The city of Sunders.
"Son. Sit down." A man says sternly.
"Yeah dad?" the young teen says.
"Now you know that Sunder boys high school is closing down, you will be transferred." The man says.
"What! Where." The boy asks.
"Chris, you are getting transferred to Ooarai high school." The man says.
"Let me go tell my friends." Chris sighs. He runs outside and to the giant looming warship that serves as the academy.
"Chris! What's the rush?" A blonde haired, blue eyed girl says.
"Oh, hey Kay. I was just looking for you." Chris says.
"What's wrong?" Kay asks.
"Huh? Oh, nothing." Chris mutters.
"Chris, I've known you all my life, I can tell if something is wrong." Kay says sternly.
"I'm getting transferred." Chris says.
"Why!" Kay shouts.
"Sunders boy high school is closing down." Chris says.
"Wh-where?" Kay stutters.
"Ooarai." Chris says.
"I don't want you to leave." Kay says, hugging him tightly.
"I don't want to leave to, but you want me to learn, right?" Chris says.
"Yeah." Kay says. "It's just; you're like, my best friend."
"And I still will be, we can Skype, and I might see you during Panzer season." Chris says.
"Fine." Kay sighs. "When are you leaving?"
"I am leaving tomorrow morning." Chris says.
"I will be there." Kay says. "With your Russian T-28. I still don't know why you like that thing.d"
"Okay, Okay." Chris laughs. "See ya." Chris walking into his house. Kay walks home, looking around. She recognizes that alley; Chris saved her life there, which was when she met him. She realizes that many of the stores around here wouldn't be here without Chris. She enters her home. Pictures of him and her at her fifth birthday. His tenth. In front of his T-28 medium tank. Her favorite, his T-28 and her M4 Sherman side to side, while they sleep next to each other. Her mom took that photo while they accidently fell asleep. They never heard the end of it until Kay's mom died. He was there to comfort her. He was there when she became Sunder's girl Panzer team's commander. She blushes as she looks at the last one, when he became the Male tankery commander; the school took the picture when she kissed his cheek. He didn't talk for a week. She sits on the edge of her bed, looking over the model T-28 he gave her, and begins to cry.
The next day.
Chris puts the model M4 Sherman that Kay gave him in his pocket. He pulls the hood of his Sunders commander hoodie over his head and walks to the docks.
"Chris!" Kay shouts from the driver's port in his T-28.
"I'll drive my tank." Chris says. Kay nods and moves to the radio seat.
"Are you sure that Ooarai will let you wear that?" Kay asks.
"Yeah, I won't get a uniform until next week; I have to wear my sunder uniform." Chris says. The tank stops in front of the ferry. In the distance, the Ooarai warship is visible. Chris gets out as ferry crews load the tank onto the ferry. Kay looks to him.
"I'll miss you." She says as she hugs him.
"I'll miss you too." Chris says. "I'll visit during the summer and breaks." Kay nods. "Just try not to get that firefly to blow me out of the tank like last time." Kay laughs.
"Okay." Kay says. Chris walks onto the ferry. As the ship starts to move away, he looks back and waves, before putting his hands in his pockets and walking to his tank. Kay walks away, sobbing.
At Ooarai.
"Welcome… Chris, is it?" Miho says to the blonde boy sitting on a T-28.
"Yeah." He says, distracted.
"Is something wrong?" Miho asks, "I would think a boy would be with the other boys."
"I left a lifelong friend back at sunder. " Chris says; his hand closing around the model M4 Sherman.
"Who?" Miho asks.
"Kay." Chris says.
"I know her." Miho says, sitting next to him and watching the land slowly disappear.
"I know, she wouldn't stop talking about you." Chris says.
"Girlfriend or just friend?" Miho asks.
"Somewhere in between." Chris mutters. "You got a place I could park the ol' girl here?"
"Yeah, follow me." Miho says. Chris starts the tank and follows Miho to the tank garage. "Put 'er next to the Panzer 4."
"Thanks." Chris says.
"Let's get you to your apartment. Mine is next to yours." Miho says. After a long walk, the two arrive at the apartment complex.
"Good night Miho." Chris says.
"Night Chris." Miho returns.