Chapter 6:
(POV: KC Side)

"Alright the following will participate in this Mission: Kiso as flagship, followed by Kuma, Ooi, Asakaze, Kawakaze, and Naganami" Ooyodo declared

"Alright, Let's go kick some ass!" Kiso said

"Right behind you, let's 1v1 them all on rust" Naganami followed

"Aww this sucks! Kitakami-san can't come with me!" Ooi complained

"This is the Admiral's orders, and Nagato says war gives no **** about your loved ones, either live or die" Ooyodo responded

Kitakami came to Ooi "it's okay, I'll be waiting for you here, just stay safe" she then gives Ooi a hug

Ooi blushed "Okay then, I'll go and torp these bastards in your behalf"

"That's my girl. Go get'em!"

"Hey you girls done talking there? Get going! You're being left behind by your fleet!"

"Sorry Ooyodo" Ooi apologized, then leaving into the harbor in order to suit up and prepare for the sortie

*later*

The fleet had already been prepared and are now about to begin the most boring part of the sortie - sailing

And this is no joke, the coordinates they were given led them to an archipelago located 285.53 km southeast from the harbor (that's 177.42 miles in western spy uhh I mean Imperial units). Recon groups had reported that there were few Abyssals stationed there and are rarely visited by the said enemy

Recon groups do confirm the presence of 2 Time Pieces, but they are still unsure on whether or not it is now under Abyssal hands or if there are more Time Pieces the group might have overlooked, which is why the fleet had been sent to find out.

"Man! This sure is nearby" Asakaze complained

"That's true" Kawakaze agreed

"Hey Sis, are you ready?" Kiso asked

"Yeah kuma, I'll do anything for the little kid kuma!" Kuma responded

"Can you stop with the kuma thingy?"

"No kuma!"

"I'm getting tired with your 'kumas', they are as annoying as Yuudachi's 'poi!'"

"Hey stop fighting! We haven't even started the sortie and we are fighting each other" Naganami interrupted

"Yeah! A divided fleet will mean death to its members regardless of strength" Kawakaze added

"Hey! Sorry for all of us interrupting your quarrel but, shall we go now? You can resume your quarrels once we get back, assuming one of us didn't get sunk" Ooi suggested

Kiso and Kuma were silent for a while

Kiso scoffed and said "Fine, what about you sis? Are you with them?"

"Fine let's go." Kuma said

Kiso smirked, hah! She forgot her kuma! Anyways let's get going

So the six began their journey towards the mission area

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The mission area wasn't that far from the harbor but as soon as they were approaching to the area they were immediately greeted by the enemy.

"Enemy aircraft spotted at 2-7-4" Kiso warned

"Noted, All ships inbound assume diamond formation kuma!"

"Okay!"

"Roger that!"

"Affirmative!"

Seconds later the diamond formation is complete

"Shoot them down!"

The fleet then engaged the enemy aircraft with all of their AA weaponry, thanks to their formation they managed to take down most of the Abyssal aircraft with ease

"Enemy not sighted yet! But my radar has spotted the objectives on two separate islands" Kawakaze declared

"Hold on a sec Kawakaze! My radar is showing up enemies at 2-5-4" Asakaze objected

"Enemy ahead! They are comprised of 1 Chi-class CLT*, 1 Wa-class AP*, 1 I-class DD* and 2 Na-class DD*" Ooi warned.

"Yep I see shells coming to us, alright let's fight" Kiso said, eager to sink the Abyssals

"Right behind you Kiso! Let's kick some Abyssal butt!" Naganami then followed Kiso

"All ships assume Line Ahead formation kuma!"

In minutes and under Abyssal fire, the fleet manages to get into formation with Kiso in the middle

"All ships open fire!"

And both sides began firing salvos at each other, but neither side taking significant damage against each other.

"Torpedoes ahead! Evade, evade!" Kawakaze warned

And as if on cue, multiple streaks in the water can be seen so they all began making evasive maneuvers

*cue Eurobeat*

Kuma, Kiso, and Naganami managed to dodge the torpedo attack while the rest were hit, fortunately those hits didn't deal much damage and therefore they are still battle-worthy.

What? The torpedo didn't explode? Cool! Thanks Shig! Kawakaze thought

"All ships fire torps at enemy kuma!"

And so they did, Despite having Ooi and Kiso with them they also missed, fortunately they don't need to cause any further damage as the fleet had managed to taiha uhh I mean heavily damage a Na-class DD and sink the Chi-class CLT, and since the latter one was the enemy fleet's flagship the surviving Abyssals were routed and started to retreat into open ocean, in response, Kuma and her comrades began chasing them down.

Two Patrol Imps came out of a nearby island and rushed to the chasing fleet in an attempt to cover their retreating comrades, but were quickly taken out by Naganami's AA

"That's right get noscoped! Get NOSCOPED!" Naganami taunted

"Naganami! have you been playing Call of Duty again?" Asakaze asked

"Yeah…. To be h0nest iit fils s00 g00d 360 nusk0pin' skrubz, dr1nk1n' mtn deew &-"

"No time for MLG! Let's finish off the fleet, or at least cripple it more" Kiso interrupted

"Fine, 1v1 me m8 next time will ya?" Naganami said, before turning around and chasing the retreating Abyssals with her comrades following behind

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In the end almost all of what remains of the enemy fleet was sunk. Only a damaged Na-class DD managed to escape.

"Lucky bastard! I would've 360 nuskoped that bastard" Naganami complained

"Don't worry! We still have to find the Time Piece remember?" Kiso explained

"Hey sis kuma! I see something glowing in distance kuma!" the

And sure enough saw the light in the same island the Patrol Imps came from.

"Shall we explore kuma?"

"Yeah, let's go" Kiso declared

"We're right behind you girls" the remaining four assured

So they went closer into the island and finally, after hours of travelling and fighting found the first Time Piece, but when they neared the Time Piece they heard a ticking sound

"BOMB! EVERYONE GET DOWN!" Kiso shouted

All of them hit the dirt expecting some explosion, but there was no explosion.

"C'mon Kiso, this is no time for pranks!" Naganami complained

"I swear kuma! We just heard a ticking sound kuma!"

"I could still hear that ticking sound"

"Hey! You girls take the Time Piece while I look for the source of the ticking sound"

"You sure Asakaze? Won't you blow up?"

"Well we won't get anywhere unless we know where it is coming from, besides I noticed something else is faintly glowing, but I'm sure it isn't a Time Piece"

"Fine, go ahead, don't blow yourself up"

All girls except for Asakaze began moving to the Time Piece

"Alright, let's find stop that ticking sound!" Asakaze began walking to the forest following the sound

The ticking sound became louder and louder as Asakaze walked on, eventually she found the source: a black to pale green ball of yarn.

"Hmm why is this causing a ticking sound? Meh I'll keep it and let Commander see this"

"Asakaze! Are you still alive?"

"Yes Kawakaze! I'm coming!"

Asakaze met her comrades with the ball of yarn

"So that's the source of the ticking sound. Strange"

"How come it's perfectly rolled up?"

"I don't know kuma, shall we send it to the Commander?"

"Definitely"

"Anyway the one objective secured, one more to go"

"Yeah! Let's find the other Time Piece before sending that yarn to the Commander"

"Okay, let's go then"

The fleet then went into the sea and started to "sail" to the other islands in search of the other Time Piece

*Torpedo Cruiser, Transport Ship, and Destroyers respectively. All ship types will be abbreviated for convenience

If you felt that my choice of ships, be it kanmusu or Abyssal are very bad don't be surprised. I just decided to let RNG-sama do the rest as it would be time consuming for me to pick them myself. Plus I also wanted to sparingly use well-known kanmusu (e.g. Fubuki, Yuudachi, Kongou, etc.) in favor on the lesser known ones, therefore expect some inaccuracies on the characters I might be using in future chapters

Thank you for understanding. I hope you have a good day!