6827. Whoever summoned Akashi's battleship design, you'd better run. While Akashi's on the fence about whether to be pissed that you broke into her office and messed with her files, or happy that her creation's been brought to life, Ooyodo is pissed.
6827a. "Not only did you break into an office, spend a huge amount of resources, and trash the summoning chamber, you also ruined our date!" Ooyodo.

Yokosuka

"So, Natsushio, the top drawer is for patient records, the middle is for the summoning records, and the bottom drawer is for blueprints and upgrade plans." said Akashi, gesturing to the file cabinet in her office.

"What are the ones on the desk?" asked the destroyer.

"Hmm? Oh, those are just some designs I draw in my spare time."

"Really?"

"Yeah. In those rare moments when the infirmary's empty, it's a fun way to pass the time." said Akashi, picking up some of the sketches. "This ones' a ULCC I finished a few months ago, and the other's a LNG tanker."

"And this one?"

"Ah, this one I just finished the other day." said Akashi, unraveling the blueprints. "I decided to try my hand at a warship this time around, so I made in in essence an improved Kii-class. Same armament, but with radar, upgraded AA guns, and.." Akashi stopped as she saw Ooyodo walk into the waiting room outside her office, clearly looking stressed.

"You know what, Natsushio, why don't you go out to the waiting room for a few minutes? You can take those drawings if you want."

The destroyer nodded emphatically, and Akashi led her out of the office while gesturing for Ooyodo to come in. While Akashi closed the door, her girlfriend sagged into one of the chairs.

"I take it that the oversight meeting went well" said Akashi bemusedly.

"Oh, it went great. Just plain terrific." grated Ooyodo.

"What went wrong?" asked Akashi as she began to message her girlfriends' shoulders.

"Oh, just that the committee wants us to summon more battleships and carriers, despite the fact that they take up the most resources, aren't well suited for convoy escort, and thanks to those accidental summoning's, we actually have more battleships and carriers in service now than we did back in the war." sighed Ooyodo. "And it gets better. They then suggested what ships we should try to summon first."

"What'd they suggest? 111 and 797?"

"No, they didn't go quite that far. They stopped at the Kii's, Number 13's, and Ikoma's."

"Ah, so financial recession instead of full economic meltdown, yay."

"Yes. I'm just glad that the next meeting isn't for another six months. I might just recover in time."

"You know, why don't you and I go out tomorrow? We'll go to Hosho's, have a nice dinner, and then we'll can watch a movie, or relax, or maybe have a night battle.." Ooyodo cut her off with a playful slap.

"You're starting to sound a lot like Sendai, you know that?"

"I'm a repair ship of many talents." said Akashi as she kissed Ooyodo's forehead. "So, are you up for tomorrow?"

"Definitely." said Ooyodo, standing up. "Now all I have to do is figure out how to get another battleship summoned."

While the two of them talked, Natsushio looked at one of the blueprints next to her, an idea springing to mind.

The next day...

"So, feeling better?" asked Akashi.

"Yes, very." said Ooyodo as she sipped her tea. "We really need to do this more often."

"Well, remember, the night's not quite over just yet." said Akashi suggestively, causing Ooyodo to laugh.

"Oh, what am I going to do with you?"

Meanwhile...

Natsushio glanced around the summoning room, checking to see that she was alone. Satisfied that no one was around, she placed the blueprints in the middle of the chamber and started the ritual. The room began to shake, and sparks flew from the supply cache to the paper, rapidly increasing until a bright flash engulfed the room.

Akashi and Ooyodo were just about to order when Akashi's phone rang.

"Hello? Oh, hi Mihara, what's up? Wait, slow down. She did what to the summoning room?! Hang on, me and Ooyodo are on our way."

"What happened?"

"Apparently Natsushio decided to hold a private summoning ritual a few minutes ago." sighed Akashi.

"Oh, joy. More paperwork." groaned Ooyodo.

The two arrived at the summoning chamber to see Momotori berating Natsushio while Mihara was talking to another Kanmusu that neither of them recognized.

"Oh, sis, you're here. Sorry to interrupt your date, but I think you needed to meet our newest arrival." said Mihara, gesturing to the unknown shipgirl.

The stranger immediately went to parade rest as her eyes focused on Akashi. "Battleship Sakurajima reporting for duty, ma'am."

"Wait, Sakurajima?" asked Akashi, eyes widening. "Natsushio, did you summon my paper design?"

"Uh, yes." the destroyer stuttered. "I overheard the two of you talking yesterday about needing to summon more battleships, so I thought I could summon one to help out."

A couple hours later, the damage had been surveyed, Natsushio had promised to never hold another unauthorized summoning, and Sakurajima had gotten a preliminary check-up to ensure she didn't have any side effects from the summoning.

Akashi sighed. "Alright. It's late, and pretty much everyone else on base is asleep. I'll inform the Admiral tomorrow. Momotori, you take Natsushio back to her quarters, and Mihara, you take Sakurajima to the infirmary and put her in the cot in my office. I'll give her a full diagnostic and set up her living quarters tomorrow."

As everyone else left the room, Akashi turned to look at Ooyodo. "Sorry about tonight, saihai."

"It's alright, Akashi. Work always comes first, for both of us." sighed Ooyodo.

Before Ooyodo could say anything else, Akashi kissed her on the lips and held her close. 'You know, while it might not be as fancy as dinner, that other offer still stands."

Ooyodo smiled, and laughed a little. "Is this what you repair ships do? Kiss things and make it better?"

"Not usually, but based on my experience with a certain secretary ship, it can work wonders." said Akashi as she kissed her girlfriend once more.