Disclaimer: I do not own Strike Witches and Girls und Panzer
Authors Notes- I will also place this at the end of the page just as a reminder but this is my first story so I'd appreciate some constructive criticism. If you see any grammar errors I apologize in advance but hey, that's what reviews are for.
Chapter 1: The Air is Different Around Here
Somewhere in the Sea of Japan
Nothing could seem to shatter the façade of the water as the sun was towards the east and reflected the dark silhouette's over the horizon. Those same silhouettes inched closer and closer until the calm façade was shattered by roaring turbine engines. The calm air was then filled with the sounds of civilization and the hustle and bustle of human life. Cars drive down the narrow fairways and small side streets that crisscrossed the massive vessel. The exterior did look like an archaic World War 2 era Japanese Aircraft Carrier but if it weren't for its immense size and buildings that dotted its so-called "deck" it didn't take a bright mind to know that this vessel was unique. While looking towards the ships superstructure and smokestack can be seen an odd insignia. It was somewhat reminiscent of the World War 2 era Balkenkruz but the bottom half branched outwards and the brim was blue color and the words Oarai were superimposed on it.
*BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP SMACK!*
Miho released her hand off her dolphin alarm clock that so rudely awoken her from her slumber. She groaned in protest and began to fold her bed sheets and turn her bed into a couch again. She looked at the clock.
"6:00am, Mako was right, humans should not be able to operate at these times." She groaned again and headed to her small kitchen to make breakfast.
As she opened her fridge she thought about the day's events and began to make a mental list of things to do.
"Meet with the student council, stop at Yukari's, ehh… I'll figure out the rest later." She thought.
Whilst she was eating her breakfast Miho checked her phone for the weekly weather. Clear skies for the next 2 days but a storm warning was being enacted as there was a typhoon due to form in the area. School ships were built to withstand such temperamental conditions but as a precaution the ship was set to be stationary to however long the storm lasted. She sighed at the latter part and flipped her phone down making a satisfying *CLACK* as she put it in her bag. After checking to see if her door was locked as she had a habit of forgetting to lock it during school hours she headed down the stairs to the main campus where she was called by the student council for a sudden meeting.
Miho admired the sights and smells around her, the baker in her district was stocking freshly baked bread on his shelves and she saw small children at the local playground playing the day away. She greeted everyone she passed and was even lucky to see Erwin and the rest of the Hippo team building a life size replica of Confederate General Robert E. Lee out of sand. As she approached the gates of the school she looked down the long stretch of road towards the bow of the ship. Dark clouds could be seen forming, hinting towards the days ahead but she put that at the back of her mind as she slid open the gates and entered.
"SOOO! NISHIZUMI! HERE! TRY THIS NEWEST CURRY I MADE! ITS STILL HOT SO GET IT WHILE IT'S FRESH!" Anzu said buoyantly.
"Ugh… President, I'm here for the meeting that you wanted me for"
"OH YEAH! THAT… WE'LL GET TO THAT BUT HURRY EAT!"
"I'm not hungry, maybe later."
Anzu's face molds back into a neutral form,
"Oh, I see, next time then but anyway back to business. You know about the annual school review right?"
Miho looked confused,
"No… um… what is that?"
Anzu sighed and continued,
"All the different schools come together and share different things with each other, think of it as a cultural exchange."
"But we're all Japanese." Miho retorted.
Anzu sighed again,
"You know what I mean but here is the deal, Kuromorimine, St. Gloriana, and Saunders University High School should be arriving in the next hours or so and I need you there to greet them as they come off and tour the ship with us, over the coming days we will be doing the same with their ships and so on."
Momo Kawashima, the schools public relations director gave her input while adjusting her monocle eyeglass.
"We need to show Oarai off as the ideal school and maybe we can get more enrollment, more enrollment more funding and with more funding we can buy more tanks and other such things."
Miho is still as confused as ever but all she had to do was to greet the commanders and crew of the other schools tankery teams while student council deals with the normal students. She left the building with what she came there for, next she had to head back to her apartment to get her uniform so she can look presentable to her incoming guest but they all knew her any way so it wouldn't matter any way but being the ideal school with actual tanks would be a nice perk to have so she headed back down the long stretch of road back to her apartment. She looked up at the sky, it wasn't so blue anymore, any trace of blue sky was slowly and ominously being replaced by grey skies, she looked over to the starboard side and towards the open ocean, there she can see it, massive hulking vessels similar to her own, one looked like the canceled German Aircraft Carrier the Graf Zeppelin, the other looking like the HMS Ark Royal, and the more rather imposing of the Nimitz Class of carrier that was bigger than the both of the ships combined. She sighed and proceeded to head back up the stairs of her apartment complex and to her dismay, her door was unlocked. Again.
Authors Notes: Well! That's puts an end to chapter 1, hope you guys liked it and please rate and review. I had a lot of fun writing this and I'm looking into writing more in the future. Hey, I might do this more often, never felt as free in writing as I did now but any way, this is CaptainSentry and I'll see you guys later!