Now, this is just weird...5 more Teams and 5 more PMs...Why? Dunno myself. It's the fact that they were really nice OCs that made me really...Happy. Real nice touches and stuff. Y'know? God...I'll just show you the Last Team Members. Why so much? Cuz why not. I'll be making the Movie...well, you know...sorts of stuff like that and things...
1. ISU-152(Ocelot Team)
2. FV4202(Ram Team)
3. M26 Pershing(Mustang Team)
4. Wolverine(Logan Team)
5. Valentine XI(Pegasus Team)
(Disclaimer: We do not own Girls und Panzer, they belong to Actas. Familiar of Zero belongs to Noboru Yamaguchi and his illustrator, Eiji Usatsuka. World of Tanks belongs to WarGaming.)
Chapter 7: Shaping the New Cadets
(After the Training Match)
"Alright, ladies...And Gentlemen." Asuka called out, getting the attention of the freshly returned crews. "We have a few more cadets or seniors. This is the Puma Team from Bellwall Academy. The all boys team has been known for being a...What's it called again?"
"An insanely crazy and tactical team." Mako sighed.
"Right..." Asuka added with another sigh. Miho on the other hand has her eyes filled with a hint of surprise when she saw Fey. The two suddenly got into eye-contact before anything, Liam just interjected.
"And I just realized that these two are actually close friends. Well...After I did a few research." The crews quickly oo'ed them, save for a few members with Louise, Boss and Ran.
"So...Are we good with the 'Ooo's?" Asuka asked with a serious tone.
"Asuka-chan, don't be so mad."
"A-Asuka-chan!?" Asuka quickly reddened when Liam teased her that's when she quickly slapped him by the face.
"ITAI! Have you no heart, woman!?" Liam whined out, which led into another slap into his other cheek. "I'll take that as a no."
"W-Whatever..." Asuka growled out, trying to keep her temper in check afterwards. The crews just looked in disbelief at the two. The so-called professionals were actually a hot head lady and a childish guy. The new sleek green STA-2 then moved into the parking lot before the driver decided to drift into an empty parking space. The tank quickly followed the momentum before it went backwards into it, parking the tank perfectly.
Out of the hatch came a black haired boy, he wore a tan uniform with a pair of black military shoes. He had pale skin and black eyes, after he came out, his crews later came out, his Gunner, Radio Operator, Driver and Loader got out of the tank. The Gunner had black hair with aqua blue eyes, the Loader had brown hair and brown eyes, the Radio Operator had black hair and dark brown eyes, the Driver had brown hair with brown eyes.
"Saito Hiraga, reporting for duty." The Commander saluted.
"Yeah, well welcome to Oorai, Commander." Liam grinned, Saito just blinked at the Ace Tanker's playful personality.
"Ummm, thanks?" He responded with an unsure look.
"Now, minna." Liam clapped his hands together. "Get to know each other better, after a few dahs it will be the first day of the Tournament."
"W-What?" Louise got out. Liam can only facepalm at her reaction.
"Yeah...It was eventually told to be after tomorrow. You'll have to join the briefing of the Tournament." Shinichi said before putting his glasses on. "But there are additional rules in this Tournament. Unlike other former tournaments, Wargaming has allowed the use of retired tanks. The use of APCR or HEAT is now allowed, but limited to nearly none. Maximum Number of APCR or HEAT is limited to five and is only allowed on Tank Destroyers and Heavy Tanks. Any use of APCR or HEAT on other type of tanks will be rewarded an instant-disqualification." Boss just smirked by the new additional rules. "Most of the Unclosed Tanks are taken to account and they will have to use extra reinforced armor to join up meaning less speed, any Artilleries that are found will be forced to sit all of the matches."
"Darn it..." Boss gritted her teeth, seems like her Tank Destroyer/Artillery hybrid needs to be a Tank Destroyer in the battles. But the firepower of it could aid them in bringing HE on the enemies with splash damages and break their opponent's tracks.
"Eventually enough, every school would bring a senior from an Academy, either an American, Japanese, Russian or even a German. It's basically like that nowadays." Shinichi concluded. Liam just nodded, his enthusiast smile fainted.
"Now as you all know, you are not going up against mere opponents, by standards, the Gloriana High School was only using their Tier 4 and 6 tanks. They have more tiers, but less numbers for them. They have the Centurion Mark I on their side. A triplet of AT15s. A full cavalry row of Crusaders, a few Covenanters, a quadruplet of Cromwells and finally a pair of Achilles. And from what I heard they got a Tortoise in their possession with some Centurions."
"W-Wait. So why use the two Churchills and Matildas?" Louise asked.
"We have to match make the matches, but since the Gloriana were a lot more experienced, we told them to go easy on you. A 10 Tank Battle. You girls and boys have a Tier II Japanese Medium, Tier IV German Medium, Tier III German Light, Tier IV American Medium, Tier V German Tank Destroyer, Tier VII easily lightable German Heavy, Tier IV French Heavy, Tier III Japanese Light, Tier V American Light and a Tier V lightly armored Tank Destroyer. All those finally becomes an 5.8 on tier strength. The Gloriana had two Churchill VIIs and eight Matilda IIs. An average of 4.4 in tier strength. But..."
Liam smiled. "All those come into strength, firepower, tactics and others. But other teams wouldn't back away or overestimate you. The first matches have been stated to be using tier I till VIIIs. Second Match Tier IX is available and last, is an all-out battle with Tier Xs appearing. Either one or two or even three. But, eh. Our clan is trying to get the battles balanced out." Liam added with a cryptic look. "Anyways, we still have a job to do, Asuka-chan. Think you can be here tomorrow?" Asuka just growled, but held herself from hitting her Commander by the head...Again.
"Yes. I can do that. I will lead them to the briefing Carrier. Tomorrow, we will be taking all of the Tanks and Panzers to be registered." Asuka stated. "Get ready for tomorrow, I have received the letters of approval to your absence in class and as for you, cadets that are only here for the Senshado Tournament. You will have class soon after besides the STA-2 crew. They have deliberately passed their school and are now going for their final Senshado pins to help them pass their final test that are held in tournaments." Asuka shut her eyes closed. "Now, we have two new crews for our recently-restored T-54 Modification Prototype and the T-10."
"E-EH!? The T-10!? Y-You mean that Soviet Heavy that was used in the Cold War?!" Yukari quickly squealed. Everyone got a sweatdrop on the tank fetish.
"Yes..." Asuka trailed, having a glare at Liam, who in return held his hands in defense.
"I didn't do anything." Liam defended himself.
...
"Alright...Our two crews will be here tomorrow. Until then, meeting dismissed, you will all follow me to the transport tomorrow." The crews nodded. "Class dismissed. Grace Foster, Alfa Skarp, Muto Kazuki, Ivana Satoshita and Saito Hiraga, you will be evaluated for your test to see your capabilities." Asuka crossed her arms. The Crew Commanders just sighed before nodding. "We will begin the evaluation in an hour. Get yourselves ready with your tank." With that the crews nodded and quickly got to their tanks.
"So...Uhhh, Asuka." Liam rubbed the back of his head.
"What is it, Commander?" Asuka asked with a gruff look.
"Yeah, how about the newbies?" Liam asked.
"We can worry about them later on." Asuka replied quickly.
"Okay...So..."
"Can we...By any chance..." Asuka had a deep look. "Go out?"
"...Eh?" Liam asked with a tilted head.
"Y-You don't have to actually-"
"Well yeah, why not?" Asuka quickly looked at Liam. "What?"
"T-That easily?"
"Yeah. I mean you've been kinda loyal plus...I kinda like you." Asuka's cheeks reddened when he said that sentence. "So...tonight?"
"Y-Yeah...that sounds nice." Asuka nodded with her face blushing.
"Alright, we'll just need to actually date for sometime, y'know?" Liam grinned. "Just don't wear that face of yours and you'll be fine." Asuka just reddened more.
"L-Liam-san!"
"Alright, geez don't be so much of a tsundere." Liam groaned.
"I-I'm not a-" She quickly saw what he meant after she realized how red his cheeks were. "O-Oh...S-Sorry..."
"Nah, it's not your fault, I have got a lot more bruises than that are worst than these." Liam waved off.
"So...Dinner?"
"Dinner on me." Liam grinned, Asuka just smiled at him.
"Well we still got to evaluate the new cadets."
"Yeah, we should." Liam quickly got up. "C'mon. It's gonna be exciting."
"Hmm..." Asuka just smiled at him for a moment. "Sure. Sounds nice."
(Cadets' Evaluation)
The examination was simple. Eliminate the Enemy Team, every movements, tactics, shots that are fired, any problems with tactics and all. Liam was in his T26E4 SuperPershing and Asuka was in her M60 Patton. The two were doing their usual. Split up and give them a slap with every shell they got. On the other side, the MT-25 and STA-2. The feline of the tanks, the Löwe was with the Comet and the Prototype Stridsvagn.
"Alright then." Liam stated as he got a view of the Comet. "Time to test these guys and gals out." He smirked. "Take the Comet out first, that thing's damn fast."
"The MT-25?" Dusk asked as Liam can only shake his head.
"Later, if it was an LTTB then it would have been a top priority." Liam replied as he looked out of the hatch. All of them were already scattered and the Comet was nowhere to be found. "And where are they anyways?"
"Out of sight probably." Shinichi deducted. "They're avoiding from being detected."
"Most likely. Thank you, sir obvious. I meant where they might be precisely." Liam sighed at his Gunner.
"Well, I don't know. But surely...They're going to have a strategy for this." Shinichi groaned at his cousin.
"If they succeed then it will be better than we thought." Liam stated with a sigh.
(Löwe)
The Löwe, commandeered by Muto Kazuki was running slowly through the forest. Though, the Driver wasn't comfy enough about driving slowly. "Can we go faster yet?" He whined. His Commander shook his head.
"No. Not yet, unless you wanna face a Pershing with heavier armor plates that would most likely bounce all our shots." It was true, the Pershing only had 100mm of armor, but this wasn't the Pershing. It was the Super Pershing. The frontal part of it was given layers of a knocked out Panther. And it was 270mm of effective armor with that angle.
"Not with an APCR?"
"Even with APCR, they will most likely use the high grounds and use their gun depression to whack us."
"Well too bad that tanks can't have deep depression." The Driver joked. Everyone in the German Panzer groaned.
"You really have a bad sense for jokes." The Loader shook his head in disappointment.
"Well, at least I don't get angry every time I drive." Kanzaki shrugged and that only made the situation worse.
"Oh shut it! At least I don't get insane when driving!" He snapped. The two were ready to brawl and throw mockery into each other before.
"You two shut up! We're going towards the end of the forest!" Kanzaki quickly widened his eyes before he turned the tank from the end of the forest.
"Hey! Is everything alright!? Why were you guys going towards the exit? Did you forget or something?" And now they made a bad impression towards their teammate.
"No. No. It's alright. Only a few disagreements." Fey quickly assured before silencing the receiver. "Guys...Please...Shut up and end this quarrel right now..." He hissed before going all friendly to the Comet's crew. "Yeah, we just got it sort out. Anyways, where's the Pershing?"
"Well, the Pershing is going towards our position, we're going to pull out right now. We're going to lure them to you. Prepare to flank them." Fey nodded at the information. Thank God, for radio.
"We got the Comet going towards us with the Pershing, Commander, orders." Kanzaki can only think about a plan as the tank quickly stopped as Kazuki quickly got out and took out the camo net along with grumbling to himself, while setting the camo up.
"We should be able to flank here." Kazuki said as he inspected the vegetation of the scenery. The tank was covered by the camo net, the crew just sat as they waited for the Pershing's appearance.
"This is more like camping." The Loader commented.
"Cause it is." The whole crew deadpanned with a grin.
"What is it with my luck that I got into a team of a crazy crew...?" A certain Counter Guardian from another dimension sneezed in response as he continuously thought why the hell he was sneezing.
(A34 Comet)
"Men are idiots." Olivia muttered, Grace giggled, Evie rolled her eyes and Jacob just scoffed.
"Men are awesome, mate, unless you-"
"Not asking you." Olivia pointed out.
"Damn women nowadays, can't keep up with the trends." The Driver muttered under his breath. "Can anyone remind me why I'm the only male in this darn ass tank!?"
"You broke every males' bones when you meet up with them. They grew scared of you."
"Oh, I'm basically thankful for the fact that it was a one versus one situation!" Jacob yelled before Evie kicked him by the head from her Gunner position.
"Shut up, Jacob." Evie snorted with an unladylike manner.
"Did I hit a spot, sis?" Jacob tried his luck in which gave him another kick to the rear of his head. "Agh! My nose!" He held his nearly broken nose. "Damn you, Evie."
"Keep up the talk and you'll lose more than a nose." Evie gestured.
"Everyone...calm down." Grace tried to stop the heat.
"Oh, I'm-ACK!" Another kick from Evie caused Jacob to get his head smacked into the wheel. "Ahhhhhhh, I think I got my nose broken with a few teeth loose."
"Well, that's enough violence for one day."
"Now I understand why I was kicked out from Saint Gloriana." Grace pinched the bridge of her nose. The Comet Cruiser tank just sat by a bush as it spotted the Super Pershing. "Pfft, the Super Pershing's spotted!" Loud enough for the Löwe crew to hear it.
"Good, where is it?" Came in the voice of Fey.
"Ummmm, yeah, it's coming towards us." Grace muttered out.
"Ummm, coming towards us." Olivia spouted. "We're covered, aren't we?" The comet from the outside was seen by a bush, which was in a clearing of the forest. "Yeah, who's idea was it again?"
"Jacob's." Came in the deadpan response of the Gunner and Commander.
"Yeah, I was kinda expecting them not to spot us."
"It's a lose and win situation at this moment." Grace pointed out. "So what are you waiting for!? Floor it!" Jacob recoiled, but quickly complied before flooring the gas as the tank jumped forth and began to speed towards the Pershing.
"Circle it!" Grace shouted as the Pershing stopped and began to turn its turret and hull to get a shot into the British tank.
"Fire!"
"On the way!" A blast of the OQF 77mm Gun Mk II came in before ricocheting off the sides. "It bounced!"
"Yeah, we're having no hope on penning its side when it clearly has additional spaced armor by its side and tracks." Grace muttered out. The sides of the Pershing were furnished with additional side armor of the Centurion Series. "Jacob?"
"Yeah?"
"Get us out of here!" The Commander yelled, Jacob grinned.
"Thought you never asked." He quickly switched gears and sped up. The Comet quickly retreated back into the forest, with agility by its side, it began to create a path around the trees before swerving left and right. "Play me some Eurobeat, sis!"
"Hmph, considering how you act take no as an answer." Evie scowled as she turned the turret towards the rear. AP shells loaded, the shell quickly blasted and zoomed into the Super Pershing, the shell collided with the layered spaced armor. The shell naturally bounced off the frontal plates. "They need to nerf the frontal armor of the Super Pershing!"
"Nah, do that, we'll be chased down by a Pershing with extra armor." Jacob retorted as he suddenly switched to the lower gear and drifted to dodge a shell. "Instinct's good, right?"
"Yeah, we're getting shot by a fast gun, by the way." Grace commented, looking at the rapid firing 90mm T15E1 gun.
"They got a good Loader." Olivia complimented.
(T26E4 Super Pershing)
"Aachoo!" Lian sneezed out loud, the other crew members flinched at the sound.
"Geez, Lian. Can't you keep it down?" Liam complained as he looked through the periscope.
"Can't I change the gears?" Dusk asked with an annoyed tone.
"Dude, just because we're like Master Tankers, doesn't mean we have to kick their asses." Liam lectured slowly, Dusk growled in response, but sighed, giving out a poker face.
"It's not kicking their asses, Liam." He started with a smirk. "It's just showing them who's superior and who is not. Simple as that."
"Wait, nonononono. You see, when we deal with highschool students riding tanks, we give them the easy mode."
"But easy mode is where we kick asses and such. Hard mode is when we spank asses and take names." Dusk countered.
"Wait, what, Dusk, you're being an idiot here."
"No, I believe it's what we are doing is idiotic." Dusk shot back.
"Seems like another Soviet Womble confrontations." Shinichi snickered before taking a sip of his sprite bottle.
"Yeah, shut up, dumbass."
"Who ya calling a dumbass, siscon!" Dusk called out as he floored the gas.
"Shut the fuck up with that siscon crap!" Liam barked out.
The engine of the Super Pershing with an additional 300hp on the Super Pershing revved up. Adding a car part into the engine of a tank was no easy job, but it was possible. A supercharger, a turbo and a tuned up engine helped the tank accelerate and increase its top speed. Exceeding 40km/hour and reaching the speed of 60km/hour, but there was one downside of it, the engine becomes a lot more easier to catch fire.
Additional reliable parts ensured that the engine wouldn't catch on fire and the fuel tank was reinforced up a bit, causing the tank to weight a little more than before. But nonetheless, the tank began to pick up speed, exceeding its speed limit and began to give chase of the speeding comet. "Hehehehe, now's the time for the fun to end." Dusk chuckled darkly.
"Load HE for superior American gun to British tank rear action." Shinichi grinned as he quickly took a look by the lenses.
"HE loaded." Lian stated as he punched the Shell into the gun before closing the hatch.
"Fire!" Liam barked as he saw the Comet went for a straight line.
"On the way!" Shinichi quickly pulled the trigger. The gun recoiled backwards. The shell was sent flying and the case was shot backwards and out of the barrel.
(A34 Comet)
"Hey, everything alright!?" Fey yelled through the radio.
"Umm, kinda? Actually no. The SuperPershing's faster than we thought." Olivia scrambled through in panic. "We need help ASAP!"
"Yeah, we're coming."
"Good!" Olivia chirped out as Grace looked out of the hatch. A distinct whistle caught in her ear.
A shell flying. HE. Flying towards them. "Jacob, evasive maneuver now!"
"Gotcha, chief!" Jacob quickly threw the wheel to the right as the comet made a quick drift turn out of the way of the HE shell that soon came into contact with a cold plate of metal. "Hah! The Puma Team's here!"
"Oh yeah!" Jacob grinned, making their way back towards the crossfire. "Forward!"
"Wait wait wait! Jacob! Turn around now!" Too late. An excessively fast reloading time of the SuperPershing quickly sent an HE shell towards them and blew up by their tracks as the Comet was sent to its side, the white flag signaled their elimination. "Ow...Everyone alright?" The whole crew nodded in response. "That's a relief."
A34 Comet eliminated
Final Score: 74
(Löwe)
"Darn! We came a tad bit too late!" Fey commented as Shirou aimed the gun.
"Loading APCR!" Melvin yelled as he pushed the shell into the barrel. "Shell loaded!"
"Fire!" The Commander, Kazuki yelled out.
"Yosh, on the way!" The red-head gunner barked before firing the shell, the barrel recoiled, smoke poured out of the end of the barrel and let out its shot. A quick blast towards the lower plate got the Pershing, but was it enough?
Nope. Not even close. The shell hit the ground just below the Super Pershing.
"Damn it! Load another!"
"Hao(Alright)! Loading!" Taking out the APCR shell from the rack slowly, he began to push the shell through before closing the hatch, exactly when the SuperPershing fired an AP and scratched the paintjob.
"Oh man, not the paintjob!" Kanzaki wailed at the sound of metal grinding through the side.
"APCR loaded." Melvin stated, Muto didn't hesitate to call the shots.
"Fire!"
"On the way!" The shell missed the tank's exposed turret armor by an inch before the Pershing let out a bellow from its barrel. The two tanks continued to rush forward. "Ano...anyone has an idea?"
"I got one!" Kanzaki grinned, Kazuki followed the boy. "Ready, cap?"
"Forward! Ramming speed!" The Commander barked.
"Oh crap." Melvin muttered. The gears changed as Kanzaki floored the pedal. 1000hp from the engine powered the whole system as the engine pistons began to pump faster. The weight of the tank, 100 tons with a whopping 150mm frontal armor caused the T26E4 to stop.
(T26E4 Super Pershing)
"...So, what now?" Dusk asked with a grin. Liam sighed as well as the whole crew except Dusk.
"One thing, forward! RAMMING SPEED!"
"AHAHAHAHAHA! THOUGHT YOU'D NEVER ASKED! RAMMING SPEED!" Putting the gear into the highest number, he quickly floored the gas pedal and charged.
"I don't want to have a broken gun now, turn the turret to face the back!" Liam barked.
"Hmhmhmhm, yokai, kaichou." Shinichi began to turn the turret towards the rear before Liam looked through the periscope, the gun of the German puma began to take aim.
"Oh fuck! Turn it back! Turn it back!"
(Back in the Löwe)
"Now! Aim for the turret!" Kazuki yelled in enthusiasm. The T26E4 was now charging at them, but exposed the rear of the turret and was now trying to cover it.
"Yokai!" Shirou quickly took aim at the turret in which tried to traverse back. "Take this!" Pressing the 'fire' button, the shell case quickly ejected itself out of the barrel through the hatch with the shell flying towards the T26E4 SuperPershing before hitting it marked by the side. "Yatta!"
"Nice job, guys!" The Commander laughed as the American Heavium popped out a white flag.
"And I thought that you guys were insane enough to ram a heavium." Melvin sighed.
"That was originally the plan, but since the turret turned, who am I to say 'no' to an opportunity?" Kazuki grinned. The Loader can only shake his head in response.
T26E4 Super Pershing Eliminated
Löwe: Final Score: 100
(M60 Patton)
"Hey, Asuka-san?" Mako called out the Commander, who turned to the Loader.
"Yeah, Mako?"
"Are you sure that we should keep this tank?" The girl asked, Asuka cupped her chin.
"Well, we did get a few prototypes into the storage lately. Why not try that for a start?" Asuka suggested.
"Well, I would try the T95E2, but meh, whatever floats your boat." Mako replied with a smile. The Commander giggled before she looked out of her periscope.
"Where are they?"
(MT-25)
"Woohoo! MT-25 here, nothing much going on!" Ivana cheered as the MT-25 light tank began to scoot around the plains.
"Don't be too cocky. We're dealing with a Post World War Two Tank." Lisa snorted in response.
"Da da, Commander." Ivana nonchalantly shrugged off as her Commander sighed at the bubbly Russian girl. "You really are too strict..." She mumbled childishly.
"You can't fault the Commander, Ivana. She is always like that after all." Dasha smirked as she looked out through her optics. Mila giggled at the conversation as the Commander snorted at their antiques.
"M60 Patton sighted. 500 meters from us. 12 o'clock. Let's bring their attention to us." Lisa called out to her team.
"Da, Commander." Dasha quickly turned the wheel towards the Post-War American tank.
"Load AP magazine!" Ivana quickly left her compartment before she began to load the magazine into the gun.
"Ready, comrades?" Lisa smirked as Ivana finished reloading the gun.
"Gun's locked and loaded!" Ivana chirped out, Mila quickly got to the gunner scope.
"Fire!"
"On the way!" The 57mm ZiS-4 began to unload its magazine as each shell began to buzz towards the M60.
(M60 Patton)
"Apparently, they've begun their assault." Asuka smirked. "Airi, turn the turret ninety degrees to the left."
"Yokai." Airi began to turn the turret as she looked through the gunner's scope. "Firing." The first 105mm shell came out of the barrel before it began to make its way towards the Moto-Tank-25 as it evaded the shell by a mere centimeter.
"That shot missed."
"Well, damn." Asuka blinked as the MT-25 continued their assault of puny shells at the tank in which only bounced off the sides. "Load HE!"
"Loading!" Mako yelled as she pushed an HE Shell right into the rammer before slamming the rammer shut. "HE Shell loaded!"
"Fire!"
"On the way!" The gun recoiled backwards as the shell was lobbed at the light tank.
"Wait, where's the swedish?"
(Strv 103-0)
"The wind's neutral. Weather's calm. The temperature's neutral. Good to fire!" Adam gave out a thumbs up. The prototypical Stridsvagn 103 was in its travel mode as the M60 was indeed in a perfect position, so the Swedish tank doesn't need to use its siege mode.
"Fire!" Alfa yelled at Adrian, who grinned at the order.
"Alright, firing!" Adrian quickly fired the cannon as the 105mm cannon fired its AP shell at the M60. The shell ricocheted off the turret as the turret halted from its supposed movements, the top periscope began to move as Alfa cringed.
"Skit…"
"Reverse! Reverse!" The tank quickly moved backwards as the M60 aimed its gun at it before it was trinkled by a shower of shells from the MT-25. "We'll have to rethink our strategy!"
"No shit, sis!" Adrian yelled as he continued to drive the tank away.
"This is Stridsvagn, abort the operation, we're moving-SKIT!" The tank was immobilized by a quick shell embedding itself on the rear of the tank.
Stridsvagn 103-0 Eliminated
Score: 68
(M60 Patton)
"One tank down. Where's the other one?"
"Mmm, I think it's behind our rear…" Akame sighed as the tank was set ablaze by a few shots on the engine's compartment.
"Well, it was fun. But the Strv 103-0 could've been a lot better than just now."
"Uhum. Scoring?" Airi asked with a sweet smile.
M60 Patton Eliminated
Moto-Tank-25(MT-25): Score: 100
"Guess even for Unicums, we're not really up for the New Generation huh?" Liam smirked before getting his head smacked from behind.
"I went easy on them and your plan is stupid like always."
"They mostly work, mind you." Liam snorted at his twin, the other two just snickered as the two continued bickering upon each other.
"So…how are we going to do this?" Anzu asked as she looked at the blank blackboard. "What's the strategy to win this tournament?"
"Well, for starters." Louise gazed onto the President. "All we have currently are random tanks from random nations. They all have weaknesses and their own advantages. We could work those out, considering our numbers. The only thing we should worry about are the tanks that our enemies have, which are quite abundant to say the least."
"What are the maximum numbers for every schools actually?" Anzu questioned, Louise blinked as she looked through the list of information that Shinichi handed to her.
"...About fifty tanks. You can only have up to eight tier eight tanks and two tier nine tanks. No tier ten until the last round." Louise answered. "The only thing we know about the veterans that are given to each school is that they can only have tier eight tanks and no other tanks, both lower or higher than the given tier."
"So, that aside, what's the biggest threat to us?" Anzu gave out another question, causing Louise to sigh and read the list of schools.
"Currently saying we got a chance of meeting Viking Fisheries High School, Waffle Academy, Yogurt Academy, Maginot Girl's Academy, Koala Forest Academy, Continuation High School, Chi-Ha Tan Academy, Bonple High School, Blue Division High School, BC Freedom School, Saunders University High School, Anzio High School, Pravda High School, Kuromorimine High School and the Saint Gloriana High School. Out of all of them? I'm worried about facing the Kuromorimine than anything else."
"Alrighty then, let's get to the point. Who's the one to choose which school goes up with which?"
"That would be...our Representative Clans and a Representative from our school." Louise answered.
"Welp, Momo, good news." Anzu grinned at the glass-wearing girl. "You're the Representative of our school."
"Wait-what!?" The whole team stared at her before they faulted backwards.
"This ain't going to go down well, is it?" Jacob asked before taking out his handkerchief and wiped some of his sweat.
"I'll say…" Kanzaki added in.
"H-How about we give it our best?" Grace tried to defuse the situation.
"That's one way to defuse the situation." Ran sighed before she looked at the other teams.
"Guess we'll have to train depending on the situation." Don voiced in his opinion.
"Mhm…" Anzu nodded before she clapped her hands. "That's all for now. You're all dismissed."
"So, Liam-nii-chan's out now?" Leah asked with a tilt of her head to her older brother, Lian, who sighed at his little sister.
"Yes, Leah. Louise, can you cook dinner?" Lian asked with a monotone voice.
"Ummm, yes?" Said pinkette give out an unsure voice. "I-I mean yes, I can."
"Good, now don't poison the food." Lian turned to the garage door before he went in and closed the door behind him.
"Poison the food?" Louise tilted her head to her adoptive brother. "Leah, do I poison the food when I cook them?"
"You made onii-chan sick that time. You kinda got mom sick and got her to the clinic for a check-up and turns out you got a bit of...you know what, nee-chan? Forget it…" Leah muttered in annoyance.
"Eh?" Louise blinked at her sister, who pouted and looked away from her.
"But I do wonder...where is nii-chan?"
"Soooooooooooooo…" Liam trailed off as he and Asuka got to Asuka's apartment, just for their date, Liam's food and beverage were enough to make the date romantic enough.
"You're trying to not be awkward, are you?" Asuka asked him with a taunting smirk.
"E-Eh, w-well, that would be accurate…" Liam blushed at the girl.
"Don't be nervous, Commander." Asuka smiled cheerily before Liam glanced towards the female Commander. "Cheer up a bit."
"I would...if you…" Liam trailed off, Asuka tilted her head before he finished. "Call me, Liam."
Asuka stiffened as she looked away with a pair of red cheeks. "U-Uh, I-I don't think I shoul-"
"Asuka." Liam grabbed hold of the girl, who was basically panicking in her mind. "I like you."
Steam came out of her ears as her eyes went blank. "E-E-Eh? L-Liam. I-I'm...I-I'm not good enough for-Eh?"
"Shhhh." He put a finger on the woman's lips. "I never thought you were that embarrassed when I confess to you…"
"U-Uhhh...I-I thought I was the one, who should say that…" She poked her index fingers to one another.
"Nah, I don't think you should be the one saying that." Liam smiled at her. "You don't have that much in you to actually confess."
"Wha-What did you say?" Asuka's face reddened in embarrassment.
"Calm down, you're not going to be a good house wife if you keep this attitude." Asuka stiffened in her place before she sighed and got her head looking down in shame.
"G-Gomenasai…it's just that…"
"Senshado Pride?" Liam asked with a stoic look, if his concerned tone didn't give it away. "Look, Asuka...it's not about pride for about a few years now. I think it's best if you set that aside now."
"...I guess…I can…" Liam smiled at her.
"Atta girl, I knew you could do it." Asuka blushed before Liam gestured her. "Eat up, we still got things to do tomorrow, but try and enjoy every moment we have, alright?"
"Yeah…" The two began to eat their food, while thinking about their distant future.
(After School Match Up)
"Alright, I'm sick of this." Liam muttered out, he was with his Asuka, Miho's crew and Louise's crew in the UN's carrier fleet, the USS Midway's Leclerc Cafe. "Asuka-chan…"
"No." The woman quickly declined before Liam finished his question.
"Meanieee…" Liam childishly chided. The two crews looked at the two lovers.
"I never thought that Liam-san is this hopeless in certain situations." Saori commented as Leah poked her brother by the cheek with a stick she randomly found.
"Nii-chan, wake up."
"I'm not in the mood, Leah-chan…" Liam muttered out.
"What happened?" Louise asked with curiosity.
"Well." Asuka interjected before she wore a pair of reading glasses with a blue frame. "Not much, but something did happen…" She shrugged. "But it's not worth noting or talking about."
"Asuka, can you order something for me?" Liam asked with a wail.
"...Fine, just this once." Asuka pressed the M10 Wolverine tank figure as it shot its gun.
"Ehhhh, it can shoot!" Yukari noted as she looked at the figure.
"Of course, it can…" Liam grouchily spoke up. "It's basically the technical need for every tank cafe."
"Mhm…On a sidenote, here comes the waitress." A young lady approached them before asking their orders. The waitress left as Liam continued to lie down the table with his face still down.
"So, how are the two of you getting along?" Rin asked with a cheerful smile.
The couple merely gave the girl a pair of annoyed looks. "Urusei." The two stated in unison.
"E-Ehhhhhhh." The girl deflated as she pouted at the couple. "Meanies…"
"Beanie." Liam retorted back as he slumped down on the table top. A whistle went by as a military truck came out of the tunnel and went to the table, on the cargo spots were cakes shaped like tanks.
"Woah, a Dragon Wagon." Yukari chirped out as Ran silently drools over the sight of the cakes.
"And Ran's acting like Ran." Liam snickered in before he looked over his Samsung S8 Plus. "...Sometimes this is shit…" He sighed when he put the phone away.
"Liam…" The man slowly turned to his lover or soon-to-be-fiance, who looked at him with a pair of glistening and cheerful eyes and a sadistic smile covering her face.
"O-Oi!" The male shuddered as the woman cracked her fists.
"Hmph, you better shut that mouth of yours, Commander…" Asuka stated with a stern voice.
"Right'o, right'o-We got company." His cheery and laid back voice went missing as a pair of Tank Commanders came in with Miho muttering.
"Onee-chan?"
To be continued...
And I'm done. Sorry, lost motivation and...finally got Su-152...currently grinding to ISU-152 and it's a pain...but yes, I've finally done this chapter...and...the next one...ehehehehe...I'll be working on it...promise, I just got a lot of sh*t to deal with after my graduation...to third class, one more year...fml...see ya, guys next chapter...