This is my first fanfic, so al criticism is welcome. Thanks- Fanfic Rommel
Senshado. Tankery. Panzerfahren. Whatever you call it, it's still the same. The sport in Japan where World War 1, inter-war, and World War 2 tanks are used to create and form strong and independent wives through middle school, high school, university, and professional leagues, overlooked by the Senshado Federation. Following the defeat of Kouromorimine, which was gunning for their tenth consecutive win, to Pravda in the 62nd National High School Senshado Tournament and before the 63rd Tournament, a small school hailing from Ooarai revived their old Senshado team and made Miho Nishizumi, former Kouromorimine vice-commander, as their overall commander. After a defeat against St. Gloriana in a practice match, Ooarai and its small, ragtag team would win every match after; their practice match against Maginot, and the tournament matches in which their numbers increased) against Saunders, Anzio, Pravda, and even Kouromorimine-all at a numerical disadvantage-engraving their title as a real-deal Senshado team and saving their school from being shut down.
In light of this underdog story, the Senshado Federation allowed schools to join Senshado, regardless of the genders of their students, but only if the school will provide its own team, funds, and school carrier. No schools have tried and lived long enough to gain recognition from the other schools, lest have a team to decently compete with. Now, a ground-based school under the name of Musical Unity High will try their hand at Senshado. Their plan: to jump between the official carriers to house and teach their team and students, while earning money by performing concerts under the name of "Musical Corps", funding their team and eventually will buy a carrier. Their team: 3 light tanks, 3 medium tanks, 2 heavy tanks, and 2 tank destroyers from the nations of America, Germany, Japan, Britain, and Russia, 2 tanks from each. Five male commanders, five female commanders, from which 2 overall commanders rule.
Now that you know this, would you please accept our proposal of- "Hold it right there!" From the side, out of the way of the projection of the scrolling text boxes, emerges a boy, who's features and uniform are distorted b the projection. "Now why, oh why, aren't they introducing us, Liz?" On the other side, a girl walks into the projection's image, also distorted by the projection, but visibly shorter than the boy. "Would the audience like us to introduce ourselves?" Before the audience could answer, she says, "Alright then!" The projector is shut off, the lights are turned on, and the banner is lifted behind the two students, whose features are now visible.
The boy, standing straight and tall, has neck-length orange hair and pale skin with brown eyes. His uniform consists of a wood-brown button overcoat with a white undershirt and red tie, which is tucked in, and brown pants and black shoes. Wedged between him and his left arm sits a bag labeled "seeds-DO NOT TOUCH". "I am Charley Herring, and I am the male commander for Musical Unity's Tankery team." The girl is a bit shorter and has dirty-blond hair, along with glasses, which shine white due to the reflection of the light on them. Her uniform is similar to Charley's, but instead of pans she wears a knee-length brown skirt, black calf-length stockings and black shoes. "And I am Elizabeth Brandt, the female commander of Musical Unity's Panzerfahren team." She turns directly to the audience, removing the shine on her glasses and revealing her cobalt-blue eyes. "And these are our fellow commanders!" They say in unity as they both step to the side. "Introducing Jonas Cullen," Charley announces as an equally-tall boy emerges, squinting at a copy of the text boxes. "So what is this 'Oo-are-aye'?" Instead of wearing the undershirt under the overcoat, he completely discarded the overcoat, making him look like he just got home. He has brown hair and green eyes, accompanied with fair skin. "It's pronounced 'Oh-are-eye', and it's the school we're at." Charley answers, prompting an "Ooooooh" from Jonas. "And Amy Taylor-Davis," Announced, this time, by Elizabeth while a shorter red-head appeared behind her. "Now that's stupidity if I've ever seen it." She jeers at Jonas, who responds. "Shut it, Ginger!" Jonas provokes. "I'm not ginger!" The fight would have gone on longer if both the overall commanders didn't shut their mouths with their hands. "And Karl Gros," Announces Charley, taking his turn in the announcements, prompting another student, male, to walk out from Charley's side and speak. "I thought you two said to keep it short n' sweet? And what else? I've got to make more of these for each of the schools!" He rants, revealing to be the one who wrote the text in the scrolling text boxes. "Don't worry, we won't bore the readers with those things every school, we just needed one for our intro." "Wait, what do you-" "Anyway," Interjects Elizabeth, marking her turn to announce. "we also have Caroline Jackson," As Elizabeth says Caroline's name, Caroline appears. A tall, blond-haired woman who wears her uniform without her tie and undershirt, saying the multiple layers are "too tight" on her chest. "Please, stop fighting, everyone..." She says solemnly, her brown eyes showing her concern. With it being Charley's turn, he continues. "Don't forget Nicholas Kuznetsov," Nicholas literally slides past Charley onto the stage, using his socks to limit the friction between the floor and him. Before Nicholas could slide off the stage, Elizabeth grabs his collar and slides him back to Charley, who catches him. Nicholas didn't have his shoes on, nor his tie and overcoat, and slowly and carefully stepped behind the other males on Charley's side. Now it was Elizabeth's turn. "I've ran out of words now, so I'm just going to say her name; Regina Sokolov," Behind Elizabeth emerges Regina, a tall woman with jet-black hair, and is one of the few Senshado members to wear her uniform completely correct. She simply said nothing in greeting. Instead, she waved, her piercing blue eyes staring at the entire audience. "And our only brother-sister pair-" "One that wishes to come out together-" "Please welcome," Charley and Elizabeth bounced off each other's announcements. "Takanaka and Takari Hayai!" They both say in unison as two people emerge from a trapdoor in the center of the stage, revealing 2 twins with jet black, straight, shoulder-length hair and the correct uniform, with tags on their chests to distinguish the two. "Yeah, we can't tell what gender they are, so they stay in the middle from the male and female sides." Informs Charley, answering the thought-questions of the audience.
Now, with all the commanders out and introduced, they assume a V-formation, with Charley and Elizabeth up front. "So, whaddya say, Ooarai, will you take us and 200 more to stay here for a few weeks?" Asks Charley. "How about a vote. Raise your hand for nay." Five hands rise; Sodoko, Gamoyo, Pazomi, Mazoe, and Sadoka. "And for aye?" Most of the students raise their hands, though most of those are just confused at this random group of people and themes, kinda like a few people they know of...
With the majority for aye, Elizabeth concludes. "Alright! We will see your Panzerfahren team and get ourselves acquainted for the next few weeks. Auf Wiedersehen!" And with that, the curtains to the stage close, and the student council come up. "We will now assume our normal classes for the rest of the day." President Anzu Kadotani says, which makes all the students, which have been sitting down on the floor, get up and leave, discussing about the new people and what to expect in the coming year or two.