super ktkm and ooi adventures

I wasn't sure what was more annoying, the scene going on right now or Ooi complaining about it. Today was supposed to be a normal duty day, if not for the new arrivals last night.  I'm not sure what Ooi expected, the pride of the allied fleet to show up at our base, ship girls that exemplified excellence? Or maybe she thought they would each be escorted by the kind of marines you see in action movies.

Either way the reality was something else - completely.

"Kitakami look, she hit something!"

I follow Ooi's outstretched hand - she's pointing at her own target.  This destroyer was something else. She's shaking like someone just took her out of the freezer and gave her a few cups of coffee, there's no wonder she can't hit anything.

"This is just embarrassing," I said to Ooi. "No... It's insulting, that they would let a disgrace like this out of their own port and into ours!"

The target practice continues,  Hiei's barking encouragements doing nothing to steady the foreign shipgirl's erratic aiming.
"All right everyone, 20 minute break! Don't be late coming back, a'right?" Hiei yells out.  A chorus of affirmative replies.

It's easy cornering the new shipgirl, blocking her path to the break pavilion with Ooi. She takes the opening salvo.
"Hey, what the hell is going on back there? Did you have a bad case of PTSD or something? You're shooting worse than a ship without rangefinders."

The diminutive destroyer belts out some excuses. "I-I'm real sorry about that, I normally do ok at this!"

The pathetic response almost makes me pause, but I must press the attack. "If you're like this on the training grounds I don't want to be anywhere near you on the field of battle."

"Are you seriously going to keep embarrassing yourself like this every time?"

"There's no point in continuing this. Just leave!"

As Ooi continues the verbal assault I notice Inazuma is still hanging around, her gaze in our group's direction. I meet her eyes with the best stare I can muster. She breaks contact quickly, eyes on the ground as she walks away with the rest.

 She knows her place well enough.

Ooi can be ruthless at times, and this was no exception as the destroyer's previous constant twitching turned into spazms as she struggles to maintain a semblance of pride.

Ooi moves in for the decisive blow.  "I'm surprised they haven't just turned your outfit into scrap metal and made something useful, like a bench."

It's a direct hit, and the destroyer named Willie D [What an awful name, those Americans have no tact] breaks down into tears.
I decide that now is the time for a bit more precision. "Listen, if you want to be useful there's a few other things you could do for us; I'll be sure to put in a good word for you, then."

Ooi nods in agreement with me, "Yeah, we're gonna need some more checkered paint for target practice."

I freeze up at this. Is she serious? We deployed our forces and carried out the attack, and now with this she's picked up the shogi board and flung all the pieces away. I give a quick glance in her direction, trying to maybe spot a cue or something. Nothing. She's dead serious.  I try my best to salvage the situation.

"Japan is a pretty amazing place, it's not exactly common but the supply warehouse on the other side of base should have it. After all, we made great advances - like the Walkermans!"

I put on my best national pride smile for that, hoping that the destroyer will buy it.

"O-oh .... Is it all right to miss the rest of practice?"

We both nod. Ooi replies "There's no problem! We'll let them know that you had an official appointment."
I'm not too sure Willie bought it, but after I gave her the address to the [Aviation, haHA] supply warehouse, off she went.

"Ah Kitakami, I think she tripped like twice in 100 meters."

The second half of practice was uneventful.  It's much easier to enjoy Ooi when she's in a good mood.  Nobody seemed to care that one was missing from gunnery practice; mostly likely a silent appreciation that the splashes from missed rounds in water were gone.
With training over our schedules were empty for the of the day, and so we decided to hit the mess hall for an early dinner.

"Ahh! Kitakamiii-samaaaa, the admiral is here!"

Sure enough, Admiral Goto was standing in the doorway to the cafeteria.  It's just a coincidence, I thought.

As we walked closer I noticed that he wasn't budging a little bit for us to get by. Warning Klaxons were going off now.

"Ooichi, I'll catch up to you later," I say as I begin to pivot in the opposite direction, away from danger.

Unfortunately Ooi had the same idea, and turned straight into me. We bump heads and tumble to the ground.

"Oh, girls, I'm glad that I found you! I'm not sure where you were going, but you'll be in my office in 10 minutes. Be sure to shut the door as you come in~"