Heyooo minna!~~

I'm back, this time I don't care whether I'll get any comments or favs. I'm doing this story for my own joy XD

The topic this time is Girls Und Panzer. I'm writing it in English. I watched the anime and played the World of Tanks because my friend recommended it to me. And.. yeah. It just inspired me (again) to write yet another story, this time with *less* romance, but more details on the battles or the actions, whatever.

By the way, I know I'm just a noob compared to all the writers in this world. So I really apologize if, by any chance, my writing sucked ass. OR the history is wrong. I'm not a histolover, my history test got 60 all the time. But it's my hobby, so no matter how crappy it is, I'll still do it :v

Without further ado, here's Gray Steel, Warm Hearts- Prologue!

Girls Und Panzer:
Gray Steel, Warm Hearts

Prologue

-Touya POV-

Sometimes, all you need is a bit of courage.

That's what my grandfather used to tell me, back at his age, when Sensha-do was available for men. It wasn't exactly Sensha-do, though.

It was a blood lusting battle, where countries pit against each other for gold, glory, and gospel. My grandfather was there- seeing Panzer rage through the battlefield, killing happened everywhere, and he himself held a gun at his hand, an M4A1 Carbine. Inside his sleeve was a tactical knife, and a Night Hawk tucked in his army pocket. In front of him stood a 1 meter tall mounted turret, its bullets firing at all direction.

He saw a M7 tank at his right, preparing to ram himself to oblivion. He closed his eyes, accepting every single fate he was doomed with. But without warning, a Japanese Panzer V Panther stopped it in its track, and shooting the sloped part at point-blank range. The tank didn't blow and held out a white flag like what we all know in Sensha-do. Instead, it exploded and burned to pieces, along with the crew inside it.

It was terrifying. Nobody could breathe normal, fresh air and feel radiant sunshine within their skin. It was the age of World War II. Japanese, Germany, and Italy. That was the three reigning countries that took all for themselves. But at this age- my age, far after the second World War ended, we were lucky to have been granted prosperity. Peace. Harmony. And a lot of this academy ships with Panzer training within their school.

My opinion about Sensha-do? Even though I'm a boy, I liked them. I was fascinated by the fact that the girls who trained their skills of using tanks CAN actually help at times of need, like if there was a sudden war. About me? I can ride Panzer. I did undergo special training with my father, an expert tanker taught by my grandfather. Even, my family's most valuable possession, is in the form of a tank that was passed down from my grandpa, to my father, and now to me. The tank was last used by my grandfather in his last war. A giant, strong Kliment Voroshilov-1, or the KV-1 for short.

It has rigid 75 mm hull armor, with a horsepower of 500 hp and top speed of around 40 km/h. A bit slow, yes, but it was compensated with its steel plating all over its body, making it a decent heavy tank. It was equipped with a 76mm ZiS-5 cannon, that seemed too weak for the Russian Heavy Tanks, furthermore one with a fairly large body. However, it has good penetration and can cut through light and medium tanks' steel like paper.

It was powerful. At least.. before the giant mass of dark green turned into some scrap heap. Now, residing in my garage, was the 76mm ZiS cannon, a turret that split into four, the V-2K engine that had been cold from not being used recently, the track that had been torn off, and the only part still functioning, the 10RK radio. No, I can't fix the KV back to its original design. It's way beyond our family's repair capabilities.

I was just in my garage, checking and polishing the KV-1 remains when..

"Touya, come to my room now."
It's my mother, and judging from her way of talking, it isn't going to be good news.

Our house was a standard, two story building, nothing too special, with the exception of our garage beside our house. It resides in the residential area of Pravda High, where I and my little sister went to school. Recently, Pravda had been converted into a co-ed school, because of protesting parents that declare their sons should get proper education too.

I sat down in one of the cushions. "So, what's up, Mother?" I asked politely.

"There are a few news, son," my mother stated. She looked serious, but eager to tell me. "First off, Ooarai Girls High had just been changed into a co-ed school, making it the same as Pravda here."

I could understand Mother's reason for telling me this. Usually she reports every single changes to schools around us. Last year Kuromorimine, the most popular school around, got changed, too. This time it was Ooarai, the national champions from last year.

"Second, our family- all of them- will be moving to Ooarai Academy Ship, making you and Fuuka have to transfer into Ooarai." I was dumbfounded. I was just astonished at the fact of my- and my little sister Fuuka- suddenly transferred, without warning. But what I was concerned about is the pile of scrap at our garage. Just as I was about to ask my mother about it, she just told me an amazing news.

"Third... Katyusha, the captain of Pravda's Sensha-do team, will repair our KV-1 into something that can move for a while."

I almost jumped.
I don't really care about the other details, but I am so happy my KV-1, my most prized possession, the tank that has been passed down from generation to generation, will be restored.

But the truth is, I regret ever not caring about moving to Ooarai.

Because my life shook gravely as I started a new life, with many new friends and new events.

-Prologue End, Continued in Chapter 1-

That's the prologue :v wow, can;t believe the prologue reached 1k words. My real chapter HAD to reach 3k if this keeps up.

I'm terribly sorry if the KV-1 can't be remodeled. OR if the details and the names of the tank parts are wrong. Again, I'll say that I'm just a noob, so I will downright accept every critic thrown~

Furthermore I'm disregarding the rule of all-girls only in Sensha-do.. But since this is, a FANfiction, I don't care :D

And, I've fixed some things that needs to be fixed regarding the comments.

Well, maybe enough for today. So, catch you later! Kdramon out~