The story begins three months after Ooarai defeated Selection University and the subsequent decision to make Ooarai a fully co-ed school. While the school did change, few males attended the academy, making up only 10 percent of the student body. However, Miho Nishizumi received word that a new Vice-Commander would be arriving soon from one of the boys schools in America. She decided not to inform Saori about until the day before he arrived because she'd never shut up about it for the next few weeks if she did.

Time skip…

The new Vice-Commander stood near the front of the ship, his short, wavy hair blowing with the wind. He was quite excited to finally visit Japan. After becoming fluent in German, he moved on to study Japanese as he knew he would move there four years ahead of time. He decided he'd also pick a new name as he doubted his peers could pronounce his previous one. His new name was Takashi Kitsune and he was leaving the States for Japan to report to Ooarai Academy as its new Vice-Commander.

He had lived in Germany before to receive his training in Tankery under his relatives, all prestigious Tank commanders with top marks for great constitution under leadership. As the sixth cousin of Erwin Rommel, his talent was astonishing, yet not surprising. In fact, by the age of sixteen, he had only lost two battles during his six year tenure in Germany. He was going to do just fine.

Time skip…

It was around noon when he arrived at Ooarai, a cold breeze of December flew freely. 'I'll never get used to the damned cold in these countries. I sure do miss Texas', he thought, almost out loud. He reached the student council office as soon as he could to procure his schedule and receive further information on his new position. It was Anzu who greeted him first, looking up at the American who towered over her petite figure.

"Hi, how was your trip? Are you excited to attend your new school?", she asked, seeming quite curious.

"It went fine, thank you. I'm Takashi Kitsune and I look forward to have a great time at this wonderful school. So, when do I meet my new tankery team? I'm excited to meet them."

Momo then stepped forward, motioning him to follow. As they walked around the school for a tour, Momo told him about his new position as Vice-Commander and informed him that his Tiger I will arrive in two months time and he'll be joining Anglerfish team until then. They arrived at the garage where Miho, Yukari, Hana, and Saori were waiting. Momo took her leave and left him to meet the team. Miho noticed and began to feel nervous, as this was her first male classmate. She took a moment to take in his features. He was clearly taller than any other high school student she had met, even Nonna, standing at around 174cm (5'8.5") tall. He had a quite slender, yet muscular build at 59 kg (132lbs) with wavy, dark blonde hair which was kept short, and a defined jaw. He was definetly not the most attractive boy around but his most striking feature, his piercing green eyes with a light brown ring around the middle made up for his shortcomings, at least to her they did. As she was met with a confused look, she realized she was staring and began to blush. He noticed of course but it didn't matter.

"I-It's nice t-to meet you. My name is Miho Nishizumi and I'm the Tankery commander here." He then smiled and her blush faded as he introduced himself to Miho and her friends and informed them of his capabilities, including his foreign language skills.

"Well, lets see what you can do. You'll join hippo team in Caesar's place and try to play against us. They're over there in the Stug III."

"Sounds great. Good luck to you!"

Time skip…

A few minutes later, Miho climbed into the Panzer IV, preparing the practice match. Saori noticed Miho's behavior earlier and sure enough asked, "You like him, don't you? I saw the way you looked at him, you were staring for a long while".

"Um, well yeah. I…", Miho said, flustered by Saori's question. Hana chuckled from her station, already knowing Miho's answer. Yukari on the other hand, was not amused, as she had a crush on Miho herself. So, she kept quiet. Saori then said, "So, do y-". At that time, Chono called on the radio informing them that the match would begin imminently.

Meanwhile…

Takashi and Hippo team were ready in the Stug III, with him in command.

"Match start!"

The two tanks advanced from opposite sides of the battlefield with the Stug reaching a hill, a forest underneath it. As planned, Takashi and Erwin jumped out of the tank and set up a decoy Stug III to sit at the top of the hill. The decoy was concealed but still visible enough for Hana to spot it. They then returned to the tank and went in neutral down the hill to the rear of the forest and took up position in the tree line with camouflage. A few minutes passed until the Panzer IV showed up and presumably spotted the decoy. Fortunately for Hippo team, they took the bait. Immediately after Hana fired, Erwin hit the Panzer IV on its side armor, disabling it. They won!

Time skip…

It had been one month and Takashi solidified his place as Vice-Commander of Ooarai Academy and formed a strong friendship with his Anglerfish team mates, especially Miho. Takashi was ready to face Pravda for the first time at the practice match the following week. Unfortunately, Yukari was quite ill and Miho decided to take her place as loader and allowed Takashi to command the Panzer IV while she still commanded the entire team.

It was severely cold at Pravda as usual and the ground was packed with snow. But he was still happy to see his cousin, Nonna. The four commanders stepped out of the tanks and met at the middle. Takashi was met with a scowl from Katyusha, probably jealous of his height.

"Oh. A new Vice-Commander, I see. I'm sure he'll make it all the more easy for us to win. Right Nonna?"

"Right."

Takashi simply replied in Russian, "Yeah, well, you know, that's just like, uh, your opinion, Katyusha".

Nonna chuckled a little bit, joking in Russian.

"Stop speaking Russian!", Katyusha bellowed.

The conversation was interrupted by the judges, who were eager to get the match started.

Time skip…

"Match start!"

The engines roared as the tanks sped off towards the enemy. Takashi and Miho studied the map on the way, looking for the perfect spot. A few minutes later, shots began to ring out, Hana promptly taking out a T-34 and another.

The battle raged on for an hour with Anglerfish locked in a high speed pursuit of Pravda's flag tank. In order to get a better view, Takashi opened the hatch and commanded "heads up" with his body sticking out of the turret. The chase went on for quite a while, until Katyusha's tank took a sharp turn leading, Anglerfish directly in front of Nonna's JS2. Nonna fired, giving no time to react. The round hit the turret, sending pieces of metal flying everywhere. Miho then heard a loud thud, finding Takashi on the floor of the tank unconscious, bleeding from his neck and right shoulder. Hana immediately put pressure on the wound and sat him on her lap, tears welling up in her eyes. Saori then contacted the officials to end the match and get him to the hospital. At the same time, Mako gunned the engine, heading back to the start line as fast as possible. When they reached the officials, all three girls lifted him out of the tank and on to the strecher. Takashi was losing blood fast and was airlifted to the hospital. Hana and Saori went with them while Miho stayed to calm down everyone at the now ended match. His cousin, Nonna was overcome with guilt, blaming herself and losing her composure, breaking down into tears. Even Katyusha was visibly shaken by this.

Three hours later…

After several hours, all harmful metal fragments were removed from his body yet he was still unconscious and in critical condition. Saori took Hana to the bathroom to clean his blood from her hands and clothes. Nonna and Miho arrived later on as fast as they could, both worried and scared. For three days, he didn't stir. His condition improved to stable but he still didn't wake up. On the fourth day, Yukari arrived at the hospital, feeling much better from her previous illness. None of them had much sleep at all, far too scared to sleep. On the fifth day, still nothing. They began to fear for the worst. That night, the girls finally succumbed to fatigue and drifted into a deep sleep. On the sixth day,as Miho feared he would die, she discussed with her friends that if he lives, she will confess her feelings for him. Later that day, Miho's mother, accompanied by Maho, arrived at the hospital to attempt to bring Miho back home but to no avail. At early mourning on the seventh day, Takashi finally awoke. Upon seeing him awake, Miho was overcome with joy and relief, crying and burying her head into his chest, waking up everyone else in the proccess. He was however, in a daze, only speaking his native language (English). As a result, Nonna was needed to translate since she was the only one who speaks English.