AUTHOR'S NOTE : Hello everyone, I'm still rewriting Ten Little Soldiers, but I post another fanfic because I wanted to write another one. I was hesitating between this one and another with Anchovie and Carpaccio, or with Oryou that ends up in an odd dreamworld, but I chose to post this one. I hope you'll like it. I try to make another dark story on GuP.
For those who don't know, English isn't my native language. I translate by myself from French (I don't release the French version because GuP isn't known enough in France), and I do the best I can. I can make some grammar/syntax/spelling mistakes. Also, I would like to be helped with characterization, tell me if I make OOC sometimes.

Good reading !

PROLOGUE

It was a cloudy but overall fine day on the Ooarai school ship.

All the Panzerfahren teams of the school were in the shed where the tanks were stored.
All maintained their tanks. There was a fairly relaxed atmosphere, all members of the tankery club spoke, told jokes, laughed, got along well. Even Sodoko, who was very serious, came to laugh a little, but only with her teammates, Pazomi and Gomoyo.
The Hippo team inserted, as usual, historical references in their sentences. But this time, they were having fun making jokes about history.
Members of the Duck team were busy with organizing their next game of volleyball. They never missed an opportunity to play.
Those of the Turtle team, the members of the Student Council, had just had a meeting and could therefore relax maintaining their Hetzer. Anzu was, one time again, eating dried sweet potatoes.
The other teams, Leopon and Anteater, also laughed together. Mixing automotive and video games was quite fun.

Miho, after finished cleaning her Panzer IV, sat on it. Her friends joined her.
"This tank is really everything to me," Yukari said, lying on it.

"Oh, we're not everything for you?" the captain joked.

"Of course yes! But I love this tank as much as you," the vivacious brunette replied, stroking the armour. "Oooh, dear Panzer... even if you'll never equal a twin-turreted 7TP... I love you anyway!"

"She's silly enough for speaking to a tank", Mako mumbled as usual.

"This is our Yukarin" Saori whispered with a smile.

"It's true," the lethargic admitted. "Why had I to get up this morning?"

"Because the morning always comes," Sodoko let out from the B1 bis. "And I would point out that you were late again!"

"It's a habit for me to be in a rush," the girl with the headband replied. "Yourself you know."

Midoriko preferred to remain silent. The conversation might fester and it wasn't the moment at all. However, everything was covered with humor that the most made.

Suddenly a little white thing went on the Type-89 of Duck team.
It was a pretty thin kitten with big blue eyes, but a blank stare, giving it a weird look.
"Hey, do you know where is this cat from?" Taeko asked, a little intrigued.

"No, I don't know how it went here, it seems to me that the shed is closed," Noriko said.

"Maybe it was already there," Anzu spoke.

"Yeah, but how could it come here if the shed isn't open?" Momogaa questioned.

"The shed isn't sealed, so there may be a hole in a wall," Tsuchiya explained.

"After that, this cat carries no chemical weapons or small nuclear bomb, so we're not in danger," Erwin added.

"Well, we won't make a fuss for a kitty," the President of the Student Council finished. "After all, who cares?"

"There's a lot of birds coming through the roof ..." Ayumi remarked. "So a cat..."

When they left, the little animal seemed to stay next to the tanks. It didn't go out with them. It stood there.
Miho and her friends went on the road of the captain's apartment. They discussed on the way.
"I wonder from where is this kitty from", Hana began.

"Oh, I think Tsuchiya is right, it probably went into the shed by a hole in the wall," Miho told.

"How does a cat could be dangerous?" Yukari questioned.

"It could be carrying a disease, but from the outside it was perfectly normal," Mako said.

"Why would it be sick ? From what I know, there is no outbreak of rabies or other illness on the ship, so logically, it was healthy," Saori considered.

"If there was anything wrong, we would have seen it in my opinion," the bright brown-haired completed.

"Oh you know, I tend to worry sometimes, especially when I'm tired", the florist apologized.

As they passed near the dorm where some students had a room, Hana noticed something.
"Hey, isn't it the same cat that we saw in the shed?"

A kitten, almost identical to the first except for the eyes, sat on the edge of a window and watched them passing. He had a bit darker blue eyes.
"It looks like the one Taeko found in the hangar," Mako nodded.

"It's cute as hell," Miho added.

"Can we take it?" Yukari asked.

"No, I can't have pets in my apartment, and I don't have time to look after them," the captain declined, a little embarrassed. "Even if I like kittens ..."

"Oh, it's okay, we still have our Panzer", Yukari chuckled.

They parted at a crossroads. Miho went home.
She quickly got ready to eat and sat on her sofa bed. She wondered from where these cats came. There were no complete white kittens there. On land, there were, but not on this ship, they had other colors or stains.
Also, she did not remember seeing cats hanging around tanks. They feared tanks and didn't dare to approach. But then, the kitten came into the hangar.
After finishing her meal, she washed her plate, took a shower, brushed her teeth and unfolded her bed. She laid on it with her favorite bandaged teddy bear, then turned off the light.

She said to herself that the next day would be another day. But she still wondered about the kittens.