"I-instructor!" without I realizes it, we're already outside of the stream and slowly but sure the waterline starts to rise above our foot.

"Compas Fairy!" the fairy with the magician hat from before reappear on my shoulder, at first she looks panicked when she saw us drowning, she then quickly swing her magical rod and…

"U-uh… instructor… I feel… sick…"

"Don't worry." I say as I turn my head toward her… she looks surprised, probably because oil starts flooding my mouth out "Just let it go."

"U-ungh..*burp*" Makigumo closes her mouth not to let me see her face which is most probably covered in oil by now.

"We could alter the course of the particle with this… though just a bit, this should be enough to get away from that tornado." I say as I wipe the oils on my face, "now to get a cover… ah over there!" luckily indeed the island we were heading to had a cave on its shore. We decided to hurry ourselves there… but then…

"Help…"

"please, I don't wanted to sink here…"

"Heh, I like your spirit there! No wonder you're based on the same ship class as mine Ahaha!" Wh…why…

"Anyway, I think I could feel less nervous if you really are that eager to save everyone." Why did I suddenly remembering this now…

"Instructor! Instructor! Hurry!" it seems that Makigumo had reached the cave when my mind suddenly remembered something… but, what was that voice… is it just me or… a-anyway, I'd better get to the cave quickly.

"Makigumo, did you hear any sounds?"

"Umnn… I don't think I heard anything though…"

"Could it be…" I've managed to get inside the cave when I hear…

"Haaaaaaa…." A shriek… a monstrously shriek that I knew, it came from the Ha-class we saw earlier.

"I-instructor…" Makigumo sounds scarred when she said that, she even held tight my rigging with her hands.

What spreads in front of us is a pretty awful scenery of the sea. A single destroyer class from an Abyssal Fleet held his ground against a forming storm behind it. Makigumo and I had knew the result though, the Ha-class had started to get lifted by the storm, he's starting to shriek again and again, trying to reach someone to no avail. Slowly I could hear a sniffle…

"I-instructor…" Makigumo's eyes were teary, "th… they were the enemy right? Th.. they were bad guys right?" at that word I was left speechless, it feels as if someone knew you ate their pudding that they'd save for today's afternoon tea break, "The guys at the naval told me so, so… this… we.. should be happy with this, y-yes?" Makigumo asked again before I could even answer any of her question.

"Makigumo, get to the deepest sanctum now."

"I-intsructor?" Makigumo's teary eyes glanced at my face which is looking straight toward the Ha-class.

"Now." I repeat my order. I had to keep my cool so I didn't see her as I said that, trying not to let her see my tears, though I don't know whether she could see the droplets that fell from my chin...

"Y-yes ma'am!" the little destroyer moves deeper into the cave while I stand closer to the cave's exit. My clothes are wiggling all over, my anchor makes a noisy chimes as it hits the cave's wall, while my hearts pounds heavily… 'am I doing the right thing? Hey… '

After a second thought, I finally cast away my anchor and threw the towing net as far as I could, luckily, it flew toward the abyssal destroyer. He looks hesitating at first but he then bit the cable. Right after that, I pulled the tow cable as hard as I could…. All but to no avail. The tornado had started to take its form and is closing in on us, that and the Ha-Class itself being so heavy is enough to drags me into them instead.

"Turbine, is it not on!?" a fairy that resembles me pops up from my shoes and shook her head with a gloomy face, ah… I forgot, I only bring some sonar and two main battery right now... if only…

"Instructor!" Suddenly I can feel someone pulled my rigging, it's Makigumo.

"What are you doing!? Hurry up and get to the inner sanctum now!"

"No, instructor alone is not going to make it! The tornado is too close we have to do this together if we're going to do it!" all of a sudden I can feel a different vibe from this girl, it's as if she's not the same destroyer I escorted just now.

"Very well then… you may proceed what you're doing." My words were greeted with a proudly released hums from Makigumo.

With both of our energy combined, we managed to pull the Ha-Class toward us slowly. It didn't took long before we managed to get it inside the cave… "Hurry to the inner sanctum!" I command, but even before I said that, everyone had already went running deeper inside the cave…

It took about one or two minutes until the tornado passed over us…

"I thought I was about to die…" Makigumo's eyes were teary as she said it, her legs are all trembling and his hand starts to wipe the tears flowing over from her eyes.

"Well, that sure is close."

"Haaa.. haaa!"

Wait..

Suddenly Makigumo went to an offensive position, she summoned her weaponry and aims it at the Ha-Class, using my reflex, I patted the 12.7cm battery Makigumo was holding, our movement does startled the Ha-Class that he took a leap back and opens its mouth. Seeing that, I move in front of Makigumo and braced for any impact…. But nothing happened, the Ha-class decided to close its mouth and make a strange gesture of up and down as if trying to bow toward me on that body. It then floats toward the exit of the cave and disappear…


*and now a little addition story*

"I-instructor?"

"Yes?"

"Why did you let it go?"

*insert Frozen joke here*


"Instructor, you were very cool back there."

"Nah, I won't be able to do anything if it wasn't because of you."

"I-instructor.. that's too much…"

"No really, you're very cool Makigumo." Inazuma said, she then held tight Makigumo's hand and say, "you're my savior…"

"Instructor…"

"Makigu

"STOOP! That's not what happened! ghuuuuu!"

"Instructor's right! We were fighting for our live back then! Please don't make fun of it Senior Yuubari!"