Chapter 7:

What happened next was rather uneventful, Kiso and her comrades managed to find the last Time Piece without any Abyssal encounters, also found was a badge depicting some sort of hook chained to an umbrella, and three more balls of yarn. One of which was surprisingly lighter than they had expected and the remaining two was the same yarn Asakaze had found nearby the first Time Piece

"I'm tired kuma!" Kuma complained

"It's okay, our objective is complete. Girls it's time to go home" Kiso declared, also tired from the sortie,

Hmm this is weird! I'm feeling unusually tired, looks like I'm getting rusty oh well I might as well train myself once I get back…alive

And so they began their journey back to base, but it didn't take long for them to spot trouble ahead

"Enemy spotted! 1 Ta-class, 1 Chi-class, 1 Ne-class, and 1 I-class" Ooi warned

"Oh c'mon! Won't they go away?"

"I wanna go home already"

"If you want to go back home then fight for it! You either die or not die" Kiso retorted

"Alright kuma, which position shall we form into?" Kuma asked

"Are we all tired?"

"Yes!" the remaining five answered in unison

"Okay, double line formation stat! Ooi and I will fire torpedoes and cover you while you-"

Kiso was interrupted by an explosion which covered everybody in smoke; it was then followed by a scream of pain

"OWW!"

"huh? Who's hit?"

"I'm hit! Those bloody bastards!" a voice cried, which was then followed by curses and stuff said by salty people

When the smoke cleared all were fine except for Naganami whose clothes are now tattered and her guns damaged significantly, and due to the damage she is now moving slowly compared to her comrades

And to make things worse she is now thigh deep in the water

"Uhh guys? Need help here!"

"I got your back!" Asakaze grabbed Naganami's hand and pulled her up in order to prevent Naganami from fully submerging in the water aka "sinking"

"Well it really is embarrassing isn't it?" Naganami asked in a painful tone.

"In a way Ye-"

A shell nearly hit Asakaze, sending a wall of water to her face.

"Oh c'mon! that is not cool" Asakaze complained, spitting out water in her mouth "hey guys! Better cover us here?"

"Yeah sure, just stay behind of the formation okay?" Kiso suggested

"Alright!"

"Look out"

More shells keep coming into their position, some missed, and some hit the fleet but are mostly glancing blows for them, like rocks thrown into a concrete wall

"We'll talk later as for now get into formation, Also as promised we will cover you" Kiso promised

"Okay"

Kiso then turned toward the enemy, "Hey I have an idea, I'll set up smoke and we use our torps at the enemy while keeping Naganami covered" Kawakaze suggested

"Sure thing! Hey shouldn't you suggest that earlier? That way Naganami wouldn't be heavily damaged in the first place" Kiso complained

"Sorry, apparently being idle really makes me rusty" Kawakaze apologized

"Never mind, we are all rusty from being idle for too long" Kiso said. Isn't our Commander that rash?

"Hey! You said we'll talk later and you are still talking!" Naganami complained

"Alright I digress"

"Deploying smokescreen now"

Kawakaze then sailed a bit farther than the fleet then deployed her smokescreen to blind the enemy

"Feeling better Naganami?" Asakaze asked

"A little bit, probably because of the smoke" Naganami replied

When I see smoke I'm like "smoke weed everyday" or "420 blazit m9s"hmm. I wonder if weed has its benefits, or maybe not. Until further notice don't do drugs guys! Mmmkay?

"Fire all of your torpedoes at the enemy"

And so with the cover of smoke Kiso and Ooi launched their torpedoes, and this time they are lucky

"All enemies have disappeared in my radar" Kawakaze declared "looks like RNG-sama has heard our problems and made quick work of the enemy"

"Maybe, maybe, let's get out of the smoke and confirm" Kiso suggested

And sure enough, four pillars of smoke were seen rising from the sky once the fleet moved out of the smokescreen.

"Uhh guys? Need more help here" Asakaze requested

"On my way"

"Umm guys! Torpedoes coming" Ooi warned

*cue more Eurobeat as they dodge*

"c'mon! Why do I get the most torpedoes thrown at me, this is unfair!" Kawakaze complained

"I don't know kuma, but I suspect that since you are Shigure's lil' sis you share the same problems as her"

"Really Kuma?"

"Yeah, remember that torpedo that hit you earlier didn't explode?"

"Oh yeah! I remember now"

"Uhh hello? I really need help! I'm losing oil quick" Naganami complained

"Okay, hey Kiso how long till we reach the harbor?"

"Naganami! How did you dodge- never mind about that! I hope you can make it to the harbor. It is really far from here"

"Yeah I hope so, let's go back shall we?"

And so they started sailing back to the harbor, albeit slowly due to them being forced to sail into Naganami's pace.

"It sure is a long way back home" Asakaze commented

"Yeah!"

Then - possibly out of boredom – Kuma had an idea

"Hold up a minute kuma" Kuma then searched her gear

"what's up sis?" Kiso asked

"If I'm not mistaken…"

Kuma then took out three fairies with cute helmets and what appear to be construction tools

Naganami shot up despite her damaged condition "Hey! I almost forgot about that" she then searched in her mangled and charred gear

She found the same fairies in her gear, but they are knocked out from the Abyssal shell that damaged her

"Aww shucks!"

"Don't worry kuma! You can have mine kuma!"

Kuma then gave Naganami her three fairies in exchange of her knocked out ones

"Hey! Isn't that against the game rules?" Kiso questioned

"Yeah, but we both have Repair Teams kuma, in fact I gave you all at least one set of Repair Teams kuma"

"Huh? When did we receive a repair team?"

"I gave it to you all while we searched for the second Time Piece kuma"

"Oh yeah! Why did we forget about that?"

"Speaking of Time Piece, I see something glowing out in the distance!" Asakaze reported

And sure enough, as they neared the place where the enemy Abyssals once stood they saw a glowing Time Piece in the distance, obviously floating in the water

"Shall we take the Time Piece?" Kawakaze asked

"What about Naganami?" Ooi responded

"I'm okay, I'm still leaking oil but not much anymore, and I can float on my own now" Naganami then let go of Kawakaze and Asakaze's hands to prove her point

"Alright good! We shall take the Time Piece, but stay alert! You might get taiha'd again"

As the fleet went in closer to the glowing Time Piece they noticed a sheet of paper in the water. Ooi picked the paper up, and despite it being wet the paper was legible enough to be read

Ooi scanned the paper before giving it to Kiso.

"Hey are you thinking what I'm thinking" Ooi said as Kiso scanned the paper

"Yep! Okay girls listen up we take the Time Piece and head to base ASAP and I really mean ASAP!"

"Huh? Why?" the remaining girls asked

Kiso then showed the paper for all the girls to see, and it shocked them all

For what was in the paper was a map with a part of it encircled with red, water-resistant marker and the words "attack and destroy" beside the circle

"Let's hurry! I'll go my fastest even if my engines aren't working well" Naganami promised

"Okay!" the rest answered

And so the fleet went in and took the Time Piece and sailed straight to base

To all Abyssals: u wot m8? 1v1 me on rust!

Whew! Yeah, school now takes its toll on my writing schedule. Smh I wish I had some ample time to gather my mind and continue writing my fanfic! Apologies if I had you waiting for too long!

Anyways thanks for reading! And I hope you do your best in what you do! In the meantime I have to go negotiate with the Lolicops as just saying "loli" will be enough for them to start slamming at my door

*door slamming*

Yep that's them alright! Got to go now)))))