The Rise of Akimoto | Finale

       Somewhere in Hiroshima, Japanese Isles? Asia

  The fighter pilot limps up to the wreckage, bracing her leg. "Everyone ok!?" She's initially responded with silence, but someone responded. "Had better landings…“She run up to the person, wincing with pain in every step. "Soldier, is everyone in the helicopter, ok?" Akimoto chose that moment to appear, bruised and bloody with Naito on her back, "I've counted, we have 1 dead, 3 severely injured and 4 wounded, including myself, how are you?" The pilot smiled, "I'm fine, but I think I broke my leg." Akimoto and the Pilot moved around, helping the injured out of the wreckage and carrying the severely injured and dead out of it. "That poor helicopter pilot, he didn't deserve his death." Akimoto nodded, "I agree." Naito popped in with a comment, "Mind you the reason why I didn't die was because I was chained up" Naito stuck her tongue out at the three that can still walk. "Shut it, Akane." Captain Ozaki had snapped at her, rubbing her ribs, being able to get up, "This is why I hate helicopters; I knew we were gonna get shot down." She looks at Paul. Paul stares back at her. "Anyone else taste blood?“ He promptly falls to the ground. His morphine had worn off. Akimoto stares at him on the ground. "I guess I have to carry two people now."  The pilot looks at the group. "I already called an AJI group of forces to pick us up, we just need to stay here." Captain Ozaki nods and falls asleep shortly afterward as they wait for evac. Akimoto and the people conscious share words, the AJI convoy arriving after 30 minutes.

        Kure, Hiroshima, Japanese Isles, Asia

   I look around in some awe as the convoy arrives at the military base and dockyards, an entire AJI division or two defending it. I look across the dockyards and see all the ships, either in dock, being built, or anchored in the harbor. The vehicle I'm in (I think it's some sort of... hospital truck?) drives past the drydocks and.... I am in actual awe now. A Densetsu no Fune battleship sat half-finished in one of the drydocks, the area around it abuzz with workers and autonomous vehicles. The ship itself was sleek and almost futuristic looking. Even from afar I could tell that these ships are technological marvels. "Impressive isn't it, Paul?" I looked at Paul, who was on the other side, finally awake, I point to the battleship. "Big." 

"It's actually not that large, you two." 

"HOLY-" I yelp. I watch Paul slowly leans his head backwards. "Hello. Sorry I'm not up to speed. Pretty sure I lost some blood or something." I see Ozaki chuckle, "Akimoto, Paul, the Densetsu no Fune actually is a decent sized ship. Remember the super carriers of the fallen nation USA?" I blink, "Like the Gerald R. Ford?" Ozaki nods at me, and continues her talk, 'The Densetsu no Fune is only 90k tons of displacement, which in this time, isn't a lot in these insane times in Orbis." 

   That... actually sounds reasonable but one issue. "But what about the cannons, they don't have much range do they?" Ozaki laughs at me. girl really? "The DnF doesn't use it's cannons for much stuff other than some bombardment and naval engagements you silly senator! It uses missiles of course! I can assure you, with the Densetsu no Fune in our arsenal, the JI will never fal-" She was interrupted by every JIN ship and AJI artillery cannon firing a single shell in salute of something... I speak up, "Wait what is going on?"  We watch as the JI flag is lowered from every ship. I realize what happened. The unthinkable. "Ozaki, what were you saying?" I looked at her face, which had turned pale. "Welp..." I sighed. "The Japanese Isles seems to have fallen, hasn't it" Ozaki's pale face nodded. But... how did it happen? I ask around, but nobody knew. Eventually I went to the area where the commanders of the base were. I see the pilot from earlier, Ai Nataka, and the General in Command talking to each other. "Ah, Akimoto, I was looking for you." I wonder why… Maybe… I can begin the plan. "Akimoto, you are the highest-ranking JI government member still alive." The three of them look at me, "Why are you three looking at me like that?"  I look at Ai Nataka who seems to be looking back at me with a supportive and curious glance, "Well," She spoke to me, "You are the now the Acting Prime Minister of whatever the Japanese Isles has become and it's SGPs."

   I reel. It waaaaa? "How?" Nataka's face becomes sad,"After an explosion in one of their casinos, the Yakuza suicide bombed multiple JI government buildings along with assassinating prominent JI citizens and politicians. The JI has gotten its head cut off basically." I sigh. They aren't going to like my idea, let's see how it goes floating it to them. "I have an idea, if I can" Nataka and Joshuyo look at me, interested, the Air Force Commander (wait she herself escorted me and the helicopter!?) was distracted by watching a JF-9 and 5 Yakuza ZJ-53s fight. I watched the aircraft fight as well, watching as the JF-9 broke off and the AA of the JIN and base destroyed the squadron. "Anyways, I suggest a dictatorship or autocracy type state" I watched their reactions. They were quiet… "Well, I see your logic, Akimoto, what's your idea?" I sighed in relief as Nataka supported me. "So, every government that JI has had has failed because there's too much power just lying around." I watch Nataka blink, reading her expression, it seems that she must have just realized that. "If we make a Dictatorial Stratocracy, with a bit of a Confederation to it for the SGPs... You think that'd work?" I watched military commanders look at each other, only Joshuyo seemed upset, "What would happen on a global stage?" I thought about it for a decent second… hmm. Hah. "If they hate us, they hate us, they can't destroy us without support of another superpower." They nodded, Nataka chuckling. "So first is to destroy the Yakuza and convince Niigata to rejoin JI." Nataka raises her hand; this isn't a school… "Yes Nataka?"

"What is your technology focuses on? Basically, what branch do you simp for?" I stare at her, thinking… I give an answer "Our navy only needs slight upgrades from here on out, so until some revolutionary piece of naval tech comes out, we won't need to order new ships, but what are the current plans." I finally think of a new name for JI. "Japanese Isles is a tarnished name, I think. How about the Ajako Confederation?" They all look at me and nodded.

       Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Ajako Confederation, Asia

Matsuda paced around the room, anxious. An unknown force had stolen his trump card to beat the Japanese Isles and Niigata, the Japanese Isles had reformed into some strange new nation, and the Ajako Armed Forces were finally being brought to bear on Yakuza forces and their supporters. He was not having a good day. "Damnit Rokukawa it's all your fault." Rokukawa had been chained to the wall, cuts all over her arms and face, "At least you don't fight back, you plucked bird." 

   Little did he know, he needed to worry about different people than Rokukawa or even the new 'Ajako Confederation' which had arisen like a phoenix from the ashes of JI. His daughter, Upsilon-2 of the ElconAC, had infiltrated the Yakuza for some time pretending to be the loving and blind daughter, had betrayed him. Now she and three others walked into his room. Her, the Japanese SWAT Swat officer, and two ACESF soldiers confronted him. "Father, you're under arrest for the deliberate killing of Japanese politicians, Massacre of Japanese military and law enforcement, organization of anti-government terrorist groups, and..." She let out a soft quiet sound, "The betrayal of your daughter." He looked at Upsilon-2, anger in his eyes, "Reiji, how could you!" She pinned him with a cold glance, "How could you." He pulled a pistol and shot at them, killing one of the ACESF members and injuring the other enough to have him fall backwards. The SWAT officer was hit directly in the chest, but her body armor thankfully blocked it. Upsilon-2 opens fire with her assault rifle, but Matsuda threw up his (stolen) desk, blocking the bullets. He shot at the Ajako soldiers' heads, but he missed because they had moved away. Upsilon threw a grenade which Matsuda threw out the open window. However, this isn't an action movie, and the grenade exploded right after he threw it out, blasting him and Upsilon-2 with debris and glass, throwing Upsilon against the wall and knocking her out while Matsuda got his suit ripped up by glass and fragments of the grenade. Matsuda pulled himself up, injured, and grabbed his pistol, pointing it at his daughter's now exposed unconscious face, "Goodbye, Reiji" He shot once, but Upsilon moved at the last second, she uttered a curse as she noticed the gun pointing at her eyes "Shi-" 6 shots rang out from across the room, and Matsuda's body fell to the floor. "There... He's gone" The SWAT officer looked at Reiji, "Sorry, Upsilon-2, he was your father?"

"Nothing less than an animal in my eyes, he wasn't a good one anyways." She blinked at Upsilon. "Whoa. Alright." Upsilon's eyes flickered to a painting, blinking so she wouldn't reveal her rebellious tears. Thats when she noticed the SWAT officer's name tag. "Did they misspell your last name? Isn't it Yamamoto?" The SWAT officer tilts her head, "Eh?"  

"Your name tag." The SWAT looks at her name tag, "Oh no its spelled right, It's Asuka Yamato." Upsilon blinked, and thought, She's an alive descendant of the Imperial House, the real one...

      Epilogue

   With Matsuda dead and Akimoto creating the Ajako Confederation, with her at the top, the Fifth Japanese Civil War was finished. The Niigata Shogunate that had left thinking JI would be eliminated had been reincorporated into JI. And now, Akimoto and her Advisors started working on changing The Japanese Isles into The Ajako Confederation, a nation more stable then JI ever was. The Ajako Period has begun.

(P.S Sorry about the weak ending, I ran out of ideas :p)