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Girls und Panzer : The Steel Girls

Chapter 1 : Scandal

Somewhere on the land in Japan…

"Girls, prepare your vehicles! University tanks are rolling out!" As the voice from the loudspeaker yelled to the high schooler ears, all girls getting inside their tanks and preparing for the last day of the Ground Force Festival, the Farewell Parade.

Ground Force Festival is rather unique. The participating school could join the festival as long as they have a ground combat vehicle such as tanks, half-tracks, jeeps, utility vehicles, et cetera. Even some participating school doesn't have to participate the Sensha-do first to join the event, like the Stahlmädel International Girls High School. Because of that, they are nicknamed "Festival Tankers" due to their only appearance on this event.

"Michibata-chan, how is the preparation?" ask some gloomy-looking girl to her long silver-haired friend.

"Give me time, Sadako-san. This tank needs proper attention." Answer the elegant girl who inspects a slope-armored tank.

"What do you try to inspect from a KV-1?" ask Sadako again with frown.

"KV what?" suddenly a girl with dark brown side-cut hair popped out from the driver port. "Stupid Ghost! It's a T-34 you fool! How many times should I have to tell you!?"

"S-Sorry, I forgot." Sadako apologized.

"Please calm down, Nikita… Sadako-san doesn't understand Russian tanks very well." Michibata try to calm things down. "Beside. You once damaged the gearbox so I need to make sure that your tank is running well."

Nikita close her driver hatch with slight red on her face. "You meanie, Shiro!"

Shiro Michibata giggled, then she grabbed her loudspeaker. "Well. Girls, Get into your posts! We're gonna roll!"

"Yeeah!" all the girls involved in the tank maintenance agreed with spirit. 2 T-34, 1 KV-1, and 2 Jagdpanthers ready to depart. Shiro enters her T-34-85 through the turret hatch and wear her PTT radio equipment. She press her push-to-talk mic. "J-Panthers on the front, KV in the middle, T-34s will be the last. Festival Formation."

"KV, Roger!"

"JP1, Affirmative!"

"JP2, Got it!"

"T2, Understood!"

"Okay, girls! Do it like how we rehearse." Motivate Shiro. Stahlmädel tanks making the formation like what's been ordered. "Maintain speed in 10 kilometer per hour." The white-haired tank commander stopped pressing her mic. "Crews, sitrep please…"

"Akazaki, Ready to load." Report the girl with a snapback hat.

"Miwa Katase, MG oiled well." Said a girl with shaggy hair under Akazaki's position.

"Yui Sakata, safety dri- HOLY SHIT!" A girl with pony tail and possibly tall suddenly brake the tank. Everyone inside the tank shocked and their bodies pushed forward.

"Kyaaah!" Everyone except Shiro and Yui squeals in shock.

"Yui-san, what is going on!?" Ask Shiro.

"T-Tanks on the front suddenly stopped. We're close enough to have body contact with the KV." Yui opens her driver hatch. "The heck is going on there!?"

Shiro opens the turret hatch and stand thanks to some block there she could easily stand and see what happen outside. Some of the Stahlmädel tanks crew getting off from their tank to see what kind of situation they are facing now. They are not panicking, but Shiro see a black smoke coming from the front possibly from the Ooarai or Kuromorimine.

"Commander!" Sadako yelled from her Jagdpanther "I saw smoke. Is anything alright?"

"I can't see well, Sadako-san." The Commander furrowed her brow. KV-1 crew coming out from the turret hatch, than standing to see what's going on. Shiro got an idea. "Edna-san! What do you see?"

Edna with her Imperial Japanese Army-style tropical hat pull of her binocular to see what's going on. "Hmm… oh dear."

"What is it?"

Edna turn her head to Shiro's. "One of the Ooarai's tank is on fire. But I don't know which one."

Nikita came out from her tank's driver hatch. "Shiro, Imma check things out."

"I'm coming too." Shiro jumped from the turret to the ground and run to the scene with Nikita.

Somewhere in Germany

A young girl with dark brown hair sitting side by side with a woman. The girl clasp her hands and cross her leg for the next words she's about to say. The atmosphere is rather tense, even though it doesn't meant to be it.

"Alexa… you will depart to Japan tomorrow. The ship is named 'Jade'. Their culture may be different so you'll need some time to adapt." The woman with a bit of smile on her face gives the girl with panzertruppe jacket and a document. "This is all about the school systems and all."

"Mom, I thought we could handle this?" ask the sharp, red-eyed girl named Alexa.

"This is for your sake, my dear Tochter." The woman with the short silky hair pet her daughter's head. "Your grandmother is hot-headed and hard. I can't even handle her sometimes and I don't want your older sister disrespect you this much."

"I can handle her." von Graff fix her legs position.

"You can't and you don't have to worry about your little sister. She is my responsibility to make sure that she will not be influenced by her grandmother's bad attitude."

Alexa look down to her clasped hands. She reminisce the mistake she made during the panzerfahren last year could cause her grandmother and older sister very angry. The only person who can back her up is her mother. As she looks into her mother's eye, she will never forget what her mother has done for her.

"I will not let you down, Mutter." The girl stood up tall, like a true military woman.

"I'm not pushing you, Alexandria." Suddenly, her mother hugs Alexa.

"Ja, Mutter." Alexa hugs her mother back.

"Oh one last thing, dear." Mother's lips get closer to Alexa's ear. "Be yourself."

Alexandria's eyes widened. Her heart is both warmed and confused with what her Mother's said. She didn't talk much as she hugs her mother tightly. "Yes, I will…"

Back to Japan…

The situation become worst. Field repair cannot be commenced. Ooarai's Hetzer bogged down and currently aflame. "Oh no. What should we do now, Miho?" a ginger-haired girl shake Miho's arm.

"I dunno. This is unexpected, Saori-chan." Miho frowned.

"Okay! This is totally unacceptable!" A girl with monocle and short black hair harshly stomp the ground. "Who the hell did this!? Hey Leopon Team! I thought you already check things up!?"

"I-I'm sorry Momo-san. But there's no maintenance order." Answer one of the girl with short wavy hair from the Porsche Tiger tank.

"What!? I thought I-"

"Momo, there is no maintenance order." A girl with twin tail hair tapped Momo's shoulder. "Don't be harsh, relax."

"B-But, we can't participate if this thing goes on." Momo clenched her fist.

"Do you forgot that we already win?"

"Oh, S-Sorry…"

Shiro and Nikita arrived to the scene. The officials successfully extinguished the flame from the Hetzer. It seems like the Jagdpanzer of Turtle Team is the one who's damaged. The Porsche Tiger of Ooarai Girls High School crews examine the engine and transmission of the burnt tank while officials are asking question to the Hetzer crew.

"Is the transmission at the 1st gear?" ask Miho to Yuzu.

"I'm about to move the tank so yes."

"Okay, We're gonna pull the tank so that the parade could continue." Miho return to her tank and get inside it. "Mako-chan. Get in front of the Turtle Team's tank."

"Oookaay…." The lazy-looking girl agreed. As the tank moved, strange noises coming from the engine chamber. "Huh? What was that?" Mako ignored the noise.

From the outside, Shiro saw something came out from Anglerfish Team's Panzer IV. "Umm… is that a smoke, Nikita?"

"Oh God." And then things happen. The Panzer IV suddenly stopped because of the loud noise from the engine.

"What is going on here?" Shiro asked herself.

"Our tank is dead, too!?" Yukari gets out with shocked expression. "This is terrible!"

As Ooarai's problem getting worst. Shiro feels that she needs to help them out from this trouble. As she inspects the situation Shiro started think with Nikita worried if the parade must be canceled. One of the officials looks like having a conversation with the tankers of Ooarai. Shiro bats an eye to them.

"Nishizumi-san. We need to know if there is any suspicious person approach your tank?" An official asks Miho. "If the tank is on display, a visitors cannot go through the red line except the vehicle's owner approves, yes?"

"Yes, the visitors are alright. We rarely got adults approaching our tanks." Miho answers.

"Is there any participants approaching your tanks?"

Suddenly, some bothersome noise coming from Ooarai's tank line. Now it's a heavy-looking tank with large mallard image in it. As the tank is struggling to move forward the transmission gets noisy and sounds like it's breaking apart.

"Stop! Stop! You'll damage the transmission." Suzuki, a Leopon Team crew, ordered. But it's too late. The transmission damaged. The B1 bis can't go any further. "Oh no…"

"AAAAA Who did this!?" Sodoko get's out of her tank with anger. "I told you we can't let other school to approach our tank. It's a violation against my rule!."

As Sodoko gets angry, the officials overheard her rant. "Wait, what do you mean other school?" ask one of the official.

"There is some girls in white uniform with red and white rhomb patch on their left sleeve. I dunno if they were participants, their tanks not too far from ours during the display event." Explain one of Sodoko's subordinate. "We allow them to check some tanks since they said they are interested."

Shiro's eyes widened. They just explain description of a student from her school. Nikita seems didn't hear anything as if she's having a conversation with school's maintenance team. As the mechanic girls get prepared and approaching the damaged tanks, one of the official halt their movement.

"We'd like to have some words from you all."

"What in the world..."

Alexandria's Home, Germany.

Alexa's room is clean now. She's done packing up so that she could depart tomorrow to Japan. She could bear the situation she faces today and soon, but her mother don't want her to think too much. She deserves better peace and less disturbance.

"I'll miss this room…" she looks around her room, and she slowly shed a tear from her eyes "Nein, nein, nein, I shouldn't cry!" she wiped her tears from her face, "I can do this! yes I can do this!" she tries to cheer herself up, "I can… I can… I can't… I… no…" then Alexa sobbed.

Suddenly, her door opened exposing a figure of mature brunette girl with serious expression. "Well, well, well…you still here, Müll ?" The girl enters Alexa's room with no hesitation. "It's good that you're about to get out of this place, müll. you don't deserve to live here anymore." Insult her.

Alexa stand up from her bed, frown. "Could you be nice to me for once, Eva?"

"HAHAHA, what for!? You're just a disgrace for the family, and you don't even deserve every single warmth and welcome in this hausen!" Eva bowed a bit with hands on hips. "Heh, Panzerfahren is not a battle or war, it's for making a friend and BLABLABLA…Sie sind krank!" Eva release her ranting toward Alexandria.

"So sad… really sad…" reply Alexa.

"DON'T EVER CALLED ME SAD, YOU DUMM!" Eva pointed and shouted vigorously. "OR, I'LL MAKE YOU FEEL SORRY FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE!"

"STILL SAD!" She replied with tears in her eyes.

"You CURSED LITTLE BRAT!" Eva approached Alexa angrily.

*SLAP!*

Alexa kneeled to the ground holding her cheek in pain. "Big sis… w-why?" she asks her big sister with wide eyes.

"I wish I don't see you again."

"W-why?"

"I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN!" Alexa stunned by her sister's yell. The room is silent for a while. "Why did you choose the wrong way, was this too much for you to handle?" Eva lowered her voice.

"I-it's not that much, but this is just so wrong…" Alexa stands up.

"What's it?! Don't hesitate to shoot your own team if they become a burden to the team? Keep moving until the last one standing? No mercy for coward like you?"

"I'm not taking doctrines that easy, Eva."

"Then Let me repeat it for you since you're a fool." Eva kneel down and nudge her sister's head. "No mercy even it's your closest friend, no second chance for the mistakers, use everything you got for victory, and-"

"I'll show what Panzerfahren is, Sister." Alexa took a handkerchief from her jacket pocket to wipe her eyes. "Even if it cost me my self-esteem in this family."

"You bi-"

"Excuse me, Young Lady Alexandria." A maid suddenly shows up in front of the door. But then the maid gasped. "I-I'm sorry Young Lady, I don't know if you had a private conversation with Lady Evangeline."

Eva grunts but not saying any word. "It's okay, Eren. Yours are more important."

"What the ff-!?" Curse Alexa's sister. "I'm not important to you?"

"Schwester, I'm sorry. Please leave us." Alexa lowered her head.

eva gritted her teeth, she lost words. "tch!" she took off without saying.

"Are you alright, Young Lady?"

"I'm fine." Alexa exhales. "So, you knew about it, Eren. Thank you."

After the bad atmosphere is over, Alexa's maid Eren politely bowed. "I am very glad that you were alright, Young Lady."

Alexa feels grateful by Eren's arrival. She ends a very bad conversation. Her maid knows that Eva won't act rude too much in front of their maids to keep her image. Because of that, Alexa could at least relaxed for a while

Sensha-do Committee Office, Japan. 3 hours after the incident...

Key students of Stahlmädel Tank Division that involved in tank maintenances and trainings are currently undergo trial. Shiro clasp her hand covering her mouth waiting for the next questions after her two friends finish.

"That's all I could say. Our mechanics are trained with honor. I, Nishino Kitamura, as their supervisor testify that not even one of them are touching Ooarai's tanks." Nikita testifies.

"Very well…" Say a woman from the table in front of the suspected school. "I'd like to ask Shiro Michibata-san of Stahlmädel High one last question."

Shiro lowered her hands calmly. "Yes, Your Highness."

The woman stare at the elegant commander for a short while. "Okay. The evidence of the school's involvement in this sabotage is rather unclear, due to the shortage of evidence from the victim…" the 'judge' is looking at Nikita and Sadako.

"Stop staring at us like that." Ask Sadako.

The 'judge' bit her lower lip. "Sorry… so let me continue." She scratches her forehead. "To prove your school's innocence in this 'sabotage mission', There are two options..." the judge helds two of her finger. "First, Stahlmädel will be banned from Ground Force Festival for 5 years..." Sadako and Nikita gasped. "Second, your school must participate the Sensha-do competition with the penalty of 15 munition for one tank."

Shiro as the number one person in School Tank Division, didn't think that the judge would ask such thing. She turns her head to Nikita that lowered her head and to lowered-head Sadako. "Things cannot be decided quickly at this state..." Thought The silver-haired girl. "We'd like to ask for a time to think and decide with the assistance from the school. Is it acceptable?"

The judges looking at each other. "Well then, We will continue the trial the day after tomorrow for the answer from the suspected school. The trial, dismissed."

Everyone gets out from the room including Shiro and her friends. She was surprisingly calm facing that trial while two of her friends trembled sometimes. "Oh God... Banned from the GFF..." Nikita walks with droopy body.

"...or participate sensha-do..." Sadako continues.

"S-Shiro could lead the army, right?" Nikita stuttered.

"I... I can't."

Nikita gasped. "What do you mean!? You can lead everyone on the parade but you can't lead them on the tank battle? That's odd!"

"It's maybe hard but once you get a hold of it you'll be fine, Michibata-chan." Sadako encourage her commander.

Shiro fixes her hair. "I can't. I don't even understand the very basic of armored combat leadership." She put her hands to her uniform pocket. "I disappoint you on this. I am sorry."

Nikita raise her arm to the back of her head in agony and Sadako seems looking down all the way from the office. Things the Leader think about now is what decision their school must take. This is the first time things became hard for Shiro. She continues to walk with her friends with mixed emotion.

Alexa's Home, Germany. Morning

The day has come for Alexa to get away from her comfort zone. This is something Alexa must take to avoid her grandmother's rage.

Staring outside her window, she'll not enjoy the life she usually had started from today but it's not weakened her. She is born from a strong father, and charismatic mother. She doesn't want to disappoint them as a spoiled girl unlike her older sister.

She took her suitcase and duffel bag with a hesitating movements then leave the room. As she closes the door, a girl in twin tail and same hair color as Alexa stands beside the door. She wears a glasses and a blue dress with a blue shoe box on her hands. "Ah, Heidi. You shocked me."

"Sister…" Heidi is about to cry. "W-Why are you leaving me… and mom…"

Alexa pressed her lips together, pat her younger sister's head. "I'm not leaving forever, Heidi. I'm about to make up for my mistakes."

"B-But your defeat is not entirely your fault right, Sister?"

Alexa stunned by what her younger sister said. She knows that Deutsches Stahlmädel defeat is not just because of her but also some issue happened to the flag tank at that time. The school thinks the defeat is something they must take, but not for Alexa's grandmother and sister.

"Don't worry, I'm gonna show oma and Eva what Panzerfahren really is… my way." Alexa smiled to her sister. "What's with the box?"

Heidi gives her older sister the shoe box she carries. "Open it when you arrived to Japan, Sis… please?"

The older sister heart touched. It's definitely a shoe box since it got blue color and three stripes in it. Something their grandfather usually gave them as a storage or toy. Alexa accept Heidi's 'present'. "Where's grandma?"

"Don't see her. She's mad. Mother told me that."

"Okay…"

As both of them walks to the front door, Alexa looks around her house. "I'll definitely miss this hausen." Thought Alexa. As she arrives to the front door, the maids standing in the row and bowed. Alexa's mother and Eren standing beside the back door of the car Alexa will use to the airport.

"Lady Alexa, we will miss you." Eren bowed.

"Me too, Eren…" Alexa looks at her mother. "Mom, Wish me luck."

"Yes, Alexa…" Alexa's mother hugs her daughter. "Gott mit dir, Alexa."

"Ja, mutter…"

Eva looks at the crowd from the window pane on the second floor. In there, Eva is with an old woman standing around the book aisle. In that room, there's a picture of an SS Officer sitting on the wall with a young woman besides him. Eva looks at them sharply. "Dummkopf… girl like her can't win anything."

"You are right, grandmother." Eva keeps staring.

"If she insists not to follow my path…" the old woman looks at Eva. "She don't deserve to exist in my eyes."

AUTHOR'S SCRIBBLES

Okay, Hello everyone this is The Writing Tankers, a collaboration project between Ritzter Literature Factory and War Thunder player this time with Schwarze88 and Brocklyn (for this time).

First of all, there are a bit of German Language involved in this story so let us tell you the meanings...

Dummkopf/Dumm : Stupid

Ja : Yes

Mutter : Mother

Schwester : Sister

Sie sind krank : You are sick

Müll : trash

Hausen : House

Nein : no

Gott mit dir : God is with you

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