JS Fubuki/'New'buki
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Harry Leferts
Standing beside his mother, Harry was smiling as he was watching the launch ceremony. It was just a stroke of luck that he was home to be able to see this one. Oddly, there was a feel in the air of history being made, which was not impossible. But to Harry, there was another reason why this was important.
And that reason was a tearful and smiling Fubuki who stood in full uniform.
From where he was, Harry gave his older sister figure a once over. On her chest were all the medals and awards that she had gotten since she had come back. Not all of them were Japanese either. There were ones from Britain, the United States, Australia, Canada, and others. All of them gleaming. Also catching Harry's eye was how at her waist she wore the sword he got her all those years ago. The very same sword recovered from her wreck and which belonged to her last Captain. It may have looked out of place, but he knew that she would wear no other on this day.
To either side of Fubuki stood Yuudachi and Mutsuki while Kana herself stood just behind her "Sempai". All of them silently giving her strength as the last few motions for the launching of the ship in front of them were done. Eventually, the speech wound down and the old Admiral smiled and bowed to Fubuki before presenting her with a hatchet, it's blade nearly shining in the sunlight due to being so polished. Taking it in slightly shaking hands, Fubuki gave a small bow to the Admiral with a watery smile on her face. "Thank you, Teitoku."
In reply, the Admiral just chuckled some. "You are very welcome, Fubuki-San. This is the least that we can do."
With that done, he moved back and Fubuki walked forward to the stand that the Admiral had been at. Hatchet gripped in one hand, she looked down at the string and then up at the ship in front of her before her smile brightened. Raising the hatchet, Fubuki brought it down, breaking the string. At the same time, the commissioning bottle swung down and impacted the ship's bow, shattering. And as the ship slid backwards into the water, Fubuki let out a breath before her smile became so painful, it nearly hurt as she whispered her next words. "Welcome to the world, Fubuki-Chan... I know that you'll do your best."
Briefly, though she could have imagined it, the shipgirl swore that she could see a little girl on the bow. Said girl was wearing a more modern version of a schoolgirl's fuku and looked a lot like Fubuki herself. And then said spirit saluted Fubuki with the older Destroyer returning it as she fully entered the water and the spirit vanished. Feeling a hand on her shoulder, she turned to find Yuudachi there with a smile on her face. "Congratulations, Poi. It's a girl."
That got her a small giggle from Fubuki who gave a smile back. "Hai." Feeling Mutsuki on her other side, her smile widened some before she looked over her shoulder at Kana. "Come on over here, Kana-Chan."
A blush on her face, Kaga's twin walked over until she was right behind Fubuki. "She's... Beautiful, Fubuki-Sempai." Then her lips twitched some in an expression similar to some of Kaga's. "Just like her mother."
Of course, that only made Fubuki blush, though the Destroyer couldn't help but smile before turning her gaze back to the Destroyer now in the water. "This is just so... amazing. A new ship class, named after me. She's so big, much bigger then what I was when I was launched and... She's like me."
Harry's voice made Fubuki turn to regard the younger boy that she considered a little brother. "Really, Fubuki-Nee? She's bigger then you and like you?"
Lips twitching, Fubuki nodded. "Hai, Harry-Chan." Gesturing at herself, she shook her head. "When I was launched, I was less then two thousand tons. But Fubuki-Chan there... she's just over ten thousand. When I was a steel hull, she would have been considered a Cruiser, not a Destroyer!" Turning back, the shipgirl shook her head. "But it's more then that, Harry-Chan. Like I was the first modern Destroyer, she's the first Destroyer of her own type."
With his head tilted to the side, Harry considered that some and looked back at the JS Fubuki. "Because she has railguns and lasers, right?"
Shaking her head, Yuudachi wagged a finger some. "Not just because of that, Harry-Chan. She's more special then that, Poi! Especially with her reactor providing power."
Eyes widening some, Harry's mouth opened in an "O" shape as he remembered. "That's right! She has a Polywell fusion reactor for power." Now grinning, he looked over at Fubuki who was watching her namesake intently. "That's really cool, Dess."
Nodding rapidly, Mutsuki gave Fubuki's hand a squeeze. "It really is, Harry-Chan. The first of a future type of Destroyer."
Behind Fubuki, Kana nodded. "She's amazing, just like Sempai."
Despite the blush on her face, the "Mother of Modern Destroyers" could only smile. Seeing her namesake and being here? It was beyond priceless to her. To her, it felt like she had seen the birth of a daughter in a way. 'She is amazing...'
Having been listening in, Nagato shook her head while whispering to Goto beside her. "We have a lot to thank Iona-San for. And not just because she helped us with those other Fleet of Fog ships. If she had not left the Beacon she did behind..."
Slowly, Goto nodded. "True enough, Nagato. We might well still be having issues developing the technologies we have. Railguns and lasers would have been harder, but we might have gotten there in a few years. Fusion though..."
With a snort, Nagato shook her head. "Maybe if they funded that type some more. But still... It's an amazing time to be alive and I hope to see more. Perhaps they might now build some fusion plants..."
All the Admiral beside her did was nod. "We do owe a lot to her gift to us." Frowning, Goto watched as various people kept cheering. "Sometimes I wonder if we will ever meet her again and be able to thank her. And then I remember what happened and know that would not be a good thing."
Considering that, Nagato nodded some. "I suppose so." With a glance at the politicians nearby, the Battleship raised an eyebrow. "I am surprised though that they were pushing so hard for her."
The chuckle that Goto released made Nagato turn to him with a frown. "Of course they did, Nagato. It's a point of pride." With one hand, he gestured first at Fubuki and then at the steel hulled Destroyer. "We built and launched the first modern Destroyer in the world. One that every other one is patterned after. And now? We have the first fusion powered Destroyer with railguns for a main armament. The Americans are going to launch their first railgun and laser equipped Destroyer six months from now."
Nagato frowned some before furrowing her eyebrows. "Their Zumwalt class? I thought that was a Cruiser?"
Grimacing, Goto shook his head. "There's been an argument whether to call the railgun equipped version a Destroyer or an 'Escort Cruiser'. I don't really think that anyone is quite sure yet. But as I said, national pride was on the line. And the Fubuki really only has the laser CWIS, railguns, and power plant as being new."
Only nodding, Nagato smiled a bit as she watched Harry give a sniffling Fubuki a kleenix. "Hmm." Finger tapping on one arm, she nodded some. "To move on from there... is everything ready for tonight?"
Upon Goto's face there was now a grin. "Hai, everything is ready. Akagi apparently took over all the preparations for it. And Yamato helped as well from what I have been told."
Her own lips curled upwards, Nagato let out a chuckle. "That is good to hear. Fubuki-Chan will be surprised when we arrive at Komatsu for the party instead of the Mess Hall..."
Standing beside his mother, Harry was smiling as he was watching the launch ceremony. It was just a stroke of luck that he was home to be able to see this one. Oddly, there was a feel in the air of history being made, which was not impossible. But to Harry, there was another reason why this was important.
And that reason was a tearful and smiling Fubuki who stood in full uniform.
From where he was, Harry gave his older sister figure a once over. On her chest were all the medals and awards that she had gotten since she had come back. Not all of them were Japanese either. There were ones from Britain, the United States, Australia, Canada, and others. All of them gleaming. Also catching Harry's eye was how at her waist she wore the sword he got her all those years ago. The very same sword recovered from her wreck and which belonged to her last Captain. It may have looked out of place, but he knew that she would wear no other on this day.
To either side of Fubuki stood Yuudachi and Mutsuki while Kana herself stood just behind her "Sempai". All of them silently giving her strength as the last few motions for the launching of the ship in front of them were done. Eventually, the speech wound down and the old Admiral smiled and bowed to Fubuki before presenting her with a hatchet, it's blade nearly shining in the sunlight due to being so polished. Taking it in slightly shaking hands, Fubuki gave a small bow to the Admiral with a watery smile on her face. "Thank you, Teitoku."
In reply, the Admiral just chuckled some. "You are very welcome, Fubuki-San. This is the least that we can do."
With that done, he moved back and Fubuki walked forward to the stand that the Admiral had been at. Hatchet gripped in one hand, she looked down at the string and then up at the ship in front of her before her smile brightened. Raising the hatchet, Fubuki brought it down, breaking the string. At the same time, the commissioning bottle swung down and impacted the ship's bow, shattering. And as the ship slid backwards into the water, Fubuki let out a breath before her smile became so painful, it nearly hurt as she whispered her next words. "Welcome to the world, Fubuki-Chan... I know that you'll do your best."
Briefly, though she could have imagined it, the shipgirl swore that she could see a little girl on the bow. Said girl was wearing a more modern version of a schoolgirl's fuku and looked a lot like Fubuki herself. And then said spirit saluted Fubuki with the older Destroyer returning it as she fully entered the water and the spirit vanished. Feeling a hand on her shoulder, she turned to find Yuudachi there with a smile on her face. "Congratulations, Poi. It's a girl."
That got her a small giggle from Fubuki who gave a smile back. "Hai." Feeling Mutsuki on her other side, her smile widened some before she looked over her shoulder at Kana. "Come on over here, Kana-Chan."
A blush on her face, Kaga's twin walked over until she was right behind Fubuki. "She's... Beautiful, Fubuki-Sempai." Then her lips twitched some in an expression similar to some of Kaga's. "Just like her mother."
Of course, that only made Fubuki blush, though the Destroyer couldn't help but smile before turning her gaze back to the Destroyer now in the water. "This is just so... amazing. A new ship class, named after me. She's so big, much bigger then what I was when I was launched and... She's like me."
Harry's voice made Fubuki turn to regard the younger boy that she considered a little brother. "Really, Fubuki-Nee? She's bigger then you and like you?"
Lips twitching, Fubuki nodded. "Hai, Harry-Chan." Gesturing at herself, she shook her head. "When I was launched, I was less then two thousand tons. But Fubuki-Chan there... she's just over ten thousand. When I was a steel hull, she would have been considered a Cruiser, not a Destroyer!" Turning back, the shipgirl shook her head. "But it's more then that, Harry-Chan. Like I was the first modern Destroyer, she's the first Destroyer of her own type."
With his head tilted to the side, Harry considered that some and looked back at the JS Fubuki. "Because she has railguns and lasers, right?"
Shaking her head, Yuudachi wagged a finger some. "Not just because of that, Harry-Chan. She's more special then that, Poi! Especially with her reactor providing power."
Eyes widening some, Harry's mouth opened in an "O" shape as he remembered. "That's right! She has a Polywell fusion reactor for power." Now grinning, he looked over at Fubuki who was watching her namesake intently. "That's really cool, Dess."
Nodding rapidly, Mutsuki gave Fubuki's hand a squeeze. "It really is, Harry-Chan. The first of a future type of Destroyer."
Behind Fubuki, Kana nodded. "She's amazing, just like Sempai."
Despite the blush on her face, the "Mother of Modern Destroyers" could only smile. Seeing her namesake and being here? It was beyond priceless to her. To her, it felt like she had seen the birth of a daughter in a way. 'She is amazing...'
Having been listening in, Nagato shook her head while whispering to Goto beside her. "We have a lot to thank Iona-San for. And not just because she helped us with those other Fleet of Fog ships. If she had not left the Beacon she did behind..."
Slowly, Goto nodded. "True enough, Nagato. We might well still be having issues developing the technologies we have. Railguns and lasers would have been harder, but we might have gotten there in a few years. Fusion though..."
With a snort, Nagato shook her head. "Maybe if they funded that type some more. But still... It's an amazing time to be alive and I hope to see more. Perhaps they might now build some fusion plants..."
All the Admiral beside her did was nod. "We do owe a lot to her gift to us." Frowning, Goto watched as various people kept cheering. "Sometimes I wonder if we will ever meet her again and be able to thank her. And then I remember what happened and know that would not be a good thing."
Considering that, Nagato nodded some. "I suppose so." With a glance at the politicians nearby, the Battleship raised an eyebrow. "I am surprised though that they were pushing so hard for her."
The chuckle that Goto released made Nagato turn to him with a frown. "Of course they did, Nagato. It's a point of pride." With one hand, he gestured first at Fubuki and then at the steel hulled Destroyer. "We built and launched the first modern Destroyer in the world. One that every other one is patterned after. And now? We have the first fusion powered Destroyer with railguns for a main armament. The Americans are going to launch their first railgun and laser equipped Destroyer six months from now."
Nagato frowned some before furrowing her eyebrows. "Their Zumwalt class? I thought that was a Cruiser?"
Grimacing, Goto shook his head. "There's been an argument whether to call the railgun equipped version a Destroyer or an 'Escort Cruiser'. I don't really think that anyone is quite sure yet. But as I said, national pride was on the line. And the Fubuki really only has the laser CWIS, railguns, and power plant as being new."
Only nodding, Nagato smiled a bit as she watched Harry give a sniffling Fubuki a kleenix. "Hmm." Finger tapping on one arm, she nodded some. "To move on from there... is everything ready for tonight?"
Upon Goto's face there was now a grin. "Hai, everything is ready. Akagi apparently took over all the preparations for it. And Yamato helped as well from what I have been told."
Her own lips curled upwards, Nagato let out a chuckle. "That is good to hear. Fubuki-Chan will be surprised when we arrive at Komatsu for the party instead of the Mess Hall..."