Final day in Yokosuka
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Harry Leferts
Walking towards the water, Harry smiled at the Twins who were to either side of him. "Thanks for spending the time with me. Hopefully it wasn't too boring when I, um... spent some time with the shipgirls."
However, Ume only shook her head with a small smile on her face. "It wasn't boring at all, Harry-Chan. And you spent plenty of time with us as it was, even then." Her smile widened a touch with her next words. "Besides which, they deserve some attention as well."
Only nodding, Harry considered her reply. "I guess that they do. They can't leave their hulls, right? And that's why you brought me there."
With a small giggle, Sakura nodded. "That's correct, Harry-Chan. While they have tried, they cannot leave where their hulls currently rest. We do keep them company though when we can since they became manifested in the way that they have. After all, we know much about how it's like."
Reaching over, Harry took her cool hand in his and gave it a squeeze while doing the same with Ume. "Which you shouldn't, neither of you."
All the two spirits did was smile and give his hands a squeeze back. Meanwhile, Shioi had her hands behind her head with a thoughtful expression. "Didn't expect for them to come right out and ask to be in your future fleet though, Harry-Chan. Now that came out of nowhere."
Slowly shaking her head, Ume gave her a look. "But is it really a surprise? You know how they were all built. And then they were left here to rot and rust in place for many decades." She then nodded towards Harry. "Yet one day, Harry-Chan came here and despite the danger, performed actions that freed them of their darkness. And made it so one day they can be summoned."
Tapping her chin, Shioi gave a nod. "When you put it that way... Yeah, I suppose that it is not a real surprise about their actions." She then gave Harry a wink. "Though Miitake was hilarious when she glomped you."
Beside Shioi, RO giggled at Harry's small blush. "Ja, that was amusing..." Clearing her throat, she spoke in a passable imitation of Miitake's voice. "He just looks so cuddly that I want to hold him close and hug him!"
Just the memory of said glomp. and how his face had been shoved somewhere that could have caused him to suffocate if she was solid, Harry felt himself blush. It did not help matters that it kept popping up in his head. "Sure, sure, RO-Chan, laugh it up."
Still grinning, RO nodded. "Will do, Harry-Chan."
Grumbling good naturedly, the black haired boy sighed and shook his head as they reached the water's edge. With a sigh, he turned and then gave both Ume and Sakura a hug, which they returned after a moment of hesitation. "Anyways, thanks for spending some time with me and I'll make sure to send letters, okay? Whenever one of the girls come by, they'll drop them off and pick up any letters that you might have as well."
Eyes closed, the Twins enjoyed the feeling of warmth from Harry as they nodded. "Hai, we'll write back to you when we can." Opening them, they gave him a soft smile. "We'll see you in the summer when you get out of school."
A smile on his own face, Harry gave them a nod. "Sure! And I'm looking forward to that."
Before he could do anything though, both girls gave him a kiss on the cheek and pulled out of the hug. "Goodbye, Harry-Chan. And once more thank you, you have made our time here much better with your company and friendship."
While the stunned wizard stood there, the two giggled and faded out of view. Hands still behind her head, Shioi only shook her head and snorted. "Well, we should get going, Harry-Chan. We don't want to be late for the party tonight after all. And we also got DesDiv6 waiting for us as well."
Quickly shaking off his shock, Harry gave a nod. "Um, right... Right!"
Roughly five minutes later found them leaving the caldera and out of the tear in the protections there to find a surprise waiting for them. While DesDiv6 was there, Verniy's hull was not too much a shock to them. What was a shock though was the somewhat larger hull that was also there. It took Harry a few seconds to realize who's hull it was, which was helped by the fact that said shipgirl was standing at the bow. "Tenryuu-Oba? Is that really you?"
Grinning, Tenryuu struck a pose with her sword over her shoulder and laughed. "Yup! You betcha it's me, Kiddo." Leaning against her railing, Tenryuu's smirk grew at the stunned looks on the Submarines. "So what do you think?"
Simply examining the hull in front of him, Harry only shook his head before grinning himself. "Awesome, Tenryuu-Oba! That is so Poi, Dess!"
With a snort, the Light Cruiser gave him a wink. "Thanks Kiddo." Stretching some, she sighed with a smile. "Took a lot of practice and work once Hibiki-Chan here managed it. But I figured it out." Scratching her chin, Tenryuu frowned briefly. "A bit odd though, sort of like being in two places at once."
Head tilted to the side, Harry blinked. "Really?"
Only shrugging, Tenryuu gave a shake of her head. "LIke I said, kind of. But not that bad and it is rather neat to manage." After a moment of thought, she shook it off and waved at him. "Anyways, come on aboard and we'll head back to Yokosuka. I want to get some practice in for this sort of thing."
Below on the water, Ikazuchi huffed some. "Yeah, yeah, Kaa-San. One day soon, we'll manage this too you know!"
Inazuma meanwhile sheepishly smiled. "Aki-Chan, calm down."
The next words from Aki though caused Tenryuu to stumble a bit from where she was going to meet Harry who was setting himself as well as the two Submarines down. "Oh come on, Ami-Chan. You know why Kaa-San wants to 'Practice' having her hull out. It's so that when we go to England tomorrow she can have Tou-San onboard since we're meeting him and Obaa-San. And so that she can show him all around inside it."
Scandalized, Akatsuki hissed at her sister. "Ikazuchi-Chan! It's not lady-like to say such things! Especially about Kaa-San!"
Opening one eye, Tatsuta hummed a bit. "Ara, ara~ Oh, I don't know, Akatsuki-Chan. It seems about right to me~"
Just giving her a look, Tenryuu sighed. "Et tu, Tatsuta?" Rolling her eyes, she turned to Harry who was looking around curiously. "Anyways, we should get going. And for all of your information, it does not have to do with showing Drake around my hull. I'm practicing so that I can show off to Kiso next time I see her and watch her turn green with envy."
Tatsuta oncce more hummed. "My, my, how Tsundere of you Nee-San."
In reply to that, Tenryuu gave her a look over her shoulder.
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Sipping her drink, Iku looked down at Harry thoughtfully as the small party went on around them. "So you ready to go back to Hogwarts tomorrow, Harry-Chan?"
There was a frown on Harry's face before he gave a small shrug. "I guess? I mean, I liked the long break we got and kind of miss being here already."
All Iku did was set aside her drink and give him a hug. "And we already miss you as well, Harry-Chan. But look on the bright side, it's only for about two more months or so. And you'll be back before you know it!"
Giving that some thought, Harry just nodded. "That's true enough. And I'll be busy enough that I guess time will fly pretty quickly."
It was then that Taigei walked up having caught the last bit of conversation. "Exactly, Harry-Chan! And it's not like we'll be out of contact with you. Something that we're all thankful for... along with it being much safer now."
Quickly finishing his drink, Harry gave her a hug and then Iku one as well. Then he pulled back and smiled. "And then there's the Quidditch game, there's one left so I might see one of you there. That would be nice, Dess."
Humming, Iku slowly nodded. "I think that it's Taigei-Nee-Chan's and Ryuuhou-Nee-Chan's turn to head to one of your games." With a slow nod, she turned to Taigei. "I think that you'll enjoy it actually."
Now thoughtful, Taigei went over what she had been told before and chuckled. "I am sure that I will enjoy it actually. And I'm looking forward to it as is Ryuuhou-Chan."
With a nod, Harry smiled. "By the way, I'll make sure to send the treats from the train tomorrow. So you might as well be..." Trailing off, he blinked. "Um..."
Confused at the pause, Iku raised an eyebrow. "Is something wrong, Harry-Chan?"
Slowly, Harry brought up his finger and pointed. "It's just... Well, look at Rose and Haruna-Oba."
Both of them blinking, the two shipgirls did so and stared for a moment. Mainly because the tea set was rather flushed while practically draping herself over an red faced Haruna. But it was not just because of that the Battleship was flustered.
No, that might well have been because of the song that Rose was singing.
A bright smile on her face, Rose swayed to music that only she could hear while various people watched. "Haruna Matata! What a wonderful phrase! Haruna Matata, ain't passing phase!" Twirling around Haruna, she continued. "It's my problem free, philosophy, Haruna Matata!"
While she continued to sing and Haruna became more and more flustered, Harry blinked. "Since when did Rose see the Lion King? And why is she acting like that?"
Just blinking, Taigei sighed some. "As to the first, Rose-San and Haruna-San both went to the Lion King play that was on stage recently for a date. I think that they were on a double date with Kongou-San and Teitoku..." Thinking it over, she shook her head. "And, um, to the second? I think that someone might have brought some adult drinks."
Eyebrows raising, Harry nodded. "Oh." Sniffing his drink, he ignored the giggles from Iku and shook his head. "Well, Rose seems to be enjoying herself. And she is pretty good at singing."
Iku only grinned at that. "Hai, true enough." All three then went back to watching Haruna and Rose with amusement. Especially with how flustered the Battleship was becoming.
Walking towards the water, Harry smiled at the Twins who were to either side of him. "Thanks for spending the time with me. Hopefully it wasn't too boring when I, um... spent some time with the shipgirls."
However, Ume only shook her head with a small smile on her face. "It wasn't boring at all, Harry-Chan. And you spent plenty of time with us as it was, even then." Her smile widened a touch with her next words. "Besides which, they deserve some attention as well."
Only nodding, Harry considered her reply. "I guess that they do. They can't leave their hulls, right? And that's why you brought me there."
With a small giggle, Sakura nodded. "That's correct, Harry-Chan. While they have tried, they cannot leave where their hulls currently rest. We do keep them company though when we can since they became manifested in the way that they have. After all, we know much about how it's like."
Reaching over, Harry took her cool hand in his and gave it a squeeze while doing the same with Ume. "Which you shouldn't, neither of you."
All the two spirits did was smile and give his hands a squeeze back. Meanwhile, Shioi had her hands behind her head with a thoughtful expression. "Didn't expect for them to come right out and ask to be in your future fleet though, Harry-Chan. Now that came out of nowhere."
Slowly shaking her head, Ume gave her a look. "But is it really a surprise? You know how they were all built. And then they were left here to rot and rust in place for many decades." She then nodded towards Harry. "Yet one day, Harry-Chan came here and despite the danger, performed actions that freed them of their darkness. And made it so one day they can be summoned."
Tapping her chin, Shioi gave a nod. "When you put it that way... Yeah, I suppose that it is not a real surprise about their actions." She then gave Harry a wink. "Though Miitake was hilarious when she glomped you."
Beside Shioi, RO giggled at Harry's small blush. "Ja, that was amusing..." Clearing her throat, she spoke in a passable imitation of Miitake's voice. "He just looks so cuddly that I want to hold him close and hug him!"
Just the memory of said glomp. and how his face had been shoved somewhere that could have caused him to suffocate if she was solid, Harry felt himself blush. It did not help matters that it kept popping up in his head. "Sure, sure, RO-Chan, laugh it up."
Still grinning, RO nodded. "Will do, Harry-Chan."
Grumbling good naturedly, the black haired boy sighed and shook his head as they reached the water's edge. With a sigh, he turned and then gave both Ume and Sakura a hug, which they returned after a moment of hesitation. "Anyways, thanks for spending some time with me and I'll make sure to send letters, okay? Whenever one of the girls come by, they'll drop them off and pick up any letters that you might have as well."
Eyes closed, the Twins enjoyed the feeling of warmth from Harry as they nodded. "Hai, we'll write back to you when we can." Opening them, they gave him a soft smile. "We'll see you in the summer when you get out of school."
A smile on his own face, Harry gave them a nod. "Sure! And I'm looking forward to that."
Before he could do anything though, both girls gave him a kiss on the cheek and pulled out of the hug. "Goodbye, Harry-Chan. And once more thank you, you have made our time here much better with your company and friendship."
While the stunned wizard stood there, the two giggled and faded out of view. Hands still behind her head, Shioi only shook her head and snorted. "Well, we should get going, Harry-Chan. We don't want to be late for the party tonight after all. And we also got DesDiv6 waiting for us as well."
Quickly shaking off his shock, Harry gave a nod. "Um, right... Right!"
Roughly five minutes later found them leaving the caldera and out of the tear in the protections there to find a surprise waiting for them. While DesDiv6 was there, Verniy's hull was not too much a shock to them. What was a shock though was the somewhat larger hull that was also there. It took Harry a few seconds to realize who's hull it was, which was helped by the fact that said shipgirl was standing at the bow. "Tenryuu-Oba? Is that really you?"
Grinning, Tenryuu struck a pose with her sword over her shoulder and laughed. "Yup! You betcha it's me, Kiddo." Leaning against her railing, Tenryuu's smirk grew at the stunned looks on the Submarines. "So what do you think?"
Simply examining the hull in front of him, Harry only shook his head before grinning himself. "Awesome, Tenryuu-Oba! That is so Poi, Dess!"
With a snort, the Light Cruiser gave him a wink. "Thanks Kiddo." Stretching some, she sighed with a smile. "Took a lot of practice and work once Hibiki-Chan here managed it. But I figured it out." Scratching her chin, Tenryuu frowned briefly. "A bit odd though, sort of like being in two places at once."
Head tilted to the side, Harry blinked. "Really?"
Only shrugging, Tenryuu gave a shake of her head. "LIke I said, kind of. But not that bad and it is rather neat to manage." After a moment of thought, she shook it off and waved at him. "Anyways, come on aboard and we'll head back to Yokosuka. I want to get some practice in for this sort of thing."
Below on the water, Ikazuchi huffed some. "Yeah, yeah, Kaa-San. One day soon, we'll manage this too you know!"
Inazuma meanwhile sheepishly smiled. "Aki-Chan, calm down."
The next words from Aki though caused Tenryuu to stumble a bit from where she was going to meet Harry who was setting himself as well as the two Submarines down. "Oh come on, Ami-Chan. You know why Kaa-San wants to 'Practice' having her hull out. It's so that when we go to England tomorrow she can have Tou-San onboard since we're meeting him and Obaa-San. And so that she can show him all around inside it."
Scandalized, Akatsuki hissed at her sister. "Ikazuchi-Chan! It's not lady-like to say such things! Especially about Kaa-San!"
Opening one eye, Tatsuta hummed a bit. "Ara, ara~ Oh, I don't know, Akatsuki-Chan. It seems about right to me~"
Just giving her a look, Tenryuu sighed. "Et tu, Tatsuta?" Rolling her eyes, she turned to Harry who was looking around curiously. "Anyways, we should get going. And for all of your information, it does not have to do with showing Drake around my hull. I'm practicing so that I can show off to Kiso next time I see her and watch her turn green with envy."
Tatsuta oncce more hummed. "My, my, how Tsundere of you Nee-San."
In reply to that, Tenryuu gave her a look over her shoulder.
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Sipping her drink, Iku looked down at Harry thoughtfully as the small party went on around them. "So you ready to go back to Hogwarts tomorrow, Harry-Chan?"
There was a frown on Harry's face before he gave a small shrug. "I guess? I mean, I liked the long break we got and kind of miss being here already."
All Iku did was set aside her drink and give him a hug. "And we already miss you as well, Harry-Chan. But look on the bright side, it's only for about two more months or so. And you'll be back before you know it!"
Giving that some thought, Harry just nodded. "That's true enough. And I'll be busy enough that I guess time will fly pretty quickly."
It was then that Taigei walked up having caught the last bit of conversation. "Exactly, Harry-Chan! And it's not like we'll be out of contact with you. Something that we're all thankful for... along with it being much safer now."
Quickly finishing his drink, Harry gave her a hug and then Iku one as well. Then he pulled back and smiled. "And then there's the Quidditch game, there's one left so I might see one of you there. That would be nice, Dess."
Humming, Iku slowly nodded. "I think that it's Taigei-Nee-Chan's and Ryuuhou-Nee-Chan's turn to head to one of your games." With a slow nod, she turned to Taigei. "I think that you'll enjoy it actually."
Now thoughtful, Taigei went over what she had been told before and chuckled. "I am sure that I will enjoy it actually. And I'm looking forward to it as is Ryuuhou-Chan."
With a nod, Harry smiled. "By the way, I'll make sure to send the treats from the train tomorrow. So you might as well be..." Trailing off, he blinked. "Um..."
Confused at the pause, Iku raised an eyebrow. "Is something wrong, Harry-Chan?"
Slowly, Harry brought up his finger and pointed. "It's just... Well, look at Rose and Haruna-Oba."
Both of them blinking, the two shipgirls did so and stared for a moment. Mainly because the tea set was rather flushed while practically draping herself over an red faced Haruna. But it was not just because of that the Battleship was flustered.
No, that might well have been because of the song that Rose was singing.
A bright smile on her face, Rose swayed to music that only she could hear while various people watched. "Haruna Matata! What a wonderful phrase! Haruna Matata, ain't passing phase!" Twirling around Haruna, she continued. "It's my problem free, philosophy, Haruna Matata!"
While she continued to sing and Haruna became more and more flustered, Harry blinked. "Since when did Rose see the Lion King? And why is she acting like that?"
Just blinking, Taigei sighed some. "As to the first, Rose-San and Haruna-San both went to the Lion King play that was on stage recently for a date. I think that they were on a double date with Kongou-San and Teitoku..." Thinking it over, she shook her head. "And, um, to the second? I think that someone might have brought some adult drinks."
Eyebrows raising, Harry nodded. "Oh." Sniffing his drink, he ignored the giggles from Iku and shook his head. "Well, Rose seems to be enjoying herself. And she is pretty good at singing."
Iku only grinned at that. "Hai, true enough." All three then went back to watching Haruna and Rose with amusement. Especially with how flustered the Battleship was becoming.