"How am I going to tell the girls that the Federation changed the rules of Sensha-Do?" Darjeeling asked herself in her bedroom while she was changing her clothes before going to practice
Practice went totally normal, nobody noticed that the commander wasn't herself that day, only Orange Pekoe who spends a lot of time with Darjeeling noticed the strange behavior of her friend. After practice Pekoe asked Darjeeling if she could stay under the excuse of talking about "strategies" but it was a lie so she could know why Darjeeling was so nervous
After talking a bit of tanks and strategies Pekoe decided to make the definitive question
"Darjeeling-sama, I noticed that you weren't feeling okay today during training… Is there something wrong?"
Darjeeling froze in fear knowing that they already noticed. But she sighed, cleaned her throat and said
"No… I should talk all of you tomorrow, you need to know something about Sensha-Do" "But please don't tell anyone I want to tell them the notice tomorrow"
Pekoe only nodded and went to her apartment, Darjeeling did the same. After entering into her room she changed into her sleeping clothes and stared at the ceiling for a while before finally falling asleep.
The following day nothing happened until the meeting that Darjeeling planed with her team. Most of the crew were talking happily thinking that she was going to tell them that they were going to have another match. The other were drinking tea or just stayed silent waiting the British commander
"Okay… Listen!" Darjeeling said in a scared tone that alerted more than one
"The Federation called, they said that they will change some rules of Sensha-Do…" Darjeeling continued before being interrupted by Rosehip
"What?! What do you mean that they will change some rules?!" Rosehip asked making her spill her tea
"Rosehip please… Let her finish" Orange Pekoe said putting her hang on Rosehip´s shoulder
"They said that now boys are allowed in this competitions, and that infantry will also be allowed" Darjeeling said
"But… This sport was always a thing for women, why would they add boys now?" Assam asked confused to her commander
"I know, I know… But some schools wanted boys to also take part of this activity"
"Infantry?" A girl asked from the crowd
"It's the soldiers that go on foot" Assam answered to the girl
The girls stared to make a lot of questions at the same time making Darjeeling more nervous knowing that now it was more complicated to explain the situation.
"Be quiet please! I didn't finish" Darjeeling said trying to keep control of the situation
"We have to start training with the boys, we are having a match next month against Anzio and Kuromorimine" Darjeeling continued "They wanted us to fight against both of them to recreate the battles of El Alamein." (Don't take it as an offense I just putted that name because it was the first battle that came to my mind)
"Isn't it a bit unfair? 2 vs 1" Assam asked
"Actually it's going to be 2 vs 3" Darjeeling answered "we will fight alongside with Saunders High school (USA) and another high school that represent Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC High School? Or would it be considered as an offense?)
"Any other question?" Darjeeling asked to her teammates "No?" "Alright let's get prepared"
All the girls left the room and went to their houses knowing that it was already late, Assam and Rosehip were the last to leave because Rosehip invited Assam to stay at the house that day.
"So… What do you think?" Rosehip asked to her friend
"About this new rules?" Assam answered
"Yep" Rosehip said while waiting for the cars to stop
"I'm a bit scared… But at the same time I like the idea of adding infantry to the matches" Assam said while they were crossing the street
They kept talking about the new rules until they finally arrived at Rosehip´s house. It was small but really tidy, Assam was surprised about it knowing that Rosehip it's the type of person who is really active.
Both girls kept talking for a while before Rosehip decided to make a commentary that made Assam a bit angry
"So… You will see Christian again" Rosehip said winking to Assam
Assam only answered by blushing a bit and letting a sigh "Rose… I, thanks for reminding me that my ex-boyfriend might take part of this" she said before letting a tear run through her cheek
Rosehip covered her mouth knowing that she might have made her friend angry "Oh, sorry I didn't mean to…"
"It's nothing, I know you didn't mean to" Assam said cleaning her face
At Saunders High School:
"Commander…" Alisa called Kay
"COMMANDER!" Naomi called her without response
"Slap her, if she doesn't want to wake up by the good way we will wake her like this" Naomi said to Alisa
*SLAP!*
"What the?!..." Kay asked violently getting up from her bed
"Finally… We thought that you would never wake up" Naomi said while chewing her bubblegum
"Ugh… What do you need?" The American commander asked
"Well, we wanted to bother you… And Darjeeling called" Alisa said while trying not to laugh
"Okay…" Kay said before finally getting out of her bed and going to the bathroom to change her clothes
After taking a shower and changing her clothes Kay grabbed her phone and marked the phone of Darjeeling.
"Kay! Did Alisa wake you up?" Darjeeling asked giggling a bit
"Ha, very funny you" Kay said a bit annoyed "Anyways I don't think you called just to tell me that" Kay added
"No… We need to talk" Darjeeling said to Kay making the blonde girl freeze in fear "It's about Sensha-Do"
"Don't you ever fucking scare me like that again jeez…?" Kay said "Anyways you tell me when and where and there we can meet and talk"
"How about today around 5 in the park?" Darjeeling asked
"That's fine by me" Kay answered before finishing the call
"So…" Naomi asked behind her "Are you going on a date?" She added making fun of her commander
"Shut up…" Kay said before leaving the room
After classes Kay went to the park where she had to meet Darjeeling. When she arrived she saw her with her school uniform. Both saluted at each other and started to talk about the topic of discussion
"So… They changed the rules?" Kay asked to Darjeeling
"Yes, but I wanted to talk to you because we need your help" Darjeeling said before drinking a bit of her tea
"What kind of help?" The American commander asked the British commander
"Well, they are organizing an event about the battles of El Alamein. And they made the groups…"
"El Alamein…" Kay tried to remember "Oh yeah I remember now… Wait, groups?"
"Yes… Gloriana, Saunders and another school are going to represent the allies, meanwhile Kuromorimine and Anzio are the Axis"
"And that other school what country do they represent? Kay asked
"They represent Australia and New Zealand, I think that their school was ANZAC High School" Darjeeling answered
"Okay… We will help" Kay said getting up from the bench and stretching a bit
"Really?" Darjeeling asked in surprise
"Anything for a friend" Kay said winking to Darjeeling making her blush
Notes:
ANZAC High School… Yeah I know I'm really lazy to imagine a name
Sorry for bad grammar or bad sentences… English isn't my strong language (Spanish it's my strong language mainly because I'm from Argentina