To say I was pissed was an understatement, I was down right furious. Okay I'll calm down and explain first *sighs* alright it had been almost two and half months since the sisters had been reunited and everyone had been calm and peaceful or at least I thought it was.
Christmas had come and gone without incident and everyone happily stuffed themselves to the gills with the wonderful food and then presents where shared all around, all in all fun times were had then and when new year's came around. There were certain scenes that occurred that I would really not like to talk about *cough* drunk carriers *cough*. But after that things started getting weird.
You see aunty had started acting strange and the only thing I could get out of her was that I was being reassigned to another kanmusu base. I thought this was normal at the time seeing as kanmusu were moved around a lot, I hadn't experienced this yet though. But something was really awkward with the way she had said it, not even Amagi or Tosa could get anything out of her before they too started acting weird.
I was starting to get frustrated and I spent most of my time in the trainyard with Chian and Miya. Those two really helped me to calm down and relax as I let out all of pent up emotions by telling them about my problems and fears.
That was two days ago and that leads to today as my rage was starting to get the better of me and so I stormed out of the HQ building and went somewhere where I could cool off. The reason for my reactions was that I had just been informed by my mother that I was, in partial truth, going to another Kanmusu base. But I hadn't been told that the base I was going to was on the other side of the planet in America!
At this point my rage had already started and my blood began to boil. It was at this point that mom explained that it was America's turn to choose for their part of the exchange program and of course they had chosen me, even worse in five days time I was scheduled to leave.
I pretty much lost it after that and ranted at the lot of them, mainly for the fact that they all kept this from me. I felt betrayed and hurt by my family for not saying anything and I went on to say that they called have just sat me down and spoke to me earlier on about the matter and we would have gone from there, but they left to the last possible minute almost and then I stormed out.
I had found my spot, a viewing area up on the nearby hill, and I started crying my eyes out and I just couldn't stop, the hours past as the sun was starting to set and I was still crying….
"Onee-chan…" a voice said gaining my attention and so I turned around and saw my whole family there crying their eyes out as well. Seeing this I dog piled sis and I started crying again holding on to her with an iron grip, I just didn't want to let her go as she begun to stroke my hair.
Crying into my sister's arms like that was the last thing I could remember before sleep started taking hold.
Location: Tokyo Haneda airport, Flight 492
Date: February 20th
Year: 2021
Time:10:00
Five days had passed since the incident and in the end I did forgive my family for what they did but I did manage to get mom to make her giant parfait for everyone as a sign of apology and to be honest everyone stuffed their faces after that.
I also went and saw the american aircraft carriers for help to learn as much as I could seeing as I'd never been to America before. It was then I had started to pack in order to get ready to leave the day after. But I was in for a surprise as once I entered the mess everyone was there waiting with a party and well I couldn't have been any happier.
The morning then came and it was time for me to leave and so after a heartfelt goodbye full of crying and laughter. I hopped on the train and made my way to Tokyo and from there to the airport which is where I was currently waiting for takeoff. Thankfully the route would be direct as possible but only through areas where abyssals were less likely to attack.
Location: San Diego Airport
Time: 4:00am
A 10 hour bumpy flight later I arrived at San Diego Airport, but due to the time difference between here and home it was now just a little bit after 4 in the morning and seeing as I wasn't scheduled to arrive at the base until tomorrow, I hopped in a taxi and made my way to a nearby hotel, which was thankfully booked before hand.
I woke up the next morning to a blaring alarm and even though I hated the damn thing, I knew I had to start adjusting to the local time. So up I got and headed into the shower before getting dressed in some casual clothes and eating my breakfast.
After that I left the hotel with my luggage in tow and started walking towards the naval base along the seaside. It surprised me that despite us being at war with the abyssals this place is really lively just as it was back home. This really brought a smile to my face seeing everyone walking around.
I did get a few curious looks, which I think had to do with my hair, eyes and how short I was. But it really didn't pay them any mind simply because I got used to it.
It was then as I got closer to the base that I saw her, the big hulking floating metal slab that was the USS Midway. The ship that I fought long and hard against and we both came out scratched all to hell, hell I even lost my no.2 turret to lucky bomb drops from her planes.
All I could do was smile at the fact that she was standing proud and I was happy about that. But just as I was about to walk away I saw a couple of people walked up and started talking about some things that got me intrigued….
"You hear… the summoning failed again" the woman said
"Yeah.. they can't figure out why she won't come back. All of the museum ships like Iowa and the others did. But Midway is just being stubborn."
They then went off into their own world talking about random things before walking away which left me there wondering just what on earth they were on about 'summoning'. So I went to a nearby coffee shop before sitting down and pulling out my phone to do some reasearch and what I found out surprised me.
It seems that with a museum ship, taking a fragment and finding a person won't work and so they started using various songs with the person on board in order to 'summon' the ship girl properly. Quirky I know, but hey it worked with the other museum ships so why not.
It seems they had found a girl by the name of charlotte who coincidentally at least according to the article, ironically was the admiral's daughter. She reacted the strongest to the fragment from midway. But no matter what they tried it simply wouldn't work.
'Damnit Midway you lazy ship, maybe I should shove my foot up your exhaust port to get you moving again' I said to myself before looking down at my watch and realising that it was getting close to the meeting time.
I then left the shop and walked the rest of the way and when I made it to the gate, I showed my ID and paperwork and after a few minutes I got the go ahead and was allowed entry. I will freely admit that I thought sado Island was big, but this place takes the freaking cake and made me feel really small.
I shook myself out of it before I started to walk around in order start familiarizing myself with the base and thankfully I would get my train fix as it looks like a train shed had just been finished which made me smile.
There were some buildings like the firing range for carriers that I could recognize, but others I literally have no idea and so with my little tour over I started making my way to the HQ building in order to check in. But just as I was rounding a corner….
"Well look what we have here" a voice said before someone picked me up in a hug
"You are just too damn cute" I looked up and saw a blonde haired person was the one that had me in her clutches and try as I might I couldn't break free.
"There you are sis" another voice said as the blonde haired girl turned around to face a long brown haired girl
"Look what I found, can I keep her"
"Sis put her down she looks scared stiff" in truth I was
"Aww"
"Sis.." The girl said in a threatening tone
" Mo calm d-down" she replied before letting me go and my first instinct was run and hide behind the nearest object which happened to be a cart of some kind.
"Look what you done sis, you scared the poor dear" the brown haired girl said bonking her sister on the head whilst the latter could only rub the back of her head sheepishly
"What the hell is going on out here" a voice boomed as a short blonde haired woman bust out of the HQ building
"M-montana" the two girls said together
A quick explanation later and Montana walked over to the two of them and whacked them both over the head with her clipboard.
"You Idiots seriously" she sighed before turning and looking at me
"It's okay now don't worry. You're the new ship we are expecting aren't you" She said to which I smiled and nodded
"Then please follow me. You two as well" she said and so I followed her with the two sulking girls behind.
We went up some stairs and then pretty soon we arrived at a large set of double doors, thing is it reminded me of Aunty's office back home which made me feel a bit gloomy. But I quickly shook myself out of it and with a quick knock and a muffled enter. We were ushered inside by Montana and she told the other two to go on sit on one of the couches whilst I was to stand in front of the desk.
"So that's what was happening outside" the admiral said chuckling
"Yes ma'am" Montana replied
It seems a brief explanation of what had happened had been given to the admiral, and whilst that was going on I took notice of charlotte standing in the corner of the room with the fragment around her neck. She looked exactly like she did in the article with middle back length light brown hair and vibrant purple eyes, she sure was something to look at as she had almost the same figure as the blonde haired girl from before.
I quickly shook those thoughts out of my head and looked around the room some more before locking onto Charlotte again, she then looked at me and went wide eyed in shock and started to shiver uncontrollably as the fragment disappeared, she then grabbed a nearby filing cabinet to steady herself.
I got genuinely worried and wanted to run over but I couldn't risk it not in front of her mother. But pretty soon she looked back over at me and smiled before I started mouthing
*Are you okay char*
*It's Midway now"
*So you finally 'woke up' so to speak*
*Yeah I guess you were the final key that was needed to get me going again*
*Funnily enough I was contemplating sticking my foot up your exhaust. Just this morning infact* saying this got a chuckle out of her
*Well, At least mother doesn't need to worry anymore. So I thank you Battleship A150*
*Actually its…..* Then the admiral started speaking….
"My name is Alisa Bannings and I'm your Admiral for the time being and this is my secretary ship, which you've already had the pleasure of meeting. USS Montana. The two knuckleheads over there are USS Iowa and USS Missouri" She stopped speaking for a moment to take a sip of her drink.
"So now that our introductions are over, why don't you introduce yourself Destroyer-chan" as those words left her mouth, my eyes went wide and my jaw hit the floor and silence descended upon the room but it was soon interrupted by howls of laughter coming from the corner of the room.
"Ha..ha m-mom called you a de-destroyer"
"Charlotte.. You are being…."
"Oh can it Midway, don't make me blow half your deck off again" I retorted with a smirk before she started laughing again.
"M-MIDWAY!" Everyone screamed gaining our attention
"Charlotte s-since when" Alisa said
"Since just a few minutes ago mom, it seems that she *Pointing at me* was the final piece of the puzzle that was needed to get me moving again"
"Really now" she said giving me a analyzing glance
"Plus mom she isn't a Destroyer at all, this is the battleship designated A150 the one I went toe to toe with at the end of the war and came out with half my deck nearly blown clean off" she said as she came over and patted me on the shoulder and with that the room went silent once more.
"EEEEEHHHHH! BATTLESHIP A150!" they all screamed together.
I pulled away from midway and went to a more open area in the room and summoned my outfit in its full glory for all of them to see…
"Is this enough proof for you" I said and I got nodding in return
"I need a drink" I said putting my outfit away before pulling out some ramune from my backpack
And taking a seat.
"Midway… want one" I asked
"Ummmm, sure why not I've always wanted to try one" she replied as she came over and took a seat next to me as i handed her a bottle.
"Oh by the way I go by Izumi now, a chose the name mainly because I didn't want be called A150 over and over again. I hope that is okay with everyone" I said getting nods all around.
After that it seemed the admiral needed answers and so she left into her private quarters and made a phone call to the head of the ship girl program here in the US. It did take awhile for the call as the girls were left to their own devices and well they pretty much talked about various things, mainly about getting Izumi up to speed with how things worked on an american naval base to which she gladly took notes.
Alisa then came back and was happy to announce that she had gotten the correct documentation for Izumi and their would be no further problems concerning getting her settled down for the duration of her stay. This caused Izumi to sigh in relief and midway to pat her on the back.
Once again the roar of a hungry person was heard once more and Izumi yet again blushed and cursed at her tummy whilst everyone in the room laughed, but when Iowa looked at the clock her jaw hit the floor which gained the attention of everyone and to their shock and disbelief it was actually time for dinner.
As for dinner itself it was pretty much, at least to Izumi anyway, a replica of what had occurred when she first revealed herself back on Sado Island. Izumi had to reign in her emotions lest she broke down in front of everyone as she relived those memories.
After dinner the bathhouse was hit with Izumi in the company of Iowa, Midway and a newcomer to the group Harder. Izumi did what she usually does before she entered the bath proper which confused the others until she explained japanese bathing customs to them. Thankfully they all understood what she was telling them.
It was then time for bed and due to there been no rooms available at the present time Izumi was assigned to share a room with montana, to which neither of the really minded and so after getting what small amount of stuff she had in her possession set up. Izumi crawled into her bed and after saying goodnight to montana the room soon fell silent with only the low steady breathing of the two ship girls signalling that the two of them were still there.