestal again I'm sorry for troubling you-"

"TROUBLING ME? I'm getting week's leave, I'm doing this" Vestal said with a gung ho face as she ran to the room enterprise was in.

Enterprise had been laid out on a comfortable bed with her legs spread out, chris and vestal both ran towards her.

"Vestal's here, I got her as fast I could" Chris said

"YEAH GOOD JUST FUCKING GET THIS THING OUT OF ME" Enterprise screamed out as a contraction shook through her.

Vestal got out the heartbeat monitor and everything else she needed and began talking

"Okay I'm not rusty I had practiced before this, Enty keep calm, we'll be done before long" Vestal said as she looked at chris

"How long ago has it been since her water broke"

"I'd say about 20 minutes" chris said

"You work fast then, okay just to be sure what I'm working with, how was your birth like, and what about your siblings?" Vestal asked

"I was a little late but I took about 8 hours, my brother took far longer" Chris said

"So are you prepared to do what's needed?" Vestal asked

"As I'll ever be, I just hope this isn't like my brother, he was far too stubborn" Chris said as he helped enterprise's hand, despite her kansen strength he wasn't feeling a tightening grip.

"A-am I gonna die?" Enterprise asked

"Hell no, it would be a terrible way to end our wedding night" Chris said, Enterprise smiled before more contractions began making her scream in pain.

"I don't understand it she should've been stable for another month" Chris said

"Its the damn nuclear physiology, she ate so much and was so happy she basically accelerated the baby's growth to the point of delivery, I don't blame you for not knowing, saved you another month of worry" Vestal said as she watched enterprise's cervix dilate.

Chris left the room for a minute, closing down the entire house, before running back in

"why did you do that?" Vestal asked

"Like hell am I letting anyone else see this, I made a risk leaving that door open" Chris said.

Vestal nodded "Thank you, Akagi was irritating when Amagi went into labor, refused to let me treat her" Vestal said

Chris sighed "well luckily she wont be stopping you anymore" he chuckled

"I MADE DAMN SURE OF THAT" Enterprise shouted, trying to calm herself down.

Time passed, but eventually, it was time.

"Alright push enty, and push HARD" Vestal said.

Chris let her grip tighter as she took a deep breath and gave one final bush with a scream of exertion that nearly broke his ears.

but her scream broke away to the noise they had waited a long time to hear, a cord was cut and soon a cleaned up, bundled up little skin potato was in vestals hands, she handed her to enterprise.

"Congratulations war hero, you won another decisive victory" Vestal said as enterprise cradled her baby in her arms.

"*Sniff* she's finally here" Enterprise said, looking at the peaceful face of little emily.

Chris smiled "she indeed is" he said, staring at the peaceful face of his daughter, before she opened her eyes.

Her first stare was at chris.

"Don't worry, its just dad" Chris said, booping her on her nose, making her giggle, she turned to look at enterprise

"You have our eyes" Enterprise said with a big smile as she let emily take in her surroundings.

Her purplish-blue eyes looked at everyone with curiosity, she cooed a little as vestal made a note.

"Think you can let in some visitors?" Vestal asked

"I'll make a few calls" Chris said

within minutes, yorktown, hornet, wasp, saratoga, and amagi with her little furball were in the room.

"sorry I didnt warn you" amagi said

"well it worked out" Chris said as emily stared at all the people.

"Heh, she has my curiosity" he said as Miyuki looked up to see the new bundle of joy.

"Mama, did I look like this?" she asked

Amagi chuckled "I won't lie to you" she said.

Yorktown couldn't believe what she was seeing, neither could emily from her look.

Enterprise chuckled "here's your niece"

Hornet was downright speechless, and so was wasp.

But the one who'd be even more speechless was Halsey, who was told to come over to the nest for a surprise.

"I'm getting you promoted for this one" Halsey told Chris who laughed bitterly

Emily began loosening up and raised her arms

"awww she's so fucking cute" chris said.

and then emily spawned a tiny bow to the sudden horror of everyone.

"OH SHIT SHE'S PACKING HEAT"

Notes:

Welcome to the world babyprise XD.

She's going to be a bundle of chaos in the future chapters to come, and will have internal thoughts like grim does, what a hell of a way to end your wedding night huh?

That said, don't expect her to rapidly grow up, I have a lot of ideas for what this baby can get herself into, and a lot of daddy chris and mommyprise moments too.

Btw my brother actually was a hard baby, in fact he was taking so long the doctors wanted to induce him, but he was far too down the chute so the lead doctor yanked him out, breaking his collarbone by accident (it got better).

Oh and btw, emily indeed will be getting the CVN-80 when she grows up, that will not change.

I admit now chris and enty will probably take a backseat stage during the offensives, and he'll likely have to be on leave, but thats fine for him, its his responsibility, and besides, the sirens wont dare approach him, ever seen two pissed off parents? imagine them with enough weapons to nuke tokyo HEHEHEHEHE.

And this story wont end for a long time, I intend to write until I can write no more, and I dont want to think about that.

Chapter 51: The nest's new member.

Summary:

The greater family gets to see the little one.

Chris carried Enterprise and Emily to the nursery because Enterprise didn't want to walk and chris was strong.

Enterprise rested on a big bed in the nursery while cradling emily who had fallen asleep.

Chris sighed happily before cleaning up, and letting enterprise get her due rest.

"Good night my two favorite girls" he said softly before falling asleep on the floor.

XXXXVVVVXXXX

Chris woke up some time later to see Enterprise somewhat awake with a snoring baby still snoozing.

"I guess this is the life now" Chris whispered

"Yeah, it is" Enterprise replied, both of them staring at emily like she was the holy grail.

a snoring holy grail at that.

Chris couldn't help but sigh happily again, he can't believe he and enterprise had created this life, and he knew it was going to be trouble, but he didn't regret it one bit.

Emily woke up some time later and began making noises.

"Somebody's hungry" Chris said

"And that person is me, feed me" Enterprise replied tiredly with a giggle

Chris nodded and walked to vestal.

"She's hungry, both of them are, mind staying for a bit?" Chris asked

"I'm not leaving until Emily's a month old, I'll cook food for the both of them"

"You don't have to-"

"Yes. I do, I'm the medic here, just because you married enterprise doesn't mean I've stopped being the family doctor" Vestal said

"You want to make that official? we're getting repair ship kansen soon and you can be promoted to my Secretary of Health" Chris said

Vestal grinned "and what else does the patient require?"

"You to enjoy the refit and the guest room" Chris said with a grin.

Vestal nodded "I'll get to work right away"

Soon enterprise was eating some healthy food and Emily was full of breast milk, Chris was anxiously waiting at the door.

"What's the matter?" Vestal asked

"Illinois, Eldridge, and Nautilus are supposed to arrive soon-"

And sure enough the door opened.

"We're back, had to sleep on my ship but- annnnd whats with vestal?" Illinois asked

"I'm here because it finally happened" Vestal said

"What finally hap-" Illinois then noticed a room open, she went to investigate and saw Enterprise sitting on the bed making sure emily was eating.

"Mom?" Illinois asked in shock

Enterprise turned to Illinois and nodded "her name is emily, and she's your new sister" Enterprise said, letting emily finish feeding, she buttoned up her shirt and let illinois look at the new member of the nest.

Illinois looked quietly, with a gentle smile, when she extended a hand, Emily did the same, perfect mimicry

"She looks just like you" Illinois said

"But she has her father's disposition" Enterprise said

"how can you tell?"

Enterprise pointed at Emily, illinois spoke last and emily was staring at her

"pay attention" enterprise said, causing emily to stare back at enterprise

"she's a good listener" Illinois joked as Emily stared off into the doorway.

Eldridge and Nautilus had materialised there.

Enterprise motioned for them to come forward, but Emily began getting fussy.

Illinois walked back and Emily calmed down

"She's overwhelmed" Illinois observed, "nemo, approach her first" Illinois said

Nautilus nodded and booped Emily, who grabbed onto her fingers and began sucking on them.

"Uh I...I think she likes me, please let go" Nautilus begged, Enterprise helped by tickling Emily's chin.

When Nautilus was free, Eldridge came up to look.

Emily's eyes glowed when Eldridge emitted some sparks in nervousness

"She has his siren powers" Enterprise observed

"Baby.....cute" Eldridge said.

This tender moment was given time to last until Chris walked back in

"Hey enty, I'm gonna let others come see, our extended family, if thats okay" Chris said

"How about I let her sleep first" Enterprise said

Chris nodded "I'll set up a fleetchat for everyone then" he then came to hold Emily, she reacted by getting fussy, but chris said "I'm just dad"

This calmed Emily down enough to allow him to tickle her belly, causing her to burp.

"Kid after my own heart" Chris said as he handed her back to Enterprise

"Are you sure you dont want to put her in a crib?" Enterprise asked

"Not until I'm sure you're both okay with it" Chris said

"But I am" Enterprise said

"She won't be, I can calm her down sure but she won't want to be away from you unless its me, and even then she'll miss you" Chris said

Enterprise stared at her little human chick, she looked cute as ever.

"And I don't want to be away from her....." Enterprise said

"Mother instinct, protect the child" Chris said

Enterprise chuckled lightly.

"hey...I just want to ask......will you be jealous?" Enterprise asked, remembering a worry she had hidden.

"Jealous? of what?" Chris asked with a grin.

Enterprise shook her head and sighed "I guess I'm thinking low of you to be envious of a baby"

Chris shook his head "Nah you're just overly worried, but keep your chin up, I have vestal here for you, and I'm here too, I'll be on the couch listening to the news or something, I didn't give birth last night but it still took a toll on me"

Enterprise nodded "on that....how are you going to tell the base?"

Chris sighed "I'll make an announcement, your dad filed leave for me to help take care of you so I'll have to explain myself"

He then left, keeping the lights on and letting enterprise listen to some soothing classical music.

She fell asleep along with emily soon after.

XXXXXVVVVXXXXX

A few days later, the extended family came, Essex, Northampton, Hammann all filed in, shortly followed by arizona, howe, bunker kill, kaga, jean bart, agir, and hindenburg

Hammann was the first to see the baby.

"She looks....like....you and yorky...." Hammann said in disbelief

Enterprise nodded "and yet she's more like her father in attitude"

"I don't believe it" Hammann said as she extended a hand, only for emily to shock her and make her poof up

Emily giggled with glee.

"I believe it now" Hammann said as she walked out

Northampton was next, and Emily looked at her wide-eyed

"I-is something wrong?" Northampton asked

"You look a lot different to her, she's very curious" Enterprise said, Emily, who was now unblanketed and just sitting on the carpet, motioned her hands towards northamtpon, and when northampton got close, emily began lightly slapping her, painless but northampton was quite puzzled

Enterprise shook her head "no emily dont do that" she said, picking her up, her eyes turned to new jersey derp eyes as she got picked up and put down but she began playing with enterprise's hair.

Essex was next, and she looked utterly shocked

"Senpai....how did you- nevermind I already know, but still, its unbelievable" Essex said, looking at Emily who saw essex and went into "new person detected" mode

Essex got a mischievous idea and decided to put her through the lemon test.

Enterprise glared "don't"

Essex backed away slowly

Arizona came next, and her immediate presence made Emily giddy

"I-is she alright?" Arizona asked

"I think she likes you" Enterprise said as Emily made more happy baby noises

Enterprise handed Emily over, and immediately she began playing with arizona's hair and flowers

Arizona grinned awkwardly, unsure of what to do.

Howe showed up next, and the moment she did, Emily hugged her leg

".....I am afraid to move" Howe said

Up next was Bunker hill, a minor surprise

"I didn't expect you....I thought shangri la would come" Enterprise said as emily played a cookie-styled teething ring howe left for her.

"I'm here because I'm part of the third fleet, thus I'm here on base" Bunker hill said, "plus...I needed this, she's cute" Bunker hill said as Emily fell on her back and tried to get up, enterprise propped her back up and she giggled.

then came kaga, the moment emily saw her tails, she tried grabbing one.

"No, no one touches the tails" Kaga said

Emily got pouty.

"awww somebody's mad" Enterprise said, tickling emily to make her laugh.

Kaga decided to humor the little tyke and wrapped her in a tail, causing her to yawn in relaxation.

Jean Bart got the next turn and when she saw the little skin potato, her heart skipped a beat and she fainted from adorabetes.

"Your first kill" Chris chuckled as he let Agir and Hindenburg in.

"Is this the new kid? she doesn't seem so bad" Agir said

Hindenburg concurred "at least she doesn't seem scared by our presence"

*Blork*

"I stand corrected" Hindenburg said, hustling out with agir in tow.

One diaper change later and Enterprise decided to tuck emily into her crib, she hugged her eagle plushie.

She fell asleep watching the solar system dance above her, chris took a flashless photo shop.

"Well ellie, what do you say now?" Chris said

"I say......let's sleep in this room together" Enterprise said, guiding chris to the bed in the nursery.

They got a good blissful 3 hours of sleep until Emily woke them up.

It was at that moment Chris knew, he was going to count down the days until she sleeps through the night.

Notes:

Goo.

That's all XD

That said I was never above toilet humor, but it deserves its place, and I think it fits here, hope you can get the kind of personality I'm giving the little one, and yes there is a bed in the nursery fit for two people, chris had it put there because well, babies are gonna baby, and he wants to make sure both of them can respond to emily's wails as fast as possible.

Oh and uh, after the next chapter, there will be a timeskip because there's very little that I can do at this stage, and I figure this is the unofficial season finale, the next "season" will pick up in august, some time after the season finale of azur prime as I'll call it, spoilers for that but we're reaching the end of the carrier hai operation hehe.

Chapter 52: The flight of life

Summary:

Chris and Enterprise make a few announcements to azur lane.

Chris made sure his uniform fit right, fastening up for his big announcement.

Enterprise walked up to him with emily in her arms, full uniform, and the baby in an adorable eagle onesie

"Hard to believe around this time last year I was fighting a leviathan for a world already dead" Chris said

"Hard to believe around this time last year I was ready to kill commander charles" Enterprise said

"Thing sure do change" Chris said as he walked out to address the assembled crowd

"Friends, countryman, lend me your ears, I've come to make an announcement or two, first order of business, thanks to our chief commander charles sherman, the sakura empire is going to stay a part of azur lane, and kure naval arsenal will be lent to us as a base of operations, meaning the sakuran convoy can split in 2 for logistical ease, once the sakuran commander comes, the convoys shall head out"

Everyone reacted positively

"Second, I'm officially going on leave, I have left an officer in charge of affairs while I'm on leave, as much as I want to continue fighting sirens, something takes greater priority"

He then went to enterprise and motioned for her to walk up.

She did and hoisted emily up for all to see.

Everyone reacted with pleasant surprise, emily giggled in glee about being held so high.

Chris waited for Enterprise to put emily back down before he picked up the microphone.

"believe it or not, we've made a child, and for some time I'll be making sure emily is healthy and in good form, so yeah, thats why I'm taking leave, being a commander is an awesome job, but a father? its a thousand times as fun"

he paused before continuing

"and I believe emily has some thoughts to share" he said before moving to mic to emily.

All she did was drool.

"well said" chris chuckled, enterprise chuckled too, and several members of the crowed laughed.

"That all aside, I will return from leave once it expires, I promise this, should I need to arrive early, there will be hell to pay, especially if its one of those damn sirens, they already forces us onto DEFCON 2, if we go to DEFCON 1, I will settle for nothing less than the complete eradication of the sirens." Chris said with a dangerous hiss

Enterprise than spoke

"I am not one to be easily kept away from battle, but as I stand here, with the greatest triumph of my life in my arms, I know I am leaving behind a carrier force powerful enough to be true heroes in their own right, I want every carrier to hit hard, hit fast, hit often, and to never lose sight of what we're fighting for"

With that, there was applause, and the newlywedded military couple left to the docks.

XXXXVVVVXXXX

Chris still had CVN-80 out, and he soon hoisted enterprise off her feet so she and emily could be hoisted by ship's pull on him, soon they were on the flight deck, emily was eying some of the things on the deck, like a suspicious speck of dirt.

Chris smiled as the wind graced his skin.

"I've always had days like this, where I'm about to go somewhere the wind is perfect, the temperature is perfect, and the clouds dancing so serenely" He said

"I've always looked at these kind of days, and I think, I'm going to live today"

Enterprise grinned as Grim flew down to interrogate Emily with his eyes, Emily hugged him while making baby babble

"GET HER OFF ME" Grim begged

"You're losing that fight" Chris said, much to the eagle's dismay.

But as chris was about to set forth, several eagles began flying in.

"Duncan, Warren, George, Neil, Little Eagle" Chris said in minor shock, Grim was released and began squawking with the assembled congress of birds

"Wait, if they're here, then-" Enterprise paused and saw the owners walking up to the ship

"we're coming with you, we've gotten orders that the third fleet is to head to san diego and stay there in the event of a siren attack, we know you're on leave and we're in an emergency situation but..." Bunker hill said

Chris nodded "and we still need to build some members of the fleet, okay, tell everyone in the third fleet to get moving, and follow the enterprise ten-four" Chris said, realising too late that he isn't a trucker but eh.

As the third fleet assembled on the decks of either CVN-80, CVN-67 (courtesy of yorktown) or CVN-66 (courtesy of hornet), chris went to the bridge of the 80 with emily

"You lucky girl, you get to ride shotgun with dad" Chris said, strapping Emily down for a safe ride.

Enterprise was on the bridge too, and she chuckled seeing chris try to tickle emily to make her giggle

"Hey dear, shouldn't you be on your own ship?" Chris asked

"I decided to let hornet and yorktown fly their ships out, wasp is deploying as rearguard, I haven't seen everyone so ready in such a long time" Enterprise said with a loving sigh as Emily sucked on her pacifier

MENACINGLY.

That malicious baby mind was coming up with a dastardly plan as they spoke, pure evil a baby's mind is, they may DROOL OH NO.

All that aside, chris willed his ship forward, rang the horn, and raised the colors.

Everyone followed him, some taking the front as vanguard, but they all raised the banner of the third fleet in a collective show of loyalty.

As the fleet went out of sight of azur lane, chris unfurled a massive banner on his ship's flight deck that had one thing on it

"Baby having fun on board"

Unbeknownst to him, a jellyfish followed close behind wasp and had a massive flapping banner say something else

"Congratulations on the baby Yui Ishikawa"

And with that, the third fleet sailed for san diego, for a well earned reserved break.

Notes:

This is a season finale for ya, after this there's a brief time skip, but don't worry the story isn't over.

That said, man what a hell of a story so far, I can't believe people love it so much, I don't try to think on it because I'd go crazy, but thank you all again.

Also that little thing about yui?

In a coincidental example of life imitating art, Yui Ishikawa, enterprise's VA, has just given birth to her first child, let's hear it for two enterprises having their first child *confetti*

I'll work on azur prime soon and maybe other stories, questions can be submitted in the inquiries story all the same and I'll pick this particular story up after I'm done with azur prime's orochi arc.

Oh and expect chris to be absent for a bit in azur prime, I'm giving other characters time to shine and believe me, its about time XD.

Edit: I just realised this has reached over 100,000 words, AWESOME

Chapter 53: Eagle and Phoenix do the SFW alphabet challenge

Summary:

Pilot for a new series I may work on if people like it, open to reccs~

It had been, weeks, months even, since they got married, and ever since, its been a hectic life.

But thats irrelevant because somebody kidnapped them and stuffed them into a cosmic cookie jar.

"DAMNIT CHRIS WHERE THE HELL ARE WE!?" Enterprise asked angrily

"Hell if I know" Chris replied back in annoyance.

They stared at their new surroundings, a cosmic void of stars, comets, planets, galaxies, aurorae, with an interesting minecraft-style house made of amethyst.

"......enty did you invite the tulipans?" chris asked

"No I didn't, also is that planet a cookie?" enterprise pointed at a giant cosmic cookie.

"IT IS" Chris immediately flew over to eat it.

But then a cosmic tendril smacked him and went "NO."

it then dragged them into the amethyst castle, revealing the interior to be pale wood and ebony wood.

"Hiya" a voice called out.

Enterprise raised her arrow "who are you?"

Chris was distracted by the smell of cookies and tea

And then they noticed a jellyfish walking up to them

They both facepalmed

"GOD DAMNIT WINDY LET US BE FICTIONAL CHARACTERS IN PEACE" They said in unison

"sorry, can't do that" I said, wait, holy shit I'm writing in pov finally, anyways I decide to explain the situation using my jellyfishiness

"You see, there's a challenge called the SFW alphabet challenge, less horny and more fluff, and rn I could use some, so uhhh, wanna try it?"

Enterprise and Chris stared at me like I was a talking jellyfish, wait I am, cool :D

With that out of the way I nudged them

"Okay we'll go with it- wait where's emily?" Enterprise asked

The baby was still in her little baby carrier on chris's chest, playing with a bubble.

".....how the hell- nevermind she's having fun, let's do this, since you really don't mean no harm" Enterprise said

"And the best part is my date with zero won't be interrupted" I said, before realising what I just said, then hastily getting a projector assembled using my tendrils.

"Alright, let's see" I said before flipping to the first question

A = Affection (How affectionate are they? How do they show affection?)

"Very" they said in unison, flashbacks of them literally having to walk around while pulling the other who was hugging onto them by their waist, little pecks on the skin, hand holding, etc, pretty much being touchy, the latter of which they extended to their bundle of joy who stared at me in curiosity

Its kind of cute really

B = Best friend (What would they be like as a best friend? How would the friendship start?)

"Well I'll let ya have an ear, try to make you laugh, show you interesting stuff like multicolor frogs or battleships, I'll probably babble about my wife and kids but hey, who doesn't?" Chris asked

"A supportive hand, no wonder you and I clicked" Enteprise said, "I've made many friends when I opened up, its nice......wish I did it sooner" she stared off at some fallen allies in the mist that spawned around my head.

"Its all about communication and respect" she said distractedly

C = Cuddles (Do they like to cuddle? How would they cuddle?)

They both stared at the question with obvious semi-offense

"We. never. EVER. stop. in bed" Chris said, faking anger to get a giggle out of emily who enjoyed his false anger face

D = Domestic (Do they want to settle down? How are they at cooking and cleaning?)

"Obvious yes on both counts, and yeah she's a nice cook, and so am I, though I did have to tell her the smoke alarm wasn't a timer-" he was interrupted by a bonk to the head via archery bow, his face making emily laugh

"It sure as hell isn't a timer for you waffles MISTER" Enterprise barked

"Well at least agir's pet loved them"

"You fed them to her pet? I'll need to call a repair kansen"

"wont be vestal after what you did to the salad"

"The recipe specified salt"

"Yes, a teaspoon of salt, not "THE ENTIRE CITY OF CARTHAGE" level of salt"

*cue comical clusterfight*

E = Ending (If they had to break up with their partner, how would they do it?)

They both gave a thousand yard stare.

I proceeded to give them both chocolate chip cookies so they'd cheer up, it worked a little

F = Fiance(e) (How do they feel about commitment? How quick would they want to get married?)

"I'm the grey ghost, how do you THINK I feel about it?" Enterprise said

"And I'm so stubborn I died 18 different times and still lived" Chris said

Somethin' about war vets and committing I swear-

G = Gentle (How gentle are they, both physically and emotionally?)

"Let's see, we've both sobbed into each other's chests for minutes to hours on end, we always speak calmly and directly, and well, sometimes we sing a little, honestly yeah, gentle" Chris said

"Until you get pent u-" Enterprise was the receiving end of a bonk this time

H = Hugs (Do they like hugs? How often do they do it? What are their hugs like?)

"firm yet soft pillows, so....nice" chris fell asleep in enterprise's hug, emily followed suit, enterprise fell asleep soon from chris's reciprocative hug.

Yeah sorry guys you're not getting a verbal answer out of them for this one, but I get out some awakening and wake them up gently, still got letters

I = I love you (How fast do they say the L-word?)

"we rarely say it, actions speak louder than words" Enterprise said as they kissed each other.

K = Kisses (What are their kisses like? Where do they like to kiss you? Where do they like to be kissed?)

"Like sweet relief of all pain, and my cheeks, my chest, my neck, my lips" chris said, enterprise agreeing

L = Little ones (How are they around children?)

"I like to keep her on her toes, whenever she leaves us alone I warn her I may plan to take over the world with emily" chris said with a chuckle

"He's a fun dad to my stern mom, but I try to make the rules seem fun too"

"Yeah you do" Chris said, before realising emily was out of her carrier

"WHAT- WHERE DID"

Emily appeared with a tactical nuke

"WHERE DID SHE GET THAT-"

M = Morning (How are mornings spent with them?)

N = Night (How are nights spent with them?)

"To answer both at once, in the morning he's the one to silence our alarm clock" Enterprise said as chris booped emily on the nose

"And then he makes breakfast for me and the baby, I can cook too but its usually the night meals" Enterprise said

"And I know you and I both miss our morning cuddling sessions and refusal to start the day but, our alarm clock works" Chris said, while pacifying emily who was being fussy to demonstrate the effectiveness of the alarm clock.

O = Open (When would they start revealing things about themselves? Do they say everything all at once or wait a while to reveal things slowly?)

"Eh, had to be open right off the bat" Chris said

"I'm rather secretive but for him? nah" Enterprise said, booping emily

P = Patience (How easily angered are they?)

"Used to be a lot worse but it depends on my mood really" Chris said

"I can handle a lot" Enterprise said not wanting to be probed further

Q = Quizzes (How much would they remember about you? Do they remember every little detail you mention in passing, or do they kind of forget everything?)

"We remember so much, she never lets me forget a thing too" Chris said, as Enterprise stuck her tongue out

R = Remember (What is their favorite moment in your relationship?)

"When he proposed...it was so perfect, I had long feared he'd fall back into the broken man he used to be, a sight too horrible to describe....he clearly wanted his body to notice he was dead....like....me, and yet, he had to remember my little interest in the cosmos, and used it to make it all perfect for me, giving me hope in so many ways....I finally could let myself relax......I just wonder how the hell he hid it" Enterprise said

"Easy, in the aether of my suit" Chris said with a chuckle, "as for me, it was when we first gamed together.....despite what you'd think of seeing her break down, it revealed that she saw the world as I did, some kind of fucked up game, and how fiction can always seem much better than reality, and yet she didnt want to escape reality because doing so...would leave all the good it has, a sentiment I felt, also it helped me figure out how to help her calm down after a mission"

"yk BEFORE we started mating all over the place" Enterprise said with a cheeky boop

S = Security (How protective are they? How would they protect you? How would they like to be protected?)

"Read the series" They said in unison, including me, cuing laughter

T = Try (How much effort would they put into dates, anniversaries, gifts, everyday tasks?)

"125%, like my old plane efficiencies" Enterprise said with a wink

Chris just nodded in agreement

U = Ugly (What would be some bad habits of theirs?)

"Risking their lives when they dont have to-" they realised they both said that in unison

"Oh come on there's gotta be something else"

"Like what? you zoning out? its not fun at times I'll admit"

"Yeah and I don't like you constantly using lucky E on me to avoid taking out the trash" Chris said

"YEAH WELL"

*married couple bickering*

V = Vanity (How concerned are they with their looks?)

"I literally never change appearance unless its battle damage, so..." Enterprise said

Chris nodded "sure we can be disheveled but we wash up good, thats what matters"

W = Whole (Would they feel incomplete without you?)

"Yes" they said in unison

X = Xtra (A random headcanon for them.

"I'll let you give your headcanons in the comments readers" I said

Y = Yuck (What are some things they wouldn’t like, either in general or in a partner?)

"Suicidal tendencies" Chris said "just because I had some and so did enty doesn't mean I find that attractive, what am I some emosexual?" Chris said

"Honestly lack of courage but that works too" Enteprise said

Z = Zzz (What is a sleep habit of theirs?)

"YOU. SNORE." Enterprise said

"SO DO YOU" Chris shot back

"Well you hug me- wait why am I complaining"

"Why would I?"

They both decided to hug Emily

"And thats all folks, bye" the dimension cuts out

Notes:

If ya like this I'll make a fluff alphabet challenge series, figured it'd help me get through my shitty times.

also yes I do want some headcanons because I couldn't exactly have them answer that...it'd be weird.

But hey, its all good fun

"why not do an nsfw alphabet challenge fic?"

Been done, plus I find more enjoyment out of fluff, AL has the smut written for me.

Chapter 54: A really awful nightmare

Summary:

Enterprise has one.

meanwhile babyprise continues to be living seratonin.

Enterprise woke up in a fright, her dorm was empty except for her.

This wasn't a good sign

she frantically got out of bed, hoping to see her phoenix sleeping beside her, but he wasn't there.

the bed was only fit enough for her....

This frightened her.

"CHRIS? WHERE ARE YOU?" she shouted out.

*But nobody came*

Enterprise scurried about, trying to find a crib, see if emily was there, but she wasnt, there was no crib.

Nobody....but her.

The eagle plush she always kept, it was there too, but on the nightstand, there was no plush of her phoenix.

Scared and tearful she ran out her dorm.

sure others were there but she blew past them, she ran to the commander's quarters, wondering if..wait.

WHY WAS SHE HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE?

she paused, looked around, she shouldn't be in eagle union's dorms, she should be at home, with her husband and daughter.....yet she was here.

wait....this base....it looked......older.

Her heart sank, she ran outside and saw halsey there.

"d-dad?" she asked in horror and surprise

Halsey turned to meet her.

"Ah there you are ellie, let's go, we need to deliver some planes to wake island" he said, a gentle smile and a pat on her back followed.

She stood there, paralysed.

wake island.

that was before....before it all...

Her horror was muted as the scene changed around her.

She was holding yorktown, begging her not to go.

Midway

"W-WHAT'S GOING ON, YORK SPEAK TO ME" enterprise tried to figure out of this was just a dream or some mirror sea or something.

But no response.

Yorktown would never give a response.

as her limp body floated away, enterprise turned to see a badly wounded and mournful hornet.

"its happening again, why did you let it happen again?" Zombie hornet said, maggots crawling out of her eyes.

Enterprise could do nothing but scream out.

"NO, THIS ISNT REAL, STOP IT, STOP IT, YOU'RE NOT DEAD, YOU'RE ALIVE..I DIDN'T LET YOU DIE AGAIN-"

And then she heard a different noise

"Ellie, ELLIE!"

She turned and soon a flash enveloped her vision, she was back in a bed, a different bed, a bigger one.

She sat up, and realised she was awake, covered in sweat, she turned to see a sight she was glad to see.

Her worried husband caressing her hand.

"c-chris.....you're real right?"

The look on his face was of muted horror.

She paused, her face swelling with tears, his face...it was genuine, but was it real?

She didnt move, worried everything was an illusion.

But then, another noise confirmed that this was real.

"waaaaahhhh"

The noises of a frightened baby, startled from her sleep by the shouting.

Enterprise didnt think twice, she jumped out of bed and swooped emily up in her arms and brought her onto the bed, snuggling her and crying with her, though her tears were of relief.

Chris looked on in silence, as the cries died down, he motioned to put emily back in her crib, but when he tried to reach for her, enterprise coiled up.

"ellie......we have to...."

enterprise refused to acknowledge him.

That was a terrible sign.

he put a hand on her, and nudged her.

he got a low hiss in response.

that was a big red flag.

he rolled back to his side of the bed, and tried his best to sleep.

it was a long night.

XXXXVVVVXXXX

Enterprise hadn't moved, but emily was, and she was trying to kick herself free.

but enterprise wasn't letting go.

Chris, who was not looking the best, tried to comb himself down and put a hand on enterprise

"honey....we have to talk"

Enterprise didn't react.

chris stood by patiently, until emily's kicking got her loose from enterprise's grasp, she almost fell but chris caught her, thankfully emily wasn't startled.

enterprise moved to glare but noticed chris was getting out the baby bottle, he filled it with formula and let emily drink up

This sight made her sigh and she did get up.

when she saw emily finish her sipping, she stared at chris, who looked conflicted.

".......I'm sorry about last night" enterprise said softly.

Chris turned to her and spoke softly.

"You had a nightmare about everything resetting didn't you?"

Enterprise nodded sadly

"That explains why you got so protective.." chris said

Enterprise looked guilty

"I just....wanted to be sure things wouldn't reset...." Enterprise said

"As if your hand isnt proof enough?" Chris said with a bitter smile

Enterprise looked at her hand and her face flushed "I-Its just.,...emily is......I don't know how to explain it...but she's...." she found herself at a loss for words.

And then she felt something tap her arm, something plastic

Emily had stood up in her crib and was poking enterprise with her bottle, it wasnt empty.

Enterprise blinked.

*noises of a baby trying to speak*

"I think she knows you're sad and wants you to not be sad" chris observed

Enterprise giggled a little "sorry sweetie, but I'm trying to quit" she said as she gently pushed the bottle back, emily plopped back into her crib and started sipping from it again

Chris got a big laugh at out of it that emily copied, because laughter was contagious

so contagious, enterprise started laughing.

after that they all god some sleep.

XXXXVVVVVXXXXX

Some time later, chris was reading the news when he heard the noise of somebody scooting up towards him.

Agir and Colorado were sitting on a couch watching some tv when they noticed emily scooting in her play walker, chris, without even looking, handed emily her bottle and she scooted away sipping it

Chris turned to the couch kansen and explained, "morning drive thru"

This joke made them giggle.

It also made Vestal, who was busy checking enterprise's vitals, smile.

"I see the dad jokes are sharper now" she jabbed gently

"Not as sharp as enty's instincts, its a good thing I have the dangerous stuff locked up, the last thing we need is emily to-"

He was interrupted by the sound of the little mobile baby hauling a toy cannon behind her

".........you take your eyes off a baby for ONE SECOND" he grumbled as he disengaged the toy cannon, making emily pout.

"we can commit world domination when you're older emily" chris joked

The pouty baby puffed up adorably.

"where does she even get those things" Agir pondered as emily scooted up to her and began nomming on her glove, before spitting it out

"taste testing" chris explained.

Agir smiled genuinely as emily scooted around, this time finding a new target in the form of Colorado.

Colorado froze up, not sure of what to do, when chris picked emily up and plopped her next to colorado.

"She just wants to play with you, her favorite toys are people" chris said with a smile as emily tried climbing mount colorado.

Colorado, thought not used to being a toy, found emily to be quite ticklish.

"hehehe, her hands tickle" she said.

Enterprise finished her checkup and went to pry emily off, who went new jersey derp-eyed before being set down.

Vestal checked emily's vitals, she hummed when she saw something.

"Welp, she's healthy, healthier than I'd expect, though her nuclear cube is dormant" Vestal said

"wait....you mean her wisdom cube-"

"No her NUCLEAR cube, its inside the wisdom cube but remaining dormant, enterprise has hers too, but its active" vestal continued

"huh.....I thought her wisdom cube nuclearised" Chris said

"well kind of, in some kind of puntastic process, its formed the center of her cube, same with emily, though its dormant in hers"

"I wonder why" enterprise pondered

"my guess is, she'll start doing nuclear reactions when she's grown up a bit, hopefully by then you can teach her how to control it" Vestal said

Chris felt despair "oh god....."

"what is it honey?" enterprise asked

"if she's part human, she may grow like one...which means...teenage years"

Vestal smiled sympathetically "I feel that...some kansen are stuck as teens, which can be a problem.......a big one.."

Chris sighed "tell me about it, well I hope her years aren't that bad" chris said, staring at emily, who looked like she was thinking.

and she was

"I make no promises dad"

Notes:

HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE ITS BAAAAAAAAAAAAACK

also yes emily will grow like a human, though obviously she will grow faster than usual, since kansen ages work weirdly.

But for now, enjoy the little demon, oh and yes expect shenanigans once emily starts to crawl.

Chapter 55: A trip to the store.

Summary:

Emily gets to ride with dad to the grocery store.

Nothing bad happens.

A day without laughter is a day not lived.

Well, at least thats chris's excuse for tickling the baby.

Not that emily was minding it, nor was enterprise.

"The only female who gets more attention from you than me" she said with a chuckle and a smile as chris stopped the tickle attack.

"I always wanted to be a dad, and now I get to" chris said as he opened the fridge

"oh bother....running low on food and drinks"

"oh....guess its time to go to the store then huh" enterprise said with a sad smile.

"Enty, I know, but trust me, nothing bad will happen" chris said assuringly

Yeah, it was rough when someone had to go out, because enterprise was forced to stay at home, for medical reasons, and for the fact that she wasn't meant to be this far away from any base, per rules, iris was an exception because of the fact nobody ever knew she was there to begin with except the tribunal and such, but to even go here, chris had to inform them that enterprise was going to be near the pudget sound, if they found out she wasn't in the allowed area, there could be problems.

So she had to stay, that said though, she did write down a list of things to get and handed it over to her waiting husband, who figured it'd be nice to give emily some air.

This wouldn't cause any problems.

Chris walked up to the awaiting baby and picked her up "okay lets see, any change needed? nope all clean" he said, checking her diaper

"I'm saving up for a massive blowout in the store"

With that thought in the little demon's mind, chris was out the door and went to the car.

The car was nice, a 57 chevrolet bel-air, it wasn't flashy but it was a nice ghostly ash-themed grey, and it did its job well.

he put emily in the booster seat of enty's own design, looks like an eagle because of course it did, buckled her in tight, gave her her pacifier, and made sure she was riding shotgun.

he locked the door, then got into the driver's seat.

"You're in luck today emily, you get to ride shotgun on the road with dad"

"Bummer, I want to ride on laffey's boat"

Chris started the ignition and pedaled his way out towards town

XXXVVVXXX

The drive was peaceful, emily was mesmerised by all the things she saw, interesting things like....poles, trees, rocks, clouds, that random hobo selling crack, PEOPLE.

her eyes were abound with curiosity, all the new sights and all the innocence she could have.

"You'll get to see more of this world as you age, hopefully within times of peace" Chris said with a soft voice that pulled emily's attention toward him.

he couldn't help but make her giggle with a boop, and she did giggle.

Soon they were at the store, chris parked cleanly, and got the little baby carrying cart the store had soon after, putting emily on it, it had a tiny steering wheel for her

"Time to drive like daddy"

Her innocent smile was honey for chris's eyes.

He pushed the cart forward and emily played with the steering wheel, noticing a big button in the middle

*squeak*

"Oh no..." chris said softly

*squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak*

The squeakening had begun.

Chris endured it for a time until he got to the vegetable section

"Potatoes, always need potatoes" he said, picking up a sack of them and putting them in the cart, he moved on to the carrots, putting a bag of them in the cart.

Emily noticed a trend and tried to grab a vegetable, tomatoes.

But her little arms couldn't reach

Chris noticed and smiled "thanks emily, I need to get that too" he said, getting a back of them and putting it in the cart

Noticing this, emily realised she could help by pointing them out.

"I guess if I cant grab, I will point"

As they moved on, emily pressed her button and pointed at the bananas inquisitively

"we don't need those but why not" chris said, picking them up and putting them in the cart.

After some apples, various berries, and even a mouthwatering orange, it was time to move onto the meat section, massive loads of steak.

Emily drooled

"sorry sweetie, you can't eat them yet, you need to be able to chomp" he said, pointing to his teeth

Emily pouted cutely.

"I want to eat the piggy...."

Up next on the list was baby food.

Emily saw the images on the aisle and realised this was HER food.

As soon as chris took time to stare at what he could get, well.

*squeak*

He turned to see emily pointing at some specific food

".........creamed strawberries? why not" he picked up the canister of it and put it in the cart, more baby food followed.

Afterwards chris moved out of the aisle and ran into someone.

"excuse me- SATOSHI!?" Chris said in shock

Yep, it was him, the idiot that fucked taihou and akagi.

"H-hi chris-san" Satoshi said nervously

"I've only known you for several seconds, but I hate you"

Emily gave satoshi a baby glare

"I-I... wait...is that YOUR child?" Satoshi said, noticing the skin potato glaring at him like enterprise glares at chris when he is about to do something stupid.

"Better question, why are you here, how are you here, AND WHY ARE YOU NOT IN A DAMN JAPANESE GULAG OR WHATEVER-"

Satoshi sweat

"I....I've been exiled from sakura for "divisive conduct""

"That's putting it mildly, you almost conducted akagi's desire to divide taihou in half"

"I-is akagi okay?"

Chris hid his anger

"Oh she's fine, trust me, couldn't be worse" Chris replied

"w-what do you me-"

Chris stopped him.

"Did your exile ban you from base?"

".......yes"

"Did you even TRY to call Akagi?" Chris asked pointedly

"....."

"We'll settle this later, for now, disappear scumbag" Chris said in the most deep and growl-heavy voice he could muster, pure anger and disgust radiating from it.

Satoshi just paused in place as chris shoved his cart along.

As he exhaled to calm his anger, he turned to Emily.

"Sorry if I scared you"

Emily replied with an offering of her pacifier.

"No thanks, I'm trying to quit" Chris said with a chuckle that made Emily giggle.

There was more to look for, diapers, toys, and even new clothes.

Chris ran into someone else in the clothes aisle

"I swear if it-" he was stunned to see a disguised kansen there, wearing a hood and mask, and a shroud.

".....who...are you?"

"Quinn, that's all you need to know" Quinn said, her voice coming off as if it was filled with acid.

".......I know what you are, where have you been?" Chris asked

"I don't know what you're talking about human" Quinn said

Chris sighed, and touched Quinn, revealing the slight blue glow in her eyes.

"Quinn, I am rear admiral christian J. wood, commander of eagle union forces in azur lane" Chris said in internal radio

Quinn stepped back.

"C-commander!?"

"Relax, come with me and I can take you home"

".......o-okay"

With that, Quinn walked with chris.

"b-by the way, your baby is cute" Quinn said, nervously extending an arm to let Emily hold it.

Emily was cautious but slightly nommed on a finger, making Quinn relax.

"She is, her name is emily" chris said

"And daughter of USS Enterprise, remember her?"

"The grey ghost? of course I do, I haven't seen her in nearly twenty years, are you saying you and her.....had a child!?"

"Yes"

"H-how?"

"Very passionately"

"I-I oh, a-apologies, I'm not well.....I've been living here since the forties, well... WE have...."

"....I'm aware of your condition, I've wanted to find you and help"

"I had to flee, for the safety of everyone, my condition, its horrible"

"I can help, but for now, where do you live?"

"Nowhere......can I please stay with you and enterprise?"

"Sure"

"thank you"


Shortly after that, it was time to check out and go home, chris let quinn into the back seat of his car, and strapped emily down.

"I hope you're ready quinn, because ellie will be a bit....surprised"

"I know...and I know her name, its a nice name" Quinn replied

"M-may I help you get the groceries inside?"

"Sure have at it, I'll handle the precious cargo" Chris said, picking up a giggling emily.

When they walked into the house, as soon as Emily was sat down on a chair, chris motioned for quinn to step back a little

Before she could ask why, a flash of white hair zipped past her and slammed chris onto the floor, kissing him.

"welcome home dear~" Enterprise said with a mischievous giggle, her breasts pressing hard against chris's chest as she snuggled him.

"mom is weird"  Emily thought as she saw her mother cuddle chris like a teddy bear even as they got back up.

"You got everything right?"

"Yes I did"

Enterprise grinned, and then noticed the masked woman.

"Hey...do I know you?" Enterprise asked

"Y-yes, b-but my name is quinn"

Enterprise's gears whirred trying to remember, and when she did, her eyes widened

"I.....you've been here this whole time?"

"N-not willingly....I'm here to be fixed...." Quinn said, "p-please call me quinn by the way"

"I will quinn, and you can call me ellie if you wish, make yourself at home" Enterprise said, letting Quinn sit down on the couch.

"You run into all sorts of people at the store" Chris said as the door was closed by Illinois.

"Did you get the cornbread mix?"

"I did, we'll make a double batch for quinn here, she'll need it"

Quinn smiled

"You're so kind....like a father I never had..."

"Well, I'm a father to my ships....a husband to ellie here" Chris said, noogieing enterprise who smiled like a dork.

"And a lover to us" Colorado said, sitting down next to Quinn

"W-wow...."

This cheery moment was interrupted by Emily making a noise

"FEED ME"

She was gesturing towards the kitchen

"She's hungry, let's all eat" Chris said.

He ended up making the cornbread that night, while he was alone in the kitchen, adding the finishing touches, he cut a piece off and put it in front of a silver statue of a turtle.

"Happy fathers day....dad" he said softly, he could hear his father's chuckle from the heavens.

Notes:

Nothing bad happened :D

Also happy father's day.

And yeah, that last bit was a tribute to mine, he's still alive but ittl he obviously would be long dead (though since this is the past he'd be 5 years old, kinda funny), dude loves his turtles.

Also yes, that IS quincy, didn't expect her did ya? well it was an idea that I had in my ass that finally flew out, she's not well, she has no ship, and is effectively a mummy, I didn't get into it but that mask hides a face that looks milennia dead, because of her decaying state, not only does she have emden syndrome, she doesn't even have a stable personality in the first place, her healing requires a new ship, and she WILL get it, until then, chris has another monster in his house, a mummy.

as for satoshi, yeah, I had several ideas for his situation, I figured exile was a brutal punishment for what he's done, alone with no friends, he kamikazed alright, if he can redeem himself, it'll be a long time before he's forgiven.

And yeah, emily's a riot.

Chapter 56: A mournful beast

Summary:

Something's scaring the kids.

or well, someONE

Chris snoozed about on the couch, enty wasn't mad with him, he just passed out after building a playset for eldridge and any kids that happened to stop by and visit.

He had garnered quite a reputation as "the guy with several hot chicks in his house and wont share, but he's like the cool uncle to every kid in the neighborhood", letting them watch whatever he was doing as long as they stayed back so they wouldnt get hurt, and making little rockets for them to be amazed by.

He even made small meals for them, letting them get a gander at his hot eagle wife's cooking, and the hot eagle wife didn't mind having a chance to be the cool "auntie eagle", much to yorktown's chagrin.

Life was good for our on-leave hero, it was a different kind of stressful, one without death, just love and hard work.

But alas he still was beat, and slept softly on the couch.

Although this wasn't the only reason, he built it because the kids stopped coming, he was wondering what he did wrong, oh well, he'll find out tomorrow.

But tomorrow came quickly, soon Illinois woke him up.

"Dad we have a problem" she said like a worried sister.

Chris got up with a groan and brushed his hair aside

"What is it illinois?" he asked sleepily

"Eldridge and Nemo are crying under the kitchen table, they were on night watch as you asked, but now they're under the table, crying, saying something I cant figure out" Illinois said, her voice showing her anxiety.

Chris got up and put on his robe, before going to the kitchen.

when he got there, he heard the sniffling of the ships and sighed.

"Nemo, Eldridge, what's wrong?"

When they heard his voice, Nemo came out, whimpering and shaking.

"D-daddy, t-there's a big monster outside, it tried to e-eat uuuuuuus" Nemo said, eyes full of tears.

Chris embraced her in a tight hug

"shh, there's no monsters here, and if there are, you can fight them, remember your power" he said softly

Eldridge crawled out of the table.

"scary....."

It was clear something scared them, probably a giant wolf.

Chris sighed

"Look, you can sleep with me in the living room, I assure you, there's nothing out there that can hurt us" Chris said while hugging the both of them, calming them down.

He took them to the living room and got out nightcaps, blankets, and pillows.

As he tucked them in, chris sat down with a sigh.

"Illinois....they claim a monster..." Chris said

Illinois was puzzled "but....no monster exists here, other than the rumored bigfoot, but even then, they could've fought it off.....wait did you check for injuries?"

Chris realised this and silently checked them, no scratches or bruises, they were fine.

"could've been a mirror sea....wait....I would've sensed it...."

"So would've mom" Illinois added.

Speaking of, enterprise walked up slightly tired, yawning while holding emily

"Dear, what's going on?"

"somethin' scared nemo and eldridge....I'll figure it out later...let's get some sleep" chris said

that was fine for enterprise, and thus everyone snored somewhat peacefully

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Chris began putting his brain to work, what could've scared his kids, and how could it have eluded him?

Something didn't feel right.

Sure a siren attack was likely, but this definitely isn't like them, maybe there IS some mythical monster in the woods...

But yet.. it didnt chase them....

Which saved him from the only guess he had in his mind, and the moment he thought about it, he started sweating in anxiety-induced fear.

Colorado and Yorktown were quick to notice and sat him down.

"Whats wrong dear?" Colorado asked

"N-nothing....just had a thought on what the monster could be, but its definitely not what I think it is, it doesn't match their M.O"

"The sirens?" Colorado asked

".....I don't think so" Yorktown said, knowing that chris doesn't fear sirens.

"You're right yorktown, but again, nothing adds up, if a beast does exist, surely we would've seen it, or sensed it, but it eluded my security system..."

"You should go into town and see if anyone else has seen it, knowing you you'll figure it out based off a simple sentence" Yorktown suggested

Chris nodded, and got on his outside garb before rushing out.

XXXXVVVVXXXX

In town, chris walked into the local cafe, knowing it'd have a lot of gossip.

The barista there gave him an iced tea and a croissant, and he sat down, waiting.

Soon someone approached him

"hey chris, hear about the monster in the woods near your house?" the guy said

Chris stared at him inquisitively "yes, scared my kids"

"yours too? its spooking everyone's kids, they all claim to see it" the guy continued, sitting down

"know any details?" chris asked, finishing his croissant.

"yeah, apparently its white"

Chris paused.

"white?"

"and massive, my daughter cant make out its shape but its white, and the noises it makes, purely unnatural, THAT I heard myself"

Chris felt a chill run up his spine

"And it kept attacking my daughter, she said she couldnt make out how it was doing so, only that it was, and it kept surrounding her when she got closer, the fear on her face, its awful"
This made chris freeze.

"no...it cant be" he muttered to himself

"it cant be what?" his conversation pal asked

chris's eyes froze with terror, he finished his tea and ran out, his chest puffing with fear.

He scanned everyone near by him, checking for something...but found nothing, so he ran back to his house.

When he got to the woods, he froze up again, his body shaking

"Its just a coincidence, its just a coincidence....its not them, its not them" he said, trying to calm himself down.

He walked into the woods, listening, searching.

He was panicking, what if it WAS what he feared....he'd have to go back to military service and never know peace. ever, and that was adding onto his anxiety.

He put on his phantom armor and called enterprise

"Ellie, don't let anyone outside....I got some information and if its what they describe....none of you will be safe" Chris said

"Chris you're overreacting, we'll always be safe" Enterprise replied

"You dont understand, they mentioned specifics for something I.....wait....you're right...there's no way it could be what I think it is....but still, its very dangerous and if it IS, well....stay inside PLEASE" chris pleaded

"well...about that" enterprise cut the comm.

when chris turned, she was just there, right next to him.

"El-"

"you look and sound like you're about to break apart, I'm here, let's find this beast" Enterprise said, grabbing his shoulder affirmingly

"damnit....." chris smiled bitterly, she really was an amazing wife.

"hey what about emily though?"

"She's being watched by yorktown, she won't be a problem"

XXXXVVVVVXXXX

Emily was dragging a nuclear bomb behind her as she scooted around

"HOW DOES SHE KEEP FINDING THIS STUFF" Hornet screamed

XXXXVVVVXXXX

Enterprise and Chris silently stalked the woods, keeping their scanners on the lookout.

"So a white beast.....I know you know a lot but...are you SURE you aren't going overboard?" enterprise asked

"enty...I have no way of killing you if you get duplicated, that should tell you how scared I am"

Enterprise frowned

"chris..."

she was silenced by something she noticed

burns on trees.

"burns.....my sensors indicate the flame must've had to been in excess of 2,500 degrees..." enterprise said

chris closed his eyes in thought

"2,500..... thats some intense heat...no wonder it didnt spread, something that hot burns quicker....must not have been much though because we'd definitely see a blue forest fi-"

BLUE?

Chris's eyes widened

"Enty.....blue fire....white beast...."

Enterprise had already reached the similar conclusion.

"Kaga? here?"

Chris shook his head in disbelief

"No, it must be a-"

And then they heard distant gunshots and a beastial roar.

Enterprise and Chris began making gestures to figure out a plan, enterprise cloaked herself, and chris did similarly, jumping up into the tree and moving from branch to branch.

XXXXVVVVXXXX

Chris found the source of the shooting, a band of gunmen shooting a white formless spirit.

This made him shake, a formless white, hostile, growling mass...

He knew what that could be, and he shouted

"GET AWAY FROM THAT THING YOU IDIOTS"

the gunmen stopped firing as chris decloaked and formed up his phantom suit, getting between them and the beast.

the beast changed shape, revealing a physical form, a white were-kitsune.

it growled towards chris, something that made him unsure

"wood what are you doing? that beast is dangerous!" one of the gun wielders shouted

"EXACTLY, GET AWAY" Chris said, his voice uncharacteristically full of terror and fear.

as the beast roared, chris readied his HF sword, the sight of which made the gunmen realise chris was more than what they thought he was.

He thrusted with his sword, aiming for the heard but stabbing the shoulder.

the were-kitsune roared in pain and slashed as chris, slashing clean through his shoulder armor

Chris reeled in pain, but then noticed something, the wound was on fire, blue fire, it actually hurt like a firey slash.

his muscles relaxed as he realised he was wrong, he was relieved to be wrong.

the gunmen had fled the moment the were-kitsune had reared for that attack, for its appearance had quickly resorted them to delirious terror and made them run like hell.

This fit well for chris, especially when enterprise contacted him.

"Chris, I just found what I thought was kaga, but after I shot it with an error, it glitched into nothing, I've heard commotion from your end, you okay?"

Chris replied back "I am now, I've solved the mystery, but I'm not out of danger yet" chris said.

He disabled his armor, letting the were-kitsune see his undisguised form.

He then spoke

"Kaga...its me"

The were-kitsune's glare softened, and she spoke

"its...you?"

Chris stood silently, hoping this was Kaga, and then enterprise showed up.

"Kaga!"

Kaga reared for battle but seeing that enterprise wasn't raising her bow, she realised it WAS them.

Enterprise noticed the mood around her, Kaga seemed, in a panic, a frenzy of one, her growls game with twitchy motions

"Kaga....its really us, is it really you?" enterprise said, she didn't know why, but she felt like she had to be soft, something was nagging at her, a new instinct?

Kaga's face twitched, before chris got his sword out, making her wince in pain, but the spirit energy that leaked out made kaga de-transform.

"It....really is...." she said.

"Kaga....what are you-"

Kaga raised a hand to stop chris from continuing

"Please......tell me, did you kill the siren clone?"

Enterprise nodded

"it...it was impersonating everyone....I didn't know who to trust, I kept trying to chase kids away so they wouldn't be attacked" Kaga explained

"No offense but I legitimately thought you were an X" Chris said

Kaga tilted her head in confusion "what?"

Chris sighed "nevermind that....just...what are you doing here?"

Kaga sighed "I.....was kicked off base by tosa..."

Enterprise and Chris were stunned to shock.

XXXVVVVXXX

The abrupt cut sees us back in the house, chris and enterprise were trying to talk to kaga.

"So.....explain everything"

"Tosa kicked me off base...well, more suggested I take a break, but I refused, so she told me she had a good way to relieve the stress I was feeling.....next thing I know I'm loaded into her rakurai and before I know it, she's dropping me in the woods of oregon, telling me to go find you" Kaga said

Both birds nodded

"I wanted to find you sooner but, well, the reason tosa suggested I go find you is because....she thinks I need your help....."

Chris picked up something in the way she said that.

"kaga.....tosa would've texted me..."

Kaga felt herself fluster up

Enterprise grinned internally

"Kaga.....did you miss my blonde haired jet?" Enterprise asked in a slightly teasy tone

Chris rolled his eyes with a smirk.

Kaga lowered hear eras and rose her tails up in an aggressive posture

"You're playing a dangerous game grey ghost" Kaga said with a challenging growl

"so are you, contradicting yourself and acting defensive" Enterprise retorted

Kaga's stare sharpened, but as she looked at the both of them, her face suddenly loosened up into a fit of rage

"一体なぜこの二人を騙そうとしたんだ?"  she said with an angry growl.

"ALRIGHT I ADMIT IT" Kaga said, "I'M NOT OVER AKAGI'S DEATH AND WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT" she continued, screaming it out like it was steam from a boiling tea kettle

Chris had flinched from the sudden shout, he quickly curled into a pillow nest to get some silence, as he calmed down he crawled back out, enterprise had recoiled too but regained her composure quicker.

Kaga was huffing, and chris nodded to enterprise

"Kaga, the walls are soundproof, nobody else will hear what you have to say, I'll cover the mental emergency protocol for your privacy sake, enty will too" Chris said, enterprise nodded.

Kaga exhaled

"I thought I'd be at peace, but as you saw, I'm not, see, when while normally we can summon our koto forms in battle with little problem, they can be...involuntary, especially in emotional distress, or extreme heat" Kaga said, when she didnt get a reaction to that last part, she continued.

"I've been going frantic in the woods all week, I wanted to talk to you, I even flew here myself on a guided missile, but I kept transforming unwillingly, and thus I was scared I'd involuntarily hurt you.....considering that scratch mark, you made me fail...you idiot" Kaga said with a strangely calm and non-angry tone.

Enterprise smirked "I've told him to stop trying to risk his life but he refuses to listen...but continue" she said with a full smile

"Now.....I just.....I hate that you killed akagi.....because..."

she paused

"yes?" enterprise asked

".....it should've been me" kaga said slowly and quietly

chris caught that.

"you?"

"I killed amagi when she asked, I could've given akagi the mercy kill she deserved, but no, it fell upon YOU grey ghost, I was too weak to try and fight her, I SHOULD'VE KILLED HER, SHE WAS MY BURDEN, SHE WAS MY FAILURE, I COULD'VE AT LEAST HAD THE GUTS TO TELL AMAGI THAT I HAD TO DO IT TO ATONE, SHE WAS MY SISTER DAMNIIIIIT"

Kaga broke down with a river of tears, her emotions exploding with actual fire that both birds dodged.

She didnt even wail, just sobbed, chris took initiative and hugged her, letting her cry into his chest.

the moment his scent graced her runny noise, she recoiled

"g-go away, I-I-I"

"No"

chris's voice boomed with strength.

Kaga whimpered between her tears

"Kaga, you can work through this, we can help...."

Kaga's sobbing grew quieter, her face was still a mess however.

Enterprise offered a hand

"You had the strength to apologise for pearl harbor, you have the strength to be like us" Enterprise said

This made kaga's eyes sparkle through her ruined face

Chris was surprised at enterprise's words, he had forgotten this side of her.

"You may think you're weak, but so did essex, did that turn out true?"

Kaga shook her head

"Akagi's death was everyone's regret, we all did our best to try and stop what happened, but...someone got to her in a way none of us could've predicted" enterprise said sadly

"even when she was META, I had hope it didn't have to come to killing her, but....." chris drifted off.

Kaga sniffled, but stood up straight.

"I......I knew you'd regret it *sniff*, but......*sniff*, I just......everything is a mess in my head, I sitll see her as my sister...and I dont understand why...."

"Essex and I are chaotic siblings in a way, found family is one hell of a bond" Chris said

Enterprise nodded "Bismarck and I make an unlikely duo, but in a way, we're complimentary halves"

Kaga nodded, calming down

"I feel...a lot better....I guess I should've let this all out sooner" Kaga said.

Chris hugged her warmly

"I've had those days too, when I first came here, I refused to reveal a lot about myself in hopes I could just process it all, but on my first night in my dorm, I.....sort of screamed and cried to sleep once it all hit....when it was over, I felt better, but....it still came back.....I know you have a lot on your mind...but.....we're here for you"

Kaga's ears wiggled along with her tails.

Enterprise giggled "hehe, sakurans are just big puppies after all~" she teased

Kaga realised her tails were wagging and she chased them around like a dog

"HEY YOU, STOP IT, STOP IT, STOP WAGGING"

Chris tried immensely hard not to laugh.

Kaga eventually gave up trying to chase, and stared back at chris.

"ignore that"

"I will as soon as you beg for a treat~" chris said.

Kaga's eyes glowed with blue firey anger and chris immediately became apologetic

"SORRY I COULDNT RESIST"

Kaga's eyes went back to normal as Enterprise laughed

Kaga stared at her and then sighed

"I......guess I'll need more therapy talks" she said

"Maybe a few more, but for now.....answer me this, did you scare my kids?"

Kaga shook her head

"No....."

Well...that was unfortunate.

"then who-"

"dont worry, I killed it. some kind of giant ape"

Chris's face froze, then he laughed wildly

"I can't fucking believe it....BIGFOOT LIVES"

Kaga smiled as she remembered something.

"By the way, during some cleanup around base, we found this"

She presented a small wisdom cube.

"It....was in the remains of akagi's rigging"

Chris and Enterprise both realised what this meant.

"....you're getting laid later kaga" chris said with a smile that make bonkprise bonk him, and kaga blush.

Notes:

yeah they gonna fuck.

as for that little wisdom cube, thats a tiny bit of hope that akagi can return.

death may be cheap, but it still has a price tag.

Chapter 57: Wrong kind of fireworks

Summary:

Chris has had a lot drop on him as of late, so he confides to his maid about their shared troubles.

wait when did he get a maid?

Notes:

I've waited too long to do another chapter like this.

It was the 4th of july, or july 4th.

Chris HATED it.

He always hated the holiday, whether it was disdain for his country due to the politics involved or just the sheer NOISE and summer heat, he LOATHED this holiday.

But he wouldn't oppose anyone celebrating it, as long as they respected that he needs his sleep and so did emily, mainly emily.

After a long day of toil setting up EU flags and other themed decor around his house and playing some patriotic tunes, he decided he may as well indulge in a quiet one.

Thats why a certain little little sailor was wearing a stars and stripes themed onesie and playing with a freedom rattle.

But boy he was still tense.

Especially since he was worried about bastille day in 10 days but thats irrelevant, for now anyway.

This day also made him remember the WAR, so many WARS, so many calls for freedom, so many times he sortied under the freedom banner to defend freedom, by taking it away from others who weren't free enough....weirdly.

He still had his eagle union virtues, and even made special burgers for everyone that could eat them.

Much to the dismay of vestal who wasn't allowed to cook.

"no fair I wanted to cook" Vestal said as she got out a plate to enjoy the cookout.

"Yeah well I'm cooking today" Chris said as he put on an apron, he forgot though that the apron had something on it

He was soon reminded when he got a full lip lock.

Enterprise broke the lock with a chipper skip in her step "just following orders commander~" she said.

He really did put on the apron that said kiss the cook.

He didn't even argue, just smiled as he handed more meals out, enterprise flipped some burgers for him with her own kiss the cook apron.

Which made him kiss her, just granting a request.

This exchange of affection made kaga and shoukaku silently plot their revenge as chris retired inside.

XXXVVVXXX

After the party was over, chris  was sulking in a chair, though cheered up by watching emily play with her toys, IE smashing a stalin plush doll's head in with her freedom rattle.

And before you ask who made that plush, chris did, just for emily to bash it.

He even made a kruschev doll because yes.

Emily was making goo-goo gaga noise while bashing the stalin plush.

"My girl, you have learned well" he said, picking up emily who was giggle with glee at being hoisted in the air, though she dropped the rattle, she reacted with distress until chris began speaking

"You shall be my greatest weapon, you will slaughter sirens, and then Xs, AND THEN THEIR LEVIATHANS, YOU SHALL BURN THEIR PATHETIC METAL HULLS TO ATOM-SIZED SLAG, YOU, ARE, VENGEANCE!!!"

Enterprise quickly plucked a giggly emily out of his arms

"stop calling her vengeance"

"but she IS ellie, she is vengeance"

"vengensh"

"aww her first attempt at a word" chris said with fatherly pride as enterprise held emily close to her for a second, letting her play with her dog tags

"that may be true one day, but she has a name, and you should call her that, her name is emily!" she said firmly

"okay..." chris said

"besides, its her bed time, so she's going to sleep"

Emily protested with fussiness, but enterprise gave her the mother eagle glare and suddenly she felt tired.

*baby snore noises*

"*sigh* I'll put her to bed, you wait for me in the bedroom, we're going to have a small chat" enterprise said, her eyes serious.

Chris nodded "okay dear"

XXXXVVVVVXXXX

Chris was dressed in nightwear, satin pajamas, awaiting for enterprise to arrive.

Enterprise did, she closed the door behind her and sat on the bed next to chris, she was still in her usual casual attire, bon voyage undershirt and jeans, and thats when they talked.

"Okay chris, can I just ask...up front....do you....love our daughter as you always have?"

Chris didn't flinch "yes, yes I do, just because I call her vengeance doesn't mean I see her as a weapon, I just....I guess I'm cynical about her future, I know what will come, and we need to be ready...."

Enterprise lightly smacked him up the side of the head "come on be more like your human half and less like your siren half, have some faith"

Chris shook his head "its not that simple, I know the X will come.....the sirens want to trap them in a timeline so they can be of no threat again....:"

Enterprise sighed "why settle for trapping when we can kill them, I know you can kill them" enterprise said with a motherly tone.

Chris turned away but enterprise cupped his cheek to turn his head back

"Look at me, you are the X-killer, these sirens are nothing for you, hell you even took leave out of confidence others could handle them"

Chris stared at her intently, with honesty.

"Babe.....let me ask you....do you think YOU can kill an X?"

Enterprise nodded

"what?"

"You killed them without the assets of this world, you worked with less, yet you succeeded against arbiters on a greater scale than we ever did, if you can do that, how bad could a regular X be?"

Chris shook "its...not that simple...just....I dont want to tell you how bad it is because it gives me nightmares, but....one thing about X you need to know is...they can easily hide as people you know...and if they do, the original is dead"

There was dead tension in the air

"oh......."

There was more silence

But then Enterprise shuffled closer

"well, let's forget about the X, and move on to the Y, as in Y are you not concerned about the consequences of your night battles?" Enterprised asked

Chris fell backward, but sighed when he got back up

"because I just....I guess I really am gluttonous, indulging in what I want...love...."

Enterprise waited for him to continue.

"I dont value you any less, I value you the most because you're special even amongst them, I just......I really just want to drown in love and affection, been decades since I even had some kind military respect kind of love......I was deprived of human interaction....now that I can finally have it.."

Enterprise stopped him "but that doesnt explain why you aren't keeping yourself from having kids"

Chris sighed "I like kids, I want as much as I can"

Enterprise sighed "and you're aware of the consequences of that?"

Chris chuckled "enty, yes I am, and I'd happily make another one with you if it means I had a little army of fun to spread my ideals and funny attitude"

Enterprise paused, and then laughed

"and let me guess, emily would be your favorite because she's the one you made with me?"

"what are you psychic?"

"no I'm your wife" *smooch*

After the kiss, enterprise got up.

"You'll need a maid though, and thankfully, I know a maid who will gladly help you~" enterprise said as she walked to the closet.

chris had fell into his own reality, confusion flooding his brain from the joke she gave and the gentle kiss.

When he snapped back to reality, he saw somebody dressed up in a stars and stripes themed maid outfit.

"happy 4th of july dear~" enterprise said, posing suggestively.

Chris's eyes widened "UHHH, ENTY, WHERE DID YOU-"

"I made it myself, I wanted to save it for this night, I want to remind you who your wife is~" enterprise said, getting onto chris's lap and kissing him passionately, gently shoving him onto the bed.

Chris did not resist as enterprise unbuttoned his shirt, pecking his abs lovingly, leading to his neck, which she kissed lovingly before stroking his chest.

"mmmm"

"hehe, don't worry master~" enterprise whispered into his ear, before picking him up and sitting him on her lap on the bed, laying him crossways

"maidprise is here to give you some freedom~" she said to an expectant idiot who was frozen with happy expectation, the softness of her touch immobilising him with affection.

taking advantage, enterprise slowly undressed him by taking his pants off, revealing his underwear, which she took off too.

"I wouldnt want you to dirty your clean clothes now, but tell me honey, do you wish for this maid to heal you with her precious milk?~"

Chris nodded enthusiastically.

Giggling at his response, enterprise undid her maid top and let her breasts drop down onto chris's head and upper torso, she felt him raise a hand to grope her and starting sucking on it.

"MMMM, good master~" enterprise mewed out as she began stroking his member.

Oh they had done so much together, but this was something new, something that'd be very embarassing for the commander of eagle union to be caught doing, but he wasnt complaining.

and neither was enterprise, she got to feel him grope her softly, intimately, while sucking on her just as much, both her freedom bags feeling the loving affection that chris was giving her, while she proceeded to jerk him off with intention to give every inch the attention it needed.

"Mmm...ah...I think...we found the best benefits of my conversion~" Enterprise moaned out as she felt him use his tongue on her nipple while gently squeezing her other breast.

"thats it, indulge all you wish, I'm yours to give you all~"

Enterprise started increasing her stroking speed, making chris moan

"MMMM" his muffled voice moaned out as he got a little harder, he then began increasing suction and squeeze, making enterprise moan out

"AH-AH, fuck I've forgot how...g-good you are" enterprise said, right as chris did a downward squeezing pull, making her jolt backward falling onto the bed.

Chris fell on top of her

"w-woops"

"hehe, don't apologise, it proves I did a good job, now reward me~"

Chris obliged by fondling both her breasts and kissing her lips, she wetly moaned into the kiss, their tongues wrestling for dominance.

As he increased his fondling, enterprise spread her legs, and the wet hot air chris felt made it clear she had "forgotten" an item of clothing

Enterprise flashed him a naughty grin

"And I thought you wanted to wait to have more~" chris teased

"Oh I do...but why deny you a chance to give me a thorough inspection?~"

That was enough for chris to slide in, slowly thrusting as soon as he was in, still pressing his hands onto enterprise's cleavage, she mewed in delight.

"AH....AH...YES"

Chris kept up until the sensation overwhelmed his arms, he fell forward to properly merge his body with enterprise's, sharing wet moans that filled the room, love-filled wet proclamations of their desires.

"I can't...believe...you'd think...you could...AH...GET ANYTHING...AS GOOD...AS ME~" Enterprise jabbed while moaning

"As NNF, Good, as NNNNF, you? PLEASE" Chris argued back

"P-point t-takENNNNN" Enterprise jolted back as she suddenly tightened, a jolt of pleasure overwhelming her as she felt herself getting close.

"MMMF, yes, more, I'm almost...THERE"

"A-ah, good" chris said as he thrusted a little faster, slamming hard against enterprise's body as she came undone in a glorious nuclear orgasm.

She arched her back with an orgasmic moan that felt like a ghost being exorcised.

"ah, ah....ah......ahhhh~"

as enterprise came down from her high, she locked lips with her precious phoenix, a thank you in all but words.

"You haven't...lost any edge~" enterprise said softly as chris smiled at her.

"I havent gone over the edge either~" chris teased.

Enterprise smirked and got up.

"then I think its time to see some fireworks" she said with a sultry smirk as she and chris moved into a different position.

soon chris was alying down and enterprise had wrapped his still hard cannon between her mounts and began massaging him.

"MMMM, YES~"

With this enterprise sped up her attack, licking his tip too, making him squirm

"MMM, DAMN, IF YOU DO THAT" Chris said, his dick stiffening up.

"If I do that, what?" enterprise said, stopping her massage

"I-I'll...I'LL-" Chris stuttered in pleasure

Enterprise smirked "cant say, well what if I do this?" she removed her breasts and began stroking him with an ungloved hand, licking his tip sensually.

This was too much, soon his dick twitched and out came his own personal "fireworks", though it was more like like a lava fountain, erupting all over enterprise's exposed chest, hand, and even on chris himself.

Enterprise took some of the cum from her chest and licked it "tastes like...freedom~"

Chris could only groan.

"just clean me up and make out with me you precious birdbrain"

And so she did, discarding her outfit, cleaning him up, getting into proper sleepwear, and snuggling up for another blissful sleep.

Now where the fuck is grim?

Notes:

They aint making another for some time.

That said, Azur prime chapter 30 is coming along, 8,000 characters or so already.

its gonna be big, possibly sequential as we go back and forth between whats happening as it all ties together.

oh and I noticed a plot hole, indiana was a part of task force charlie, yet she was also part of the force to rescue task force baker.

huh...I wonder what other plot holes I overlooked.

Chapter 58: A late night call and a late night concert.

Summary:

Enterprise, suffering some separation anxiety, calls an old friend for advice, someone she trusts.

Sleepless nights were nothing new to enterprise.

Sure it had been a few months since she had a particularly awful case of it, but she was still adapted to it.

But unfortunately, the pain she was feeling wasn't new either, what was new was how the pain felt.

She sat on her bed, legs curled, looking at a picture, a picture of her, with her arm around a blonde idiot that was making a goofy face at the brest arsenal.

She smiled a little, it was a nice start to their romantic getaway, their first.

The picture was on a shelf with numerous others, she perused through all of them.

A picture of them at a roast beef joint, chris swallowing a massive sandwich of the stuff and enterprise looking on in disbelief, essex had taken that pic, a pic of chris snuggling with a teddy bear, drooling in his sleep, a pic of chris stuffing 20 marshmallows in his mouth while enty was screaming at him in chibi form, another essex candid, chris and enterprise kissing atop purifier's wrecked rigging, hey dont judge she ruined their date, though this was taken by gridley this time, a pic of their wedding.....

That was too much, it was too good.

Enterprise broke away, grabbed the chris plush she had on her nightstand, and hugged it.

it had a little bit of his warmth, and smelled of him, but it wasn't really him.

she began to cry quietly, she really wanted him to be there at her side, holding her, assuring her that all is well.

But it wasn't....he wasn't there now, it was just her, and a snoring skin potato.

wait....emily....

She looked at emily sleeping there, sleeping comfortably without a care, listening to a small radio tune.

she was even snuggling against an eagle plush, drooling.

Enterprise felt a smile crack across her face.

"You really are your father's daughter...." she said with a whisper.

Emily of course didn't respond, but enterprise watched her sleep, feeling a little better.

This miraculous gift was something enterprise originally didn't think was possible, but here she was, a miracle given to her by a blonde haired-

She interrupted her thought.

of course, chris wasnt the first blonde haired, blue-eyed person to change her life for the better and open her heart in the process, and he wasn't the only such person even now.

She got up and went to a storage drawer, pulling out the top right one, revealing an old horn, still in pristine condition.

With a smile, she took it and walked out to her flight deck.

With some hesitation, she put it to her lips, and blew it, the sound of victory came out of it.

She figured it'd probably take a few hours before someone answered, so she prepared to walk back inside, a good idea considering she had walked out barely clothed, when she saw a golden light in the night sky.

Then the light got bigger, eventually a jet took form from it, a jet enterprise couldn't recognise.



And thats when the jet stopped coming at enterprise in a nose dive, it righted itself, and began to descend completely level, landing perfectly on enterprise's flight deck like a helicopter.

The plane didn't disperse, but out of it walked a blonde carrier enterprise knew extremely well.

"Enty? why did you call me? what's the problem?" Victorious asked

Enterprise, taken aback by the new jet, didn't respond, her coat fell off revealing her underwear, making victorious blush

"ENTY THAT HORN IS NOT FOR A BOOTY CALL" she said in embarrassment

Enterprise snapped out of her daze and quickly covered back up "S-SORRY ROBIN ITS NOT THAT, j-just come inside, I'll put something on I just-"

"O-okay......but I'll just come out and say it, you look as beautiful as I do" Victorious said

"t-thanks" enterprise said with a blush, they then walked into the ship

XXXVVVXXX

Victorious and Enterprise were sat in a meeting room on the ship, enterprise had slapped on her chinese new year dress for speed's sake, and after some tea, was ready to explain everything.

"O-okay so, robin, I....I think its clear somebody isn't here"

"Yes, tell me....is this about nuclear internment?"

"Yes, I see you know"

"yeah....elizabeth and warspite were in a very sour mood, nearly took it out on me......thomas had to break them u-"

"HE GOT TO GO WITH THEM?" Enterprise shouted in rage and despair, her nuclear energy flaming in an aura around her

"ENTY CALM DOWN" victorious exclaimed

Enterprise sighed and fell back in her chair, tears forming in her eyes.

"I-it isn't f-fair, t-they didn't l-let chris" Enterprise said, on the verge of breaking down.

"You interrupted me, they had to call him to sort it out" Victorious said

"O-oh..*sniff* sorry...."

Victorious got up and hugged Enterprise "its okay, its clear you're not taking this well..." she said softly, wiping the tears of enterprise's face.

Enterprise blushed "you're even acting like him...."

Victorious realised it and pulled back "s-sorry"

"No...hold me please....you're not him but, I'll take it..."

Victrious tilted her head in confusion "b-but you're-"

"I know but......its okay, I need it" Enterprise said with a weak smile

Victorious stared at the grey ghost and noticed her eyes, they glowed, despite her tears, they were as gorgeous as ever, she blushed slightly.

She still recoiled "L-look I don't....I don't want..."

Enterprise nodded "I understand, I just......." she drifted

Victorious nodded and pulled enterprise for a hug after some more hesitation.

"Hey, if you miss him so much, why dont you call him?"

"......if I do....they'll shut me out" enterprise said

Victorious's eyes widened "oh..., well, I have another idea, it may help, how about you send a phantom II during the night, attach a message to it, fly it to pearl harbor, and we'll see how it goes?" Victorious suggested

Enterprise grinned "a good idea, but it could be intercepted...and it'll cost a lot of energy to activate the afterburners"

Victorious sighed "fair...but its not like we have a lot of options"

Enterprise nodded, she melted into the hug to feel more comfortable, to think.

"hey.....I...may have another idea, can that new jet of yours make it to pearl harbor?" enterprise asked

"I'll gladly test myself, what do you want me to do?"

"I'm gonna record a music video" enterprise said with a big grin.

XXXVVVXXX

The recording went amazingly well, hornet and yorktown were happy to contribute, using their nuclear kansen powers to make illusions and such for the benefit of it, and when it was all over, victorious got a USB drive to download it, and prepared to board her jet.

"I'm off enty, I'll be back to visit soon, oh and keep that horn" she said with a smile before tossing her something.

Enterprise caught it flawlessly.

"Thanks robin, dont forget that he'll likely kiss you out of instinct of your beauty" enterprise with a laugh

"hehe, I will, cheerio~" she said as her jet ascended and flew off.

And like that, for once, enterprise slept peacefully, knowing what was on that file would make chris's day.

he would definitely need it.

Notes:

So I never got around to writing the scene but chris gave victorious some schematics for a n attack jet that will become the default for every royal navy kansen once it gets widely adopted, he managed to make a gear cube for it and has given thomas a few of them.

While I know somebody already knows what jet this is, I will come out and admit its a bit early, but the siren war does not wait for proper schedules to be in place.

besides, the falklands have to be retaken somehow hehehehe.

Chapter 59: Dorky throwbacks Part IV: Interview with the boyfriend

Summary:

Yorktown and Hornet abduct- I mean invited chris over to their place to ask some questions sometime after he and enterprise reconciled after an argument.

Chris woke up, groaning, he felt a pain in his head.

"Ow...what happened last ni- what the hell!?"

He looked around the room and realised he was in a....surprisingly cozy chair, except he was tied up with a chain.

"WHO'S THE BIG WISE ASS BITCH THAT SIGNED THEIR OWN DEATH WARRANT" Chris shouted, trying to break the chains, but they were made of siren-metal, durable enough to bind enterprise's hands behind her back as he plowed her- WAIT NO DONT THINK ABOUT THAT RN.

Chris chased the naughty thought away, at this point all they had done was kiss and cuddle, and drag each other around base too.

He still squirmed, until he felt a hand grab him by the shoulder, and heard a soft voice

"You're finally awake"

Chris knew that voice.

"Yorktown...."

Yorktown walked in front of him and stared at him, face full of thought, noticing his wincing.

"Forgive hornet and I" she said as Hornet showed up looking guilty, "you hit your head as we were bringing you here"

Chris looked at her like she was crazy.

"Really, you think THAT is what I have a problem with?" Chris asked sarcastically

Hornet smiled "he's fine sis"

Yorktown frowned "he still has right to be mad..."

Chris nodded "and if you dont mind, I'd like to ask you one small question"

Hornet, not realising what yorktown did, answered before yorktown could stop her "what is it?"

Chris inhaled, and then asked the following calmly

"WHAT IN THE NANKING RAPING HELL AM I DOING HERE!?"

His shout sent both carriers falling backward.

As they got back up, they both sighed

"We're not beating around the bush" Hornet said, "we brought you here to vet you to see if you truly are the one for our sister" Hornet said bluntly

Yorktown nodded "we only chained you up to show you how serious we are" she said before undoing the bindings "sorry about this"

Chris nodded, before something crossed his mind "wait how did you abduct-"

"BROUGHT you here" hornet interjected

"ABDUCT, me"

Yorktown replied "enty gave us keys to your dorm and well...."

XXXVVVXXX

ChibiYorktown and ChibiHornet were sneaking out of the room with a bound snoring blonde haired idiot

XXXVVVXXX

"Oh.... well mind explaining why you didnt just FUCKING ASK?"

"Enty wouldn't let us" Hornet said

"She's still a little upset about us trying to play matchmaker as she calls it" Yorktown said

Chris shook his head "when she finds out you did this I can't vouche for you"

Yorktown smiled "thats why you're not telling her a thing or we'll cut you" she said, pulling out a hair clipping device

Chris squirmed in fright "NOT MY HAIR, ITS WHERE I GET MY MAIN CHARACTER POWERS FROM"

*beat*

"wat" both characters replied in unison

"N-nothing, a-anyway ask your questions" chris said, calming down

"First off, when you first met her, what was your first thoughts?" Hornet asked

"Wait...is that...no she isn't her" Chris replied

Yorktown and Hornet looked at each other and chris could tell they were confused

"I thought she was alterprise, if she was I would've strangled her for teleporting me IN THE MIDDLE OF A FIGHT WITH THAT BASTARD CREATURE, I WAS SO CLOSE TO FIGURING OUT HOW TO KILL IT BUT NOOO, I CANT BEAT THE FUSED BEAST OF RUIN AND NEED TO BE DENIED CLOSURE" Chris yelled, his ranting getting someone to pat his back

"Master chris, I know whatever you're talking about is a lot, but do mind your manners" Belfast said

"the fuck you doin' here?" chris asked with a raised eyebrow

"I want to make sure you're right for her too" Belfast said with a smile

Chris groaned "and knowing you you'll be very thorough..."

"I'll keep it short, but let me ask you, when you found out about miss victorious and myself, how did you feel?"

"You were there when I found out for sure it was you two, I couldn't help but tease her, just how I am, she clearly has a type though" he said with a chuckle that made belfast laugh

"blonde hair, blue eyes, dislike of war, I can see your point" Belfast said

"That doesnt explain you though, no offense"

"I have my eyes dont I?" Belfast jabbed back

"Okay fair, but seriously I dont mind it, I have exes too after all"

Yorktown and Hornet froze up "wait WHAT"

"Uhhh...isn't it obvious? I've clearly indicated I've been through a lot...did you seriously think I'd be an endlessly single pringle?"

Yorktown was flush in embarrassment "n-no we, we just...."

Hornet hid herself in her hat.

"okay...whats the deal?"

Hornet sighed "its just...we didn't think you had much success, you seemed too nice....we're used to men kind of being dicks that think they can get all the women they want by being dicks"

Yorktown nodded "s-sorry for the assumption"

Chris paused ".......well that explains some things"

Yorktown shook her head "l-look its not your fault, kansen-human romance rarely goes well, another reason we're concerned, that and...." she turned to belfast who frowned

"sometimes kansen-kansen relationships end poorly too" she said

Chris nodded in understanding

"So answer us this....did you like fighting with her?" Hornet asked

Chris's face read so many emotions all at once

"You mean arguing or..."

"Both" Yorktown said, her face steeled with focus

Chris slump into his chair.

".......arguing with her...it felt so wrong.....I was concerned...horrified....I was feeling so much and I lashed out..."

Everyone waited for him to continue

"I never want to argue with her like that again.....sure my job may require disagreements but full on arguing...it hurts to make her sad, every time I remember.....it gives my nightmares....I never want to raise my voice..."

Yorktown raised a hand to stop him "and knowing that....let me ask...is that the worst you've felt you done to her?"

He shook his head "I remember london vividly....I really dont want to.....we weren't together yet and I didn't really feel much love for her at that point...but seeing her give me what for....yeah I deserved that, but then again...it was the moment I fell for her for sure"

"wait wait, back up, her yelling at you over your attempt to kill yourself made you fall in love with her?" hornet asked, reasonably baffled

Yorktown and Belfast looked at her with faces that read "yeah we're with you wtf" on them

Chris let it all out.

"Its messed up I know but when she was chewing me out, I was staring intently at her body, her hair, her eyes, because when someone yells at me, I try to figure out how angry the person is so I can defuse the situation....but in that instance, I couldn't defuse it so much as cover the grenade explosion" chris began

"Her movements, her expressions, it was of deep concern, of someone who will defend a complete stranger to save their life, of someone who tries their best for those they care about...and they care about a lot of people, her eyes, she wasn't looking at me with just anger, but of sadness, she sometimes looked away for a split second, like she was guilty of something, even though I was the only guilty one, I was scared, not that she'd hurt me, but because I was scared she'd hate me forever........but when she told me I was not leaving her sight, she said it in a way that told me she wasn't going to give up on me.....someone that dedicated, soft and firm when she needs to be, hard-working, always trying their best, someone like that is someone I've missed for so long, someone that would try to outdo me in the small things in life and encourage me through action to outdo them in the same way, gentle competition in caring....I would do anything for her, except die for her, because that'd make her sad"

there was a pause.

a long one.

but then, yorktown sat down and smiled warmly

"So if you were to find out she died, would you be mad at her for dying?"

Chris nearly fell out of his chair from that wild shot.

"WHO THE FUCK ASKS THAT"

Hornet giggled "okay then what if she suddenly turned blonde?"

"Hornet what the hell-" chris replied back

"Okay I got one, if she proposed to you tomorrow, what would you say?" belfast asked

Chris screamed in embarrassment at the thought "TOO MUCH AAAAA"

everyone was chuckling now.

"last question, if you had to physically fight her if she was possessed by sirens, would you hold back?"

Chris steeled himself "....no, I'd battle past her and find the mind control device, and the person operating and-"

The writer has elected not to write down what he said due to his graphic details

Yorktown was bemused.

"okay n-next question...does it bother you that kansen cant get pregnant naturally?" Hornet asked

Chris looked at her weirdly "I.....admittedly yes....I want children, I really do, but that wont stop me from loving enty, we've already vowed not to tango until we're better..."

Yorktown nodded "okay, I think we've gotten enough, you have our blessing, right horny?" she asked her sister teasingly.

"DONT CALL ME THAT....also yes" Hornet said

Chris sighed in relief "good....now to go back and find enty before she almost kills you" he said, running out of the room.

There was a pause, before all three kansen screamed in unison

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN ALMOST!?"

XXXXVVVVXXXX

"Yk, looking back, I'm surprised he didn't hate us" Hornet said

"well, he did take it all in stride, and his love has only gotten stronger" Yorktown said

"TELL ME ABOUT IT" Hornet said with a flush as they heard furious banging noises coming from upstairs.

Yorktown wasn't bothered "howe's sisters complain about us too"

"At least you don't-"

"OWARI DA~"

".......that has forever been ruined for me now" Hornet said, reaching for a bottle of jagermeister.

Yorktown reached for some tea, thinking to herself

"You go sister~"

Notes:

I did want her to say that while climaxing but I thought it was too funny for anything more than a comedic bit.

That said.....Yorktown's a very supportive sister, she put all the toys in their basement, even made the bed herself.

Hornet provided the ropes and other bondage stuff though.

"so who did the sexual sauce that enty covers herself with?"

Eugen did it to tease chris, little does she know that she helped them discover one of their kinks~

Chapter 60: Double victory

Summary:

Chris is moping due to not having his other half with him, victorious comes to help.

And in the process, becomes twice the person she once was.

literally.

"Come on commander, you gotta stop moping like this"

That was colorado's voice.

For when she got up this morning, she saw chris hanging his legs over a cliff, sighing.

She wondered what was wrong, but didn't think to be prepared for his reply.

"I miss my wife 'rado, I miss her a lot"

Colorado frowned "commander, you have people to love you when she's away..."

"I know...I just...I blame myself for her internment, it should be me that got punished, not her and her sisters..."

Colorado nodded "But they dont want to punish, they want to secure their own careers....but you need to be our commander, not a loner...like I was"

She sat down next to him and took off her sweater, putting it on his shoulder

"colorado...what are you doing?"

"showing how warm you make me feel, you think enterprise is the only one thankful for it?" she said before hugging him.

Chris blushed ".....you made your point.."

"No. I haven't." she said with a smile before she kissed his cheek, hugging him.

Chris blushed, he wanted to object but he knew they were an item, just because colorado didnt have a ring doesnt mean they didn't love each other.

He knew he had more waiting, so he figured what the hell, and hugged colorado back.

this would be a tender moment if it wasnt for the fact this caused them both to lose balance and slip off the cliff.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

Colorado held on for dear life, but chris merely sighed and summoned his wings, righting himself, holding colorado tight, her sweater in his mouth, as he soared across the water.

"COMMANDERRRR, F-FIND SOME GROUND QUICK, I'M SCARED" colorado cried out adorably.

"DONT BE SCARED" chris said as he let colorado's sweater slip in between his chest and colorado's, snug and flapping in the wind as he soared upward.

when everything felt quiet, colorado opened her eyes and saw the calm sky above, and the tranquil ocean below.

As the wind blew past her, she blushed intensely, realising she could hear chri's heart beating.

".....now I get why you always wanted to fly..."

Chris smiled "enjoy the flight"

And despite her nerves, she did.

they flew around the island, the sudden romantic change in chris an indicator that he may have a disorder tbh, at least thats what vestal was thinking while she was watching them.

Wait why was she watching them?

Anyway Colorado eventually fell asleep, and chris decided to touch down.

when he did, he handed the sleeping battleship to west virginia and maryland

"dont tease her about this, or I'll have your boyfriends wear dick cages"

Both of them immediately got the hint and saluted, taking their snoozing sister away.

This touching scene behind him, chris admired his new ethereal-like wings.

they were  seemingly cosmic, with a rainbow flame-like aura radiating from them, he touched one of them and smiled.

he had gotten them when the ring was on his finger, yet he didnt quite understand why.

yet he was glad he had them, he could carry anyone on a nice flight and see them smile.


he pondered them, were they weightless, were they stronger, were they able to detect an incoming jet- wait what

Chris looked up and saw a jet heading towards him.

"Okay, what in the actual hell is that" he said quietly.

As the jet got close, chris recognised it.

"hawkley sea....OH FUCK"

he made room for it as it engaged a landing position nearby.

after it touched down, the pilot stepped out calmly.

a very gorgeous lady with a leaf crown and a dress that chris wanted to take off and plow the woman it was containing- NO NOT NOW.

"Hello there commander~"

"Victorious, you're looking beautiful as always" chris said

Victorious smiled "aww thanks, I got retrofitted recently to be a stronger carrier, I think it did me justice~" she said, twirling her body in an attempt to make chris feel hot and bothered.

chris barely reacted

Which was a good sign for her.

"So you aren't THAT lonely without enty, good~"

Chris frowned "come on...I'm not gonna jump everyone..."

Victorious smiled bitterly "Okay okay I was kidding, sorry I just wanted to make sure you weren't on the verge of....scuttling.."

Chris got the meaning "no...not even close"

Victorious nodded "by the way thanks for the harrier, the royal navy's been bragging so much about it, calling it the phantom killer"

Chris rolled his eyes "then they'll be in for an upset when I bring in the F-14..."

Victorious chuckled "well whatever that is, come, I have something to show you"

---

One non-sexy walk later...

---

Chris was in victorious's dorm.

"Were you wanting to show me your private room?" chris asked

"That and something I think you'll like~" she said as she handed chris a flash drive

"go to your house and play it, you'll love it~"

Chris was confused, but well, he may as well.

XXXVVVVXXX

Chris indeed did what he was told to, and played the file.

What he was graced with was an absolutely eye-pleasing sight.



"WOAH MOMMA~" chris said, making sure the door was locked so nobody could walk in.

Enterprise was standing on her flight deck, which soon turned into a mystical cosmic landscape, and with a breath of confidence, SHE began to sing

I still hear your voice when you sleep next to me~

I still hear your voice in my dreams~ (my dreams~)

Though chris could hear victorious providing backup vocals, he was enamored by the voice of his eagle.

Forgive me my weakness, but I don't know why, without you its hard to survive~

And thats when she cut loose into dance

'Cause every time we touch, I get this feeling~

And every time we kiss, I swear I could fly~

Can't you feel my heart beat fast? I want this to last~

Need you by my side~

'Cause every time we touch, I feel the static~

And every time we kiss, I reach for the sky~

Can't you hear my heart beat so? I can't let you go~

Want you in my life~

By the time the instrumental broke in, chris was on the verge of breaking.

His wife was dancing, singing, all for him, yet she was so far away, and still, it was as if she was right there for him to hold.

The visuals, the jets that flew, that bombed away sirens and figures that looked like monsters of trauma, memories......the bad memories exploded, the good ones blossomed from flowers planted by a farmer that looked like chris...

The meaning could not be any clearer.

and as the second chorus came in, flashbacks that alligned with the song flashed in and out.

Your arms are my castle, your heart is my sky~

They wipe away tears that I cry~ (That I cry~)

The good and the bad times, we've been through them all~

You make me rise when I fall~

No more words, just action, chris's smile was as warm as his heart.

And when it was over, enterprise's voice echoed.

"Chris....tell me, how many ships will we have to sink?"

Chris's reply was instinctual

"As many as it takes to see this war end."

---

The next day....

---

Victorious sat on a bench in the base's park when she heard someone approach.

"Hey commander, like the song?" she asked chris, knowing he was the one approaching

"Victorious, lemme ask you, why did you do this?"

"Because you both need each other, and I wasn't going to let her fall into depression again" Victorious said with a proud smile.

Chris smiled "well she wont, because I've made a decision, I'll personally see that those clowns un-intern her ASAP"

Victorious beamed "THATS the husband I know enty would love" she said with joy.

Chris blushed "w-well, I try...but....if you're so concerned why dont you join the harem?"

Victorious sighed "I have my duties to the royal navy.....and she needs someone who isn't as flighty and free-spirited as me, she always brought me down to reality but...it felt more like she wanted me to follow her orders...even if that wasn't..."

Chris nodded

"but you still want to be with her sometimes?"

victorious nodded with a blush "she always knew how to make me feel like war was temporary"

Chris smiled "well, remember how I jokingly said I could do something for you?"

Victorious's eyes widened :"wait...you mean..."that" thing?"

Chris nodded

XXXVVVXXX

Chris and Victorious were soon in a lab, victorious was in front of a huge target.

"I-I-I-I-I-I-I won't die...r-r-r-r-right?" victorious asked nervously.

"Maybe, maybe nyat" Akashi said absent-mindedly as she fired up the nuclear laser

Chris stepped back before the laser fired



When the cloud cleared, chris coughed

"everyone alright?"

"I'm fine nya" Akashi said with a salute

"I'm fine too" victorious said

"I'm fine as well" victorious said

"wait...why did you say victorious twice?" chris asked the cookie jar jellyfish that was having writer's redundancy.

his answer came with the clearing of the last smoke.

There were two victoriouses standing in front of him.

But one was dressed weirdly.

In that she was dressed in an eagle-union style dress, with an EU naval cap, and a robin's feather in it.

She was wielding a bow, and her rigging was eagle-union themed

Chris smiled like a kid on christmas morning.

"IT WORKED, IT ACTUALLY WORKED!" Chris said with giddy glee.

The new victorious looked at the old victorious and did a spiderman pointing meme.

"Oh please I'm the real one" Victorious said.

"then what am I?" the new one asked

"Oh that's easy, welcome to the eaqgle union navy....USS robin~"

Notes:

So you ever wondered what it'd be like to just nuke a kansen with a laser instead of just firing a nuclear laser at a wisdom cube?

well....here's one way it can go.

USS Robin everybody, basically victorious but eagle unionised, blasphemous as that may be, if kaga's BB and CV selves can exist, why not have an alter-ego of victorious be given form eh?

She'll be more of her own person as time goes on, but hey, this works.

btw funny thing but there's no USS robin that could come to azur lane through the rules I set, the rest are minesweepers or "minehunters", including one that existed in 1943, and those are far too numerous imo.

So yeah, robin.

also chris will tap her XD

Chapter 61: Happy birthday chris, your eagle is here for you~

Summary:

Chris's birthday is here, and for his gift, his wife has everything planned out to give him a birthday he always wanted.

Notes:

There will be a windybit for his gifts from others on base, this is gonna be enty's gift hehehe.

brief smut to make way for what comes after~

Chris woke up with absolute eagerness, he grabbed his alarm clock and choke slammed it despite it not having a neck.

It was august 24th.

somebody had a birthday.

and for the first ever, it was a birthday he was going to enjoy.

He jumped out of bed like a kid in a candy store and eagerly got on his work clothes.

Oh it was gonna be a great day for him indeed.

he checked the texts he would be receiving on his eagle phone, and boy were there some

CarrierKoffKoff: Happy birthday SKK

Ran_Mew: Happy birthday darling, I need cock hehe~

Black_Bart: Mon amour, congrats on another year of telling sirens to go fuck themselves

Colorado: *audio of her singing a song*

VACharles: Happy birthday soldier, wait how the fuck are you supposed to be over 80!?

Drunk_Scientist: Charles doesnt know you age amazingly, I can verify~

Hybrid_Bunny: Happy birthday

Littorio: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT BIRTHDAY GIFT DIO MIO I WILL DO ANYTHING YOU WANT ME TO I AM SO FUCKING HAPPY

Augusta_Invictus: Want a birthday triumph? *pic of roma in a toga*

Hudson: Happy birthday, gonna spent it enty eh? shame, Duke of york wanted to give you the suck as she puts it

Sea_Goddess: its a girl, vestal just told me....I fucking hate that you got me pregnant so easily but....I love you anyway....

Shoukaku: Happy birthday my dear, if you want to see what I can give *HOLY SHIT THATS SOME SPICY NUDES*

Taihou: Happy birthday SKK, wanna make a phoenix?

Nuclear_Ghost: Hey dear, left you a gift already, look in the crib when you're done reading this, oh and btw, I've rented a small onsen for us, you know what I want to use it for~

With that, chris went to the nursery, and looked in the crib.

what he saw was a little enty with a party hat on her head and a party streamer in her mouth

"getting into the festive spirit aren't ya emily" chris said with a smile

*fwooot*

Chris chuckled as the noisemaker tickled his nose.

he heard someone walk in

"hey yorktown, here to babysit?" he asked

"yes, enty asked me earlier, don't worry we'll be at the party"

Chris nodded with a smile "well I better get my business done, don't think there will be much of a party though, I don't like those"

"oh" yorktown said "so it'll just be gift givings throughout the day?"

"most likely" chris said as he walked out the door.

Yorktown let this process and then looked at emily

"Your father is a strange man..."

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...............


*fwooot*

XXXVVVXXX

To make a long story short and to make a windybit for later, chris got a fair bit of gifts, and was happy as a button.

Sadly due to an incident involving a giant cake he was now caked with cake, apparently he thought enty was going to be in the giant cake so dined in on it voraciously.

she wasn't, but now the guy had to go get cleaned up.

kind of helped though since he was going to an onsen later anyway.

as it reached the afternoon, a semi-blessing came to him.

it was raining

this wasn't unexpected, but for it to rain was good for him, he hated summer days, they were too damn hot, he never tanned, he burned.

this sentiment was shared by a jellyfish walking next to him.

....

wait what the fuck.

"uhhh...the fuck are you doing-" chris then noticed the jellyfish was carrying something




"Zero stole my cookie jar"

....

"what?"

The jellyfish said nothing else, just cocked its gun and walked away.

Despite getting caught in the rain, chris didn't hasten his walk, letting the rain clean his hair and skin, whatever skin and hair it could reach that is, he was enjoying nature's soak.

but then he realised something.

he was gonna have to go find the onsen or open air bath or what somehow.

he decided to rush to find one.

and boy did he find one.

it was in the woods near base and he saw a sign

"reserved"

under the sign was an electric blackboard to sign the reservation

chris looked at it and saw "ellie wood halsey"

he signed right next to it with a grin.

soon a manjuu trotted up and motioned for him to go in

"I will I will, just give us privacy, she can be wild with me" chris said with a smirk

The manjuu gave him a flustered smile

"right...you're masochists"

he walked into the open air building and took off his wet and dirty clothes, he still had a fair bit of gunk on his skin from a tendency to neglect hygiene due to being overworked, the 23rd was extensively harsh because he wanted to get a lot done.

as he stepped in to the main area, he saw what can be best described as heaven on earth




"Took you long enough" The ghost of the onsen said as she got out.

"sorry, I got a little impatient, but it doesn't matter, I just got in~" she said as she hugged her giddy husband with warmth and passion, her glistening wet hair shining as she buried her face in his chest to smell him.

he smelled of no blood, no gunpowder, just chocolate and tea

"you smell.....peaceful"

Chris beamed as he embraced her and sniffed her damp hair.

"sorry for keeping you waiting" he said softly.

enterprise turned to look at him with her eyes sparkled with joy.

"don't worry about it" enterprise said softly as she looked at chris's dirty clothes

"did you think I was going to be in a chocolate cake?" she lightly teased

"yes" chris said sheepishly

"heh, I thought about it but you'd have devoured me so thoroughly the destroyers would've been traumatised"

chris realised she was right

"sorry, forgot"

"hehe, thats why I wanted to be alone, because I wanted to give you everything without restraint, and for starters" she said as she took off her top, "how about some tatakai?~"

chris didn't need convincing, he let her undress him completely and take initiative.

soon he was on the floor and his wife was on top of him, kissing his lips.

he embraced her completely and melted into her love attack as she moved to slide herself onto his cannon.

with light moans and a soft wet swish of her hips, enterprise and chris began to celebrate the latter's birthday at last.

no words were exchanged, only the sheer bliss of them melting into each others warmth and moving with nothing but their love guiding them.

as their bodies moved, their minds were focused on nothing more than enjoying this relief from the stress of life.

every moan, every motion, every small break to gasp for air, it was all perfect, gentle, intimate, as if this was their first time all over again.

their enjoyment however didn't exactly lead to lasting long, whether it was their longing, their need, or the sheer pleasure, they moved faster, enterprise arched her back up to sway her hips more vigorously.

"a-ah, f-fuck, a-already" chris moaned out

"s-same here, dont hold back dear, don't hold back" enterprise said as she slammed herself down hard.

chris didnt, he moved his cannon upward and soon erupted into enterprise's insides, enterprise didn't last much longer, coming undone with a squealed out screech of triumph

"OWARI DA~"

enterprise fell forward from the sudden orgasm, panting as she rested her head on chris's chest.

"ha-haaa, I...expected to last....loonger" chris said

"d-doesn't matter...w-we get to the good part sooner~" enterprise panted back.

when they recovered from their climatic finish, enterprise got up, pulled chris up by his hand, and walked into the onsen with him.

they entered it with a gentle splash, and soaked in the water, exhaling softly.

"finally......" chris exhaled as he sat against the edge, letting the water clean him.

or well, it would've, if somebody didn't clear her throat.

chris moved his head to see enty parting her hair

"gotta clean your eagles~" she teased

chris chuckled and found a sponge.

"what soap do you want?"

"I want to try orange" enterprise said

chris nodded and got the orange soap, he poured some on enterprise and used the sponge to move it across her body, gently cleaning every inch of her with care.

starting with her shoulders, he gently brushed them while singing a little song.

"Behind the blue Rockies, the sun is declinin', the stars, they come stealin' at the close of the day~"

Enterprise closed her eyes, resting her head on chris's body as he continued scrubbing.

"Across the wide prairie, our loved ones lie sleeping, beyond the dark oceans, in a place far away~"

with his gentle singing and his scrubbing, enterprise felt like it was more HER birthday now with how perfect it all seemed.

only to remember, this is how he always wanted to spend his days.

they really were two of a kind.

even as he got the showerhead to get the extra soap off her, enterprise felt it couldn't get much better than this.

and then it was his turn to be cleaned, and enterprise returned the favor with gusto.

gently cleaning off his body with the same care he'd given her, and wrapping her body around him when it was done, they soaked in the onsen with perfect tranquility looking at the nature around them.

the smell of the forest after the rainfall graced their noses, doing nothing but benefit their minds.

enterprise looked at the rainbow that was forming and sighed happily.

"some days...it just doesnt get any better" chris said

"mhmm.....hey.....did you like what emily did?" enterprise asked with a mischievous grin.

"yes I did, you knew it'd make me smile didn't you?"

"that I did.....all for a birthday you'd enjoy for years to come..."

"you succeeded, I'll never forget this" chris said with a grin.

"and it isnt over....this may be a little selfish of me but....how about we pop open some sparkling grape juice and walk through the woods together?"

Chris grinned

"I'd like that"

XXXVVVXXX

The woods were of a great capping off to this day, they enjoyed every minute of their walk, enterprise being unusually bold and wearing her bikini as they walked, chris wore an undershirt and trunks.

of course, as to be expected, their walk, tranquil as it is, didn't stay so tranquil, because when happiness flows too much, the trees become alive, with the sound of "OWARI DA~"

Notes:

Finally wrote it XD.

god it pays to write this stuff.

so uhhh, to answer the big question, YES I'm a gordon lightfoot fan, and yes, that song is a childhood fav of mine, my dad's canadian you see.

funny thing, I want to do a story about the last spike but azur laneified, I feel when I'm better as a writer, I'll make a story based on it I'll be proud to have as a book for my children to read.

if I ever get any.

Zero: ...can't help you with that....but I'll try anyway

yeah....WAIT WHAT-

Series this work belongs to:

• Part 8 of Windy lane, into the hyperverse