AN: Hey Everyone! 117Jorn here with another fic for all of you! And as you can guess, this one is for the new popular anime, Girl Und Panzer! I guess the anime caught my attention, so I decided to give a fic a try. Hope you all enjoy it!

"Talking"

'Thinking'

"Radio"

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City Carrier Ōarai

Pacific Ocean

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Anzu Kadotani sighed as she sat back in her chair in the meeting room of the Student Council. It had been a long, long week for her, and to be honest it was starting to look that it was going to be even longer. Anzu was a girl of about 17 years old, with long reddish brown hair which was tied into two ponytails and reddish brown eyes, and wearing the uniform of the Ōarai Girls High School... though if things continued as they were, it might be meaningless.

Just a few months ago, the Headmaster of the High School had given her and the Student Council very, very bad news: They were shutting down the school, since they lacked the funding required to keep the school going that has very little active programs, and to keep their City Carrier functioning properly.

However, Anzu came up with the idea to save the school: Bringing back the Tankery Course, which was removed from Ōarai nearly twenty years ago, why they did that she didn't know, however she did know that this may be the last chance they have to save their school.

At first, she thought it would be nearly impossible to make this work. The school had sold off most of the more useful tanks, and only a handful of tanks that could be used were scattered throughout the carrier, and only a few of them were worth the while of salvaging.
She had nearly given up hope... but then a miracle happened, a new student had arrived at their school, none other than Miho Nishizumi, a descendant of the Nishizumi Family who had always held pride in Tankery, she even participated in the last Championship Tankery Battles last year, however after her team was defeated because she abandoned her tank to save the lives of another Tank crew that fell in the lake, she transferred over to their school to get away from Tankery.

As much as she hated to do it, Anzu had to manipulate Miho to participate in their Tankery Course with a threat. However from the looks of it, things were slowly beginning to turn out for the better, the new teams were being assembled, the tanks were being repaired, and recently during a practice match with the St. Glorian Girls Academy, though they lost the match, they managed to take out four out of five of the Glorian Tanks.

Miho was good, and she was getting good results... but it wasn't enough. Many of the other schools had superior tanks, superior training, and superior experience than they did. If they get in a fight with any of the major schools like Kuromorimine Woman's College, Pravda High School, or even Sander's University, they would be in trouble.

She had placed all of her hopes on Miho leading them to victory, but even she had a few doubts.

However, recently something interesting happened. She received a call from another school, the Knightsburg Academy. They said they had a way that could assist the Ōarai Tankery Class considerably, which would help both of their schools in the long run. The President of their Student Council was on his way to their City Carrier, to discuss more of this in person.

Anzu immediately had her fellow student council members look up everything they could about Knightsburg Academy. It was one of the very few schools which were not based off of a City Carrier like Ōarai, and were stationed near Charleston South Carolina in America. It didn't say why they were not on a carrier, it could be they didn't have the fundings or they simply enjoyed being on actual ground than on a carrier over the sea.

However, she put that aside as she discovered some interesting information about Knightsburg. Their headmaster, and their current President were related to the owners of Liberty Electronics.

Liberty Electronics was a Multinational company founded and created in America, one of its purposes is constructing, purchasing, and selling of Armored Vehicles like tanks for Tankery and Sensha-dō, in fact they were the first company to ever do so ever since Tankery first started. Since then other companies have been formed or modified to manufacture such tanks, but Liberty remained as one of the largest, selling tanks from different sides of the world from American, Japanese, German, Italian, Russian and more.

For Anzu, this was a golden opportunity that was too good to pass up. If they could get on the President's good side, and Knightsburg as a whole, they may be able to gain access to their stockpiles of high grade tanks. She had recently been informed the President had arrived at the Carrier, and was on his way to her office at this very moment.

"Madam President?" The Intercom in the room suddenly turned on, as the voice of her Vice President, Yuzuko Koyama. "The President of Knightsburg is here, shall I send him in?"

Anzu took a deep breath 'Alright, be calm, don't jump, and just act normal.' she thought "Yes, send him in please." She said as she folded her hands in front of her face.
A few moments passed, and the front door of her officer opened as Yuzuko, a 17 year old girl with medium length dark brown colored hair tied into a bushy ponytail, dark brown eyes and possessing a very buxom body stepped in first, and was soon followed by someone else.

The man in question appeared about a year older than Anzu herself, at about 18 years old. He stood at a surprisingly tall 6'1, with short military crew cut blond hair and dark blue eyes which shone in experience, and kindness. He was wearing a Military-ish uniform, that being a darkish blue uniform with a long sleeved shirt and pants, which were trimmed with some red and white striped, and a small blue cap on his head (AN: Just imagine Welkin's uniform from Valkyria Chronicles).

Upon stepping inside, and approaching Anzu, the man bowed in respect "Its a pleasure to meet you Kadotani-sama," he said in perfect Japanese, which surprised both her and Yuzuko. "I am John Cypher, President of the Knightsburg Student Council."

Getting over her initial surprise, Anzu smiled in return and bowed as well "A pleasure to meet you, Cypher-sama." She said in Japanese as well, before switching back to english "But don't worry, we're all very fluent in english here."

John smiled and nodded "I can see that," he said, before he accepted a seat Yuzuko offered as he sat across from Anzu."I must say, you have quite an office here. You must take great pride in your work."

Anzu nodded "Yes, I love working for the student council," she said smiling "I care about this school so much, I just want to see it succeed... that's why I brought back the Tankery Class, so Ōarai High will succeed."

"And considering the... situation you are in," John added, causing her to stiffen "Yes, we know very well the situation your High School is in, regarding what happens if you don't win the Finals to the Championship. And as I said over the phone, I have a solution to your problem which will benefit both of our schools."

Anzu leaned forward on her desk "I'm listening," she said.

John smiled as he leaned back in his own chair "You see, I have decided to give Knightsburg its own Tankery Program, similar to your own." he said, "Getting Tanks, students to operate them, and getting them proper training isn't our problem, but its more transportation and support... you see as you know, Knightsburg is one of the few schools which is not based off of a City Carrier like yours, so getting from place to place will be difficult. So considering your school's situation, I have this proposition: The Knightsburg Tankery Club will be transferred to Ōarai's Tankery Club, they will operate under your jurisdiction and be considered part of the Ōarai team during the Championship. If our respective clubs make it to the finals, it will draw attention to both of our schools. In return for this, we can assist in supplying your own tank forces with proper upgrades and so, as well as assisting in training their crews, and we may be able to supply you with new tanks as well."

He then reached for his briefcase, and pulled out a piece of paper "As a show of good faith, we wish to give you two tanks straight off of Liberty's production line." he said, handing her the image of two tanks. "A Type 1 Ho-Ni Tank Destroyer, and a Type 1 Chi-He Medium, free of charge, even if you decide not to accept the deal."

Anzu and Yuzuko's eyes widened as they saw the tanks, and at the offer John had proposed to them. For Anzu, it was almost too perfect. They were offering fresh tanks right off their production lines, and they were giving them access to their own Tankery Club. It was a perfect win-win situation, it was almost too good to be true.

Once she recovered from her initial shock, she looked at John and smiled "This... this offer is almost too good to be true." she said, however her eyes narrowed ever slightly "What is it you are not telling us?"

John smiled a bit at that "There is one more thing," he said, "However, it shouldn't affect either of our schools negatively. You see... I am hoping to turn Knightsburg's Tankery club into the first Tankery club... to allow men in their ranks."

Upon hearing that, both Anzu and Yuzuko looked at John as if he just said he created Tankery. "Say what?" Anzu asked, blinking "Men?"

"I checked the rules, and technically there's nothing particularly barring men from joining Tankery." John said with a shrug, "It just hasn't been done before yet, and when you think about it there should be no reason men shouldn't be allowed. I don't mean to sound Sexist when i say this, but men have operated tanks for far longer than women have ever since world war one, and they still do today in the militaries of the world."

Anzu and Yuzuko blinked again, as they glanced at one another "Well... he does have a point," Yuzuko said, "Men have operated tanks before women ever did, and I read the rules, and technically there's nothing say men can't participate in Tankery."

Anzu sighed as she looked back at John "You do realize that Ōarai is an all-girls school, right?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Yes, but the men who arrive here won't have to be in your standard classes," John reassured, "They can easily take their Knightsburg Classes online, if you want to avoid any trouble. The only classes that they would take in your school would be anything that involves Tankery."

Anzu sighed as she looked up, and weighed her options. On one hand, it could cause some controversy having men in the Ōarai High School's team... however, she didn't want to turn away from all of the help they were giving them. They were going to give them tanks, and people to drive them. And in the end, would it really matter if they were a man or a woman? As long as they could operate a tank, she should gladly accept them.

With one last sigh, she stood up, stared right into John's eyes... and smiled "John Cypher... your offer is simply too good to pass up." she said with a grin "Besides, this should draw a lot of attention to both of our schools! I accept!"

John smiled in return as he reached for another file inside his briefcase "I hoped you'd say that," he said as he handed her the file. "Just sign where it says to sign, and I'll send word to the rest of the club, they should arrive in a few days with their tanks. I work forward to working with you Anzu." Anzu looked at John in surprise "Yes, like you, I will also be driving my own tank with the rest of the Knightsburg team."

Anzu smiled a bit "Then I look forward to seeing how you operate on the field, Mr. Cypher." she said as she began signing the papers while John chuckled.

"Please," he said. "Call me John."

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Three Days Later

Ōarai High School landing pad

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Miho Nishizumi, a 17 year old girl standing at 5'1 with short ear length light brown hair and light brown eyes stood with nearly a dozen other girls in school uniforms at the airfield of Ōarai high school. A few days ago, she and the rest of the Tankery class had just been informed that they were going to be gaining some 'support' in their upcoming Championship, and that they would be arriving today. Anzu only told them the bare details, that they were from another school who couldn't participate in the Championship directly, but they would be fighting alongside Ōarai and under their name.

She didn't mind too much actually, after all they could never have too many tanks and crews to use them. If anything she was practically rejoicing a bit inside, she meant no disrespect to her own teams, but their tanks were amature rate at best, and their skills could still use some polishing. This new school, Knightsburg, could give them the edge they need for when they enter the Championship.

"I can't believe how our luck is changing!"

"We're getting new teams AND new tanks! And to make it more interesting they're from an American land based school!"

These were just some of the opinions of all of the girls, but overall they were looking forward to meeting their new allies for the Championship. Miho smiled a bit, seeing their bright moods. Ever since the practice match with Saint Gloriana, even though they destroyed four out of five of their tanks, they feared their tanks wouldn't be enough to match against the more advanced tanks used by the other schools in the championship. However these new Tankers from Knightsburg have brought new hope to them all, Miho included.

"I can't wait to see what tanks they're bringing!" Said one of Miho's newest friends, and tank expert, Yukari Akiyama. She was a girl her age and height with short shaggy dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. "American Tanks are said to be some of the best!"

"I'm actually wondering who will be driving the tanks myself," Said Hana Isuzu, girl who stood a few inches taller than Miho and Yukari, with long waist-length black hair and black eyes. "I hope they're good enough to help us..."

"I'm sure they'll be fine!" Said Saori Takebe, a girl who was also their age and height, and had long shoulder length wavy ginger colored hair and light brown eyes."We just gotta have a little bit of faith!" She then glanced at their last member and sighed as she elbowed her "Mako-chan, stay awake!"

The last member of Miho's tank team, Mako Reizei, a girl who stood a few inches shorter than the rest of them, and had long back length black hair and sleepy dark brown eyes, yawned as she tried to stay awake "They should be here already..." she muttered. "You guys made me get up early for a bunch of girls who'd be late."

"Now now Mako-chan, they'll be here." Anzu said as she walked in front of them, along with Yuzuko, and Momo Kawashima, a woman standing at 5'3 with short black hair and black eyes, and wearing a single Eyeglass over her right eye. "They are on their final approach now, they'll be landing soon."

Miho then decided to ask the question which was on all of their minds "Anzu-san, what is it your not telling us about them?" She asked, "You've only told us their getting us support."
Anzu giggled a bit "You'll see soon enough," she said as she looked up, just as the sound of engines were heard above them. Miho and the group looked up, and they saw four Boeing C-17 Globemaster III's on a landing approach.

The four transport aircraft slowly descended down towards the landing pad, as the aircraft gently landed on the runway. Once they fully came to a stop, and parked in perfect formation, their troop bays finally opened.

The moment the bays were down, outside of the first three transports rolled out two tanks, some large and some small, as they all lined up in perfect formation next to the transports, as they rolled on towards them still maintaining formation.

"Awesome!" Yukari said with wide eyes, "An M4A3E8 Easy Eight Sherman, a M10 Wolverine with a 17-Pounder Anti-Tank cannon, a Geschützwagen III/IV Hummel, an M5A1 Stuart VI, an M26 Pershing, and a A43 Black Prince! These are top grade machines!"

"Wow..." Miho said, nodding in agreement at their vehicles "They have the equipment, that's for sure. Guess its time to meet their crews."

She and the others nodded in agreement just as the tanks stopped just in front of them. Their engines were turned off and the hatches of the tanks opened up allowing the crews to disembark. The first thing they noticed were their equipment, and attire. They were wearing different assortments of different uniforms, all seeming to be from the world war II era, from american, to british, russian, german, Italian and more.

However, the second thing they just as quickly noticed, which came as a shock to everyone except for the student council members, were the men that were among them.

"Wha... why are there men with them?" Hana asked, just as surprised as all of the other members of the Tankery Club, even Mako had lost all of her sleepiness as she looked at them with wide eyes.

Anzu smirked as she saw John come out of the Pershing along with his crew, still wearing his uniform.

"That's because they're part of the tank crews," the Student Council woman said, shocking the girls even more.

"NE!?" was the combined response from all the teams.

"W-What?" Yukari asked, "I-Isn't that-?"

"We checked the rules," Yuzuko said with a smile, "Technically, there's no rules saying men can't take part of Tankery or the Championship. And when you think about it, there is no reason why men can't operate tanks, since, let's face it, men have used tanks longer than women have ever since World War I, and men still use modern tanks in the militaries to this day. So why can't they participate?"

"She has a point," said Satoko 'Erwin' Matsumoto, a girl with short blond hair and brown eyes, wearing an almost complete German Tropical Field Marshall uniform. "Rommel was one of the best tank commanders in the world, and he was a man."

"That he was, Matsumoto-san," said a 18 year old boy in a german accent with short crew cut blond hair and blue eyes, his own uniform an actual complete uniform of a German Tropical Field Marshall "Or do you prefer Erwin? I've heard you prefer to be called by the name of my ancestor."

Erwin and the other members of Hippo team blinked as they looked at the boy "Excuse me?" she asked.

The man chuckled as he saluted "Richter Rommel, at your service ma'am," he said, "Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was my ancestor on my mother's side of the family. Pleasure to meet you."

Erwin was flabbergasted at that, but still managed to speak.

"Uhh, likewise," she said, then looked behind Richter, causing the latter to raise an eyebrow. "Umm, I... uhh... which tank is yours sir?"

Richter smirked a bit as he gestured to the Stuart "For not, I must make due with commanding the Stuart of Fox Team." he said, "However, Liberty informed me that my more... custom tank is almost completed, and should arrive sometime after our first match."

"Fox Team?" Miho asked, as she and the other tank commanders stepped forward to meet the Knight commanders.

"Yes," Richter said, "I am the commander of Fox Team, and the Sub-Captain of the whole squad." He gestured to John "John is our overall Captain, and commander of Eagle Team."

"I'm Jaden Takeo," said a 17 year old boy with short spiked black hair and red eyes wearing an old American Military uniform, grinning with his right hand in a peace sign "I'm the Commander of Wolf team, I'm in command of the Wolverine."

"Adam Parker, Commander of Bumblebee Team." Said the 16 year old boy with short lightish brown hair and blue eyes, wearing a british army uniform. "I command the Hummel."

"Maxwell Thompson, Commander of Kiger Team," said a 17 year old boy with red hair in a military crew cut, lime-green eyes, and also wearing OD Tanker's Overalls, and a red beret, "Me and my crew operate the Easy 8 Sherman,"

Mako's who thankfully hadn't fallen asleep, blinked at the name.

"Uhh, what's a Kiger?" she asked, and the Sherman crew chuckled as one of them, a girl wearing an American WW2 infantry uniform, and a woman's visor cap, covering her dark purple dyed hair, and had butterscotch colored eyes, pointed to the turret of the Easy Eight, where painted on the side, was a horse.

"Kiger is the name of a special breed of Mustang Horses in America," she said, "In fact, I was one who came up with the name. Kathleen Winters, but you can call me Kathy, I'm the driver for the Easy Eight,"

After she said this, the crew of the Black Prince, and unlike the other crews, the commander was a girl with dark blonde mid waist length hair, tan skin, bottle green eyes, and wearing a custom dark brown with dark red trim women's uniform (A/N: Think Lydia Agthe's uniform, from VC3 without the cape).

"Abigail Blackthorne, Commander of Gator Team. Do anything funny with my baby, and you will be sorry," she said with a glare.

The girls all nodded quickly at the glare the woman had given them all. "U-Understood!" Said the Commander of Duck Team, Noriko Isobe.

"You'll have to excuse Abby," John said with a chuckle "She takes Tank Maintenance very seriously."

"We can see that!" said Hippo Team's gunner, Kiyomi "Saemonza" Sugiyama.
After the commanders introduced themselves, the rest of the Knightsburg tank crews introduced themselves, while also letting them take a look at their tanks, except for Abby, who didn't anyone, with the exception of her team, near it.

"Cool..." Yukari said as she looked at the Wolverine, "Is that a 17-Pounder Anti-Tank gun on your Wolverine Jaden-san?"

Jaden grinned and nodded "Yup," he said, "She's a new addition I recently made, I thought the Wolf needed a bit more bite than its old 76mm. Though it would technically make it a British Achilles with that, we prefer to keep calling it the Wolverine. She doesn't have the best armor, but she's sure as hell got the teeth and speed."

"You seem to take a lot of pride in your tank Jaden-san," Hana said as she looked at the Tank Destroyer.

Jaden smiled, nodding as he looked at the Wolverine "Yeah, my family comes from a long line of tankers from past wars." he said, "They operated tanks ever since they were first commissioned in World War One, all the way to the modern tank forces of today. My little sister actually took part in the last Championship, she goes too Kuromorimine Woman's School." He then glanced at Miho and smiled "I think you know her pretty well Miho-san," he said, "You did save her and her crews lives during that match."

Hearing that, Miho's eyes widened a bit "Wait... you're Amy's older brother?" she asked in surprise.

"Second oldest actually," Jaden said with a shrug "Matthew's older than both of us. But anyways, for what its worth, it means everything that you saved her Miho-san. For saving her, the Takeo family is forever in your debt."

"I-It was nothing really," Miho said, as her head drooped a bit "Too bad it cost us the whole championship though..." She remembered that incident well. That match with Pravda cost her Kuromorimine's winning streak, her love for Sensha-do, and caused the relationship between herself and her family to be strained.

"Yes, I remember," Jaden said with a nod, but he put a hand on her shoulder as she looked at him. "But that doesn't matter. Sensha-do is an amazing game we all love it in my family, but the lives of our friends and family come first, even if at the cost of victory. You did the right thing Miho, don't let anyone make you think otherwise. You saved four lives that day Miho-san, including my sister's."

Miho's spirits seemed to rise up a bit at Jaden's words, and she smiled at him.

"Thank you, Jaden-san," she said, while said boy smiled.

"You're very welcome. Now, how about I give you girls a tour of our tank, and afterwards you can show us yours," he said, before he remembered something "Ah, right! Almost forgot, we need to show you the first two tanks we're giving to you." He turned to John "Are the Type 1 and 61 still on Transport 4?" he asked.

"Yeah, go ahead and get em out if ya can Jaden." John said, before he began speaking with Anzu.

Jaden turned to Miho and the rest of Anglerfish team and smiled "You girls wanna help me get your two new tanks to the school?" He asked, "You won't be disappointed in them."
Yukari was the first to speak up which answered for all of them.

"Yes, please! We'd love to help you out!" she said, causing everyone around her to sweatdrop.

"Uhh, okay," Jaden said, "Follow me then ladies," he said, and he, Wolf Team, and Anglerfish Team went to the last C-17. As they moved, both John and Anzu looked back, both with smiles of their faces.

"Told you they'd get along great Anzu," John said, and Anzu giggled a bit.

"I never doubted that." She said, "And I look forward to seeing how well our teams work together in the future John-san."

"So do I Anzu-chan," John said, grinning at Anzu who turned her head to hide her small blush.

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Four Days Later

Mainland

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For four days, the two tank forces continued to get to know one another. The girls of Ōarai were actually getting along quite well with the men and women of Knightsburg, each of them going over one another's tanks. Even Abby gave them permission to at least observe her Black Prince. During the early days, they had made it so that John would command the Knightsburg tanks, however Miho would still hold supreme command over all of them, John acting as a Sub-Captain.

In those four days, the two tank forces had gone through several practice matches between the Knightsburg and Ōarai tanks (Which has gained two additional tanks and teams thanks to Knightsburg's donation). Though the Knightsburg tanks held superior tanks, the Ōarai tanks managed to win two out of two battles with the Knightsburg Forces.

Eventually, the day came where they were to draw lots determining who their team would be going against first in the 63rd National High School Tankery Games.

The first match up: Ōarai Girls Highschool vs Sanders College High.

To say Miho was getting nervous was an understatement, as she knew Sanders High was one of the top schools in the Tankery Leagues. Even with the help of their new allies... she had a few doubts.

To keep her spirits bright, Wolf Team, the mechanic and radio operator of the Kiger Team, and Anglerfish Team had gone to a Tank Cafe to get something to eat. They were all sitting around a large table, as Yukari pressed the Tank-shaped button, making the sound of a Tank's cannon going off, which summoned their waitress to them.

"Have you decided your orders?" The Waitress asked as she pulled out a pen and notepad.

"We'll have the cake combos," Hana said smiling "Three Chocolate Cakes, one Strawberry Tart, one Lemon Pie, one Vanilla Cake, and New York Cheesecakes."

The waitress smiled and nodded "Understood!" She said with a salute "They'll be out soon." And then she left.

"So when you press the button, it sounds like a Tank's gun going off." Saori said as she pointed at the small tank-like buzzer as Yukari nodded. "Yeah, and I think the sound itself is from the Type 90's." She said.

"Nothing less from a Tank Cafe," Hana said, just as they heard the sound of several other buzzers going off, signalling that more people were ready to order.

Jaden let out a small chuckle "I love the sound of Tanks firing off their guns in the evening..." he said, just as several small trucks appeared and rolled on their table, each carrying their cakes.

"Hu? What's that?" Saori asked, as they pulled up.

"Dragon Wagons if I recall," Said James Lee, the Wolf Team's Driver, a boy with short brown hair and brown eyes wearing a dark green and black army uniform, he then chuckled as he looked at the Tank-shaped cakes "Gotta admit, the cake tanks look good."

"And their so cute!" Said Kasumi Uzumiha, the Wolf Team's gunner and loader, a 17 year old girl with shoulder length crimson red hair and violet colored eyes, taking the Vanilla Cake tank. "Whoever came up with these tank cakes is brilliant!"

As the group began digging into their cakes, Jaden noticed that as he ate his chocolate cake, Miho had barley taken any bites from her cake. "Miho-chan," Jaden said, "Are you still upset about the lotts?"

Miho drooped her head a bit "Its my fault we're going up against a strong school like Sanders..." she muttered.

Jaden rolled his eyes "They're not powerful, their just rich." he said, "Sanders High has one of the largest tank teams, that is true, but most of their tanks are M4 Sherman variants. Also, the first rounds always limit the tank forces to just ten tanks per team. That means only one of our tanks need to sit out in the fight."

"Jaden has a point Miho-chan," Kasumi said with a nod "Besides, its not your fault, Lotts are drawn at random. If anything, we were lucky to go against Sanders. Their not the strongest school out there, but they're certainly not the weakest either. We shouldn't underestimate them, but we also must not overestimate them."

Miho could smile a bit at the comforting words her new friends were giving her.

"Thanks," she said, then decided to ask, "Say, is it true that Cypher-sama is related to some High Officials in Liberty Industries? I heard they build some of the best tanks from both sides that were used in the past, and that they make them better than the originals,"

Jaden grinned, "I'm not too sure about him being related to someone in Liberty, but I heard they make some of the best tanks in the world. They even built prototype tanks that never saw any action," he said, making Yukari go gaga.

"Wha, Seriously?" Yukari nearly nearly shouted, as Jaden nodded.

"Yup," he said, a grin on his face "A few good examples would be my personal favorite, the T28 Super Heavy Tank, the T29 Heavy Tank, the T30 Heavy Tank, the T20 Medium Tank, and a bunch of others. I heard a rumor they're also trying to build some Panzer VIII Maus' too."

Everyone either laughed or sweatdropped at Yukari's star struck face at the mention of said tanks.

"Oh, I wish I could see them!" she said giddily, as Jaden and Wolf Team just laughed.

"Easy there, tank girl," the Commander said, "You'll get a chance someday, and soon possibly. Back at Knightsburg, their still training more and more tank crews, and getting more tanks from Liberty for them to use. I think we should get our first batch of reinforcements after this match. They said they should have Rhino, Elephant, Grizzly, and Mammoth Teams ready sometime by the end of the month."

"What tanks are they using?" Yukari asked, and Jaden grinned as he waved his finger.

"Its a surprise," he said, "But enough for now, come on let's dig in!"
But as they were about to dig in, they didn't notice two people heading in their direction.

Just after Miho took another bite of her cake, she froze when she heard a familiar voice ask "Sub-Commander?"

She and the others turned, and saw two girls wearing black and grey uniforms. The first was a girl who looked a year or two older than Miho, with hair and eyes very similar to her own, only in darker shades, and the look in her eyes was a large contrast from Miho's cheerful look. The second girl was just as old, and had longer shoulder length grey hair and blue eyes. "Oh, I guess that would be 'Former-Sub Commander' now." The latter girl said with a hint of a smirk on her face.

The first girl's eyes were focused on Miho, who seemed to shrink under her gaze "O'nee-chan..." Miho muttered, causing the others to look at Miho in surprise, before looking at the two women before them.

Maho Nishizumi looked at Miho's team, suspiciously eyeing Jaden and James, before refocusing her gaze at Miho "I didn't think you'd still be doing Tankery." She said in a emotionless tone.

"From what I heard she didn't at first," Jaden said, his eyes narrowed at the two women "But Miho-chan's recently learned there's more to Sensha-dō than winning when lives are at stake."

Maho looked at the man, and her eyes narrowed a bit.

"And who might you be?" she said in the same emotionless voice.

"Jaden Takeo," he said, staring right back at her "Commander of Wolf Team, from the Knightsburg High School. Me and several other teams are working with Ōarai's Tankery club, both to help them win the Championship, and to promote our own school."

Maho's eyebrow, as well as her Sub-Commander's, raised in curiosity at that before they widened when he announced his status as a Tank Commander.

"Wait...You're a tank commander?" said Sub-Commander Erika Itsumi, while looking at him as he nodded his head, "But...But you're a guy!"

Jaden frowned a bit at that, "And what's that suppose to mean?" he said, "It doesn't state in the rulebook that men can't participate in Tankery, its just always been focused on women for some reason. And besides, why shouldn't men be tank commanders? We've operated tanks long before women ever have since world war one, not to mention even today men still command tanks in the modern tank force in the military."

"He has a point," Mako said with a yawn "I checked the rules myself, there's nothing in there that actually bars men from joining Tankery, and I don't see why they should be barred."
Maho looked at Jaden and the rest of the Wolf team, and spotted only girl on the team.

Kasumi saw the Kuromorimine Commander's eyes on her, and shrugged.

"What? I don't have a problem with it," she said, "I actually like having guys in Tankery, its a nice change in the game. It makes it so more people can join, and it draws more attention to Tankery Ask anyone else in the Knightsburg teams, they're all happy about it, and half of them are girls too."

"And we all know that Victory isn't worth it if people get hurt... or worse." Jaden said as he glared at the two women "If it wasn't for Miho-chan, my sister and her friends would probably of all drowned in that match. She's a hero in me and my family's books."

That caused the older sister of Miho, and her sub-commander to blink before regaining their composure and turning to said sister, who winced under her sibling's gaze.

"Let's go," she said simply before she and Erika turned away to leave. Erika glanced back and smirked "You're facing Sanders in the first match," she said, "Make sure you don't lose so badly you end up damaging the Nishizumi-Style name."

Miho winced a bit at that, which became the last straw for Wolf Team and Anglerfish Team "What the hell is your problem?" both Jaden and Saori shouted at the same time, as Hana said "I think you're being very rude, ma'am."

Erika stopped walking "I find you participating in Sensha-dō 'Rude'," she said, before glancing back with a cold stare "You're all from no-name schools, there's an unspoken rule that everyone knows: Schools that will just embarrass Sensha-dō should stay out of the tournament."

Jaden let out a small growl as his hands balled into fists "It'd sure be embarrassing if one of those teams beat the Veterans that all sat around their Ivory towers coming up with that rule." Mako said calmly, as she continued to eat her cake.

The wolf team commander grinned at Mako before looking at Erika and Maho "You heard if from here," he said. "And I can promise you, that we will make it to the finals, and we will be sure to kick your asses all the way back to Berlin!"

Erika just glared at Jaden before smirking as she and Maho turned away "Good luck with that," she said, her voice laced in Sarcasm as they walked out.

"Geesh! What's their problem?" James said, "I never seen arrogance as big as theirs,"

"Erika was always like that," said Miho as she took a small bite from her cake, "Back when I was still in Kuromorimine. Maho and I used to be inseparable until the match with Pravda. Now, she's more hostile to me,"

"Just don't pay attention to them Miho-chan," Jaden said as he and the others sat back down. "They'll learn soon enough that no one is invincible." He glanced at Miho and smiled "But we shouldn't worry about them for now, we should focus more on our match with Sanders. Like my father says: 'Eyes on the Prey, not the horizon'."

Miho returned the smile and nodded, "Thanks, Jaden-kun," she said.

Saori blinked as she looked as she saw the two exchange some words, as well as the small notice of a blush. She then smirked as a plan began to formulate. 'Yes, yes!' she thought, 'I can finally do some genuine matchmaking! After all, they would make a cute couple...' She then giggled in silence as they ordered more cake.

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En-route to Ōarai

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Miho was standing alone on the deck of the transport ship which was taking her and the rest of the Knightsburg and Ōarai Tankers back to their City Carrier ship after a long and enjoyable day at the mainland. The sun was beginning to set over the horizon, and the skies appeared to be glowing red and orange. She looked at the City Carrier in the distance, appearing almost like a picture-perfect image.

She was busy thinking about her encounter with her sister, and Erika. Could they be right? Did they not stand any chance against them? Even with Knightsburg's help, Kuromorimine had some of the best tanks they could afford and some of the best trained crews as well. Could they win against them?

And now she also had to worry about Sanders, though she has fought against them several times in the past back when she was in Kuromorimine, things were very different now.

"Hey, you're not cold out here?" A voice asked, she turned to see Jaden and Yukari step alongside her.

She smiled a bit and shook her head "No, I'm fine." she said.

Jaden looked at Miho, "You still thinking about what Erika said?" He asked, "Trust me, don't. Its not worth it. Besides, we should be focusing more on Sanders, and enjoy the fact we managed to get into the Tournament in the first place!"

Yukari nodded in agreement "Jaden-san's right," she said as she looked out at the horizon "A Sensha-dō Championship... I'm just glad to be a part of it. I get to see other school's tanks, I think the best thing we can do is do our best."

"I know..." Miho said, looking down at the ocean waters "Knowing Sanders, they'll throw out Shermans, that's for sure, but what I don't know is if they'll bring out their Sherman Fireflies... we'd have a way to fight back if I only knew their team composition and formation..."

"If you want my opinion," Jaden said, "Knowing Sanders they will send mostly standard Sherman's, but we should at the very least expect them to bring in one or two Fireflies at most." He then put a hand on her shoulder "Come on Miho, stop worrying so much, we've got time to think of a plan later, for now let's just relax."

Miho sighed, but nodded at that, "You're right, I shouldn't worry so much," she said while Jaden smiled.

"That's good to hear. Come on, let's go back inside, we need to get our tanks ready, and get plenty of rest," he said, and with that they lead Miho back into the transport.

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Meanwhile

Kuromorimine Transport

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Maho was standing outside on the deck of her school's transport ship as it made it's way to the City Carrier ship used by the school. Maho was on a cell phone talking to a person that she and her younger sister know all too well. The headmistress of Kuromorimine and the mother of the Nishizumi siblings. Shiho Nishizumi.

"That's right Kaa-san," she said, "Apparently Knightsburg has started it's own Tankery Program, and what's surprising is that both men and women are made up of the crews,"

"This is... surprising." Shiho said on the other line, "I never believed anyone would actually permit men to participate... but looking back at the Rules, they are correct. There are no rules specifically stating men cannot participate... this could be very troubling... and yet... you said one of the ones you met was named Jaden Takeo, correct?"

Maho nodded "Yes, Jaden Takeo." she said, "He's one of Amy Takeo's older brothers, she is the one who's Panzer sank in the river, and Miho saved her and the crew."

She could her mother sigh, "Listen to me very carefully, Maho," the serious tone in her mother's voice surprised her, "No matter what, when you face him and his team, DON'T underestimate him,"

"Kaa-san?" Maho asked, surprised by her mother's sudden change.

"The Takeo Family has a long line in Armored warfare dating all the way back to the early 1900's before Sensha-dō ever existed." she explained, "They have been rivals to the Nishizumi Family for a very long time. Considering that the Takeo Family are also very influential members of Liberty Electronics, they have access to advance and large quantities of tanks."

Maho's eyes widen at this, as she realized just who her younger sister became friends with.
"Miho has already become friends with Jaden," she said, and she swore she could feel the shock of her mother from the other side of the line. "He actually seemed defensive in Miho's case, saying she did the right thing in saving his sister and her team during last year's Semifinals."

"Miho cost us the Championship, Maho." Shiho said sternly, "Amy and her crew would've taken care of themselves, if they do make it to the finals, show them no mercy Maho. I will not let the Takeo's get a Championship."

Maho was surprised by the anger in her mother's tone. But she knew she couldn't deny her.

"Of course, Kaa-san. I know that will brighten Erika's spirits since she considers Miho and her team as disgraces," she said.

"Try to keep her on a leash though, Maho," Shiho said, "Knowing her she might go overboard,"

"Understood Kaa-san," Maho said with a nod. "I will keep an eye on her."

"Good," Her mother said, "In the meantime, I need to make preparations myself... if Liberty Electronics shows favor over your sister's school, we may need some... assistance."

Maho rose an eyebrow at that "Kaa-san?" he asked, "What do you mean?"
On the line, Shiho let out a very dark chuckle, which sent a small shiver down Maho's spine

"Don't worry Maho," she said, "You will find out soon enough." And with that, she hung up on her.

Maho blinked as she looked at her phone.

'Well that was strange,' she thought to herself, and then proceeded to head back to her cabin aboard the ship. 'I hope Kaa-san doesn't go overboard though...'

117Jorn: And there you have it! The first chapter of Girls Und Panzer: Axis and Allies! Finished with my good friend Patriot-112!

Patriot-112: Thats right! And the 6 new tanks you just saw will not be the last, as Oarai in the near future will receive reinforcements!

117Jorn: And who those reinforcements may be? …well, you'll just have to stay tuned and find out! Pleasre Review and tell us what you think!

Patriot-112: Until next time...

Both: Ja Ne!