Right before we begin. Hi! and there is a part where Chris and Kay are talking about the safety things for the match. This is from an Anime so this will also be unrealistic. anyway that's it have fun reading!

"ALRIGHT, EVERYONE WAKE UP!"

"Wake up!!!" My head hurts. I'm too tired for this shit.

"Chris!" Someone said in a small but excited whisper.

"What is it Clem?"

"Clem? I woke you up a bit too early didn't I?"

"Early?" I opened my eyes. "JESU..." I yelled before Kay covered my mouth. She let go and said, "Rise and shine!"

"Shine my beautiful glowing face?"

"Exactly! Come on." She didn't deny that?

"Aright. Let me put on my clothes." I normally wear a hoodie and jeans with a T-shirt. So, I don't really stand out. I mean people say that I have the darkest color hair compared to everyone because I don't have the slightest of brown. But, that's it. I put on my clothes and turned to Kay. She grabbed my hand and ran out of the tent before jumping in the drivers seat of a Willy M38. "Where on Earth are we headed to?" Kay grinned and said "You'll see." Hopefully she drives fast and handles it well like me. (Not to toot my own horn.) I jumped in the back and as soon as my foot touched down Kay drove straight away. She was drving in to town so I guess we're going to visit someone. But after a short drive she stopped in front of a restaurant which was closed. She stepped outside and told me to follow. She then walked towards the restaurant and pulled out a key. There was a few more keys on it but she had a few American vehicles on it. Like the B-17 bomber and a Firefly. She then unlocked the door and walked in.

"Joe? Joe are you here?" She has a boyfriend?

"Sis? That you?" Oh, brother. That would be weird and awkward.

"Yeah! It's me big bro!" I never knew that Kay had a bigger brother. Then a face peaked from a doorway before they came over. He was like Kay. Blonde, healthy and Charismatic.

"Welcome back Kay!" he said before hugging her. "Is this your boyfriend?" He said pointing at me.

"Boyfriend? Haha I wish." Did I just say that I wished she WAS my girlfriend. IN FRONT OF HER?

"You wish, Eh?" Joe said elbowing Kay.

"He didn't mean it, Joe." Kay insisted.

"Sure he didn't." He said.

"I'm sure that was in a JOEking matter." Tney both laughed out loud at that. It wasn't even that good.

"Oh! what time is it?" Joe asked. I checked my phone saying, "5:13. Wait you woke me up at 5?" Kay shrugged before Joe said, "We must have breakfast now like you asked, Kay! Uh... What's your name?" He asked me. I said my name. "Ok, Chris you can sit at the table and wait for us."

"Do you want me to help at all?"

"Nonsense. Just sit down and relax." Said Kay. I went through the door and sat down at the dining table. I decided to check my messages to see if I missed any. I did and it was from...Clay? This morning? Weird. I opened messenger and checked. I read it. 'Hey, Chris! saw you exiting the tent with kay. Whats that about?' He saw us? I guess I should reply. 'Hey, John. I didn't see you awake this morning. Any way me and Kay are just having..." Actually should I tell him the truth. I put my phone down for a bit and thought about it. I picked it back up and continued. '... Breakfast at her brothers restaurant.' I hit send and waited. Instantly I saw him typing. 'Oh the Great Joe restaurant? That place is so good!' Huh. I didn't know that John was here before. 'How did you know?" I replied with. 'I went that last year with my girlfriend. Plus I'm good friends with the chef who told me about her tankery sister. I mean there are a lot of similarities' That explains it. Saunder always have their doors open. 'Yeah there are quite a few similarites. Any way I gtg. Cya in training.' then I turned off my phone and waited. After a few minutes Kay and Joe came in with two plates. "Only two?" I said.

"Yes, You see I already ate." Said Joe. That makes sense. "Now here you go." Joe said placing a plate in front of me. It had Bacon,sausages and eggs. "Thanks!" I said.

"I hope it is alright." Kay said.

"It's fine. I don't stress about what I have for my meals that much." I said.

"Ok, I'll leave you two by yourself." Joe said before walking upstairs.

"Your brothers nice." I remarked.

"Yeah, he is." Kay replied with. We ate our breakfast in silent for a bit before Kay asked, "How and Why did you become infantry?"

"Well, In elementary when we were asked for what we wanted to do. Instead of Tankery there was Infantry For guys. Clay,Clem,Dale and Blair were already my friends in elementary but Thurston came from a different school. We chose infantry because... Well, we thought that we would be good at it and we were."

"What did you do in your first year?" Asked Kay.

"Well we learnt the history of infantry but that was the first half. In the second we were able to fire guns. Small arms though. Colt .45s instead of rifles."

"And then second year was rifles?"

"No it was to see which gun we were best at."

"Ah... Wait what gun do you use?"

"My load out can be confusing. I wear a bag that had two holsters. One for my Thompson and another for my Winchester 1887. The bag contains provisions and equipments. My right thigh has a shovel and my left has a Colt. Ammo,grenades and all that go on my Hip."

"Right. A lot more complicated than what we have."

"Yeah, a M3 Grease gun and thats it right?"

"Yeah... How did you know?"

"I know quite a bit of history so it should be 'Tradition.' What are the safety measures of this new game now?"

"Well, depends. The tank HE shells have minimised explosive range and the vest is meant to protect you a lot but there are things like trees falling and all that." Well, at least the government care. "The grenades throw pellets instead of shrapnel."

"What about our eyes and mouths?" I said before finishing my breakfast.

"Well, everyone wears some invisible mask. It is just to make it easier to identify who is who. Once someone is hit a white flag is deployed and they are forced to lie down. The white flag sends a signal to a truck which would arrive once they think the gunfire had stopped. White flags will also be used on tanks. A pure white flag indicated that everyone in the tanks is out and the tank is disabled. A white flag with a tank shows that the tank is disabled but the crew is alive. A white flag with a person on indicated that the tank is active but the crew are out. If infantry are in the buildings and the tanks know they are. They can only use their guns if they intend to put a hole through. Any gun over 90mm can not do that."

"Wow... Oh yeah and this morning." I said

"What about it?"

"I swear I heard Arisa shouting. How did no one else hear it."

"Oh, Arisa..." She then puts her hand in her pocket and pulled out USB sticks. "... pre-records her announcements and then I put the stick in my phone and put earphones on you so only you could hear it."

"Oh right." I said.

"Did you tell anyone about yesterday?"

"Only my squad. Don't worry I didn't tell them about your father." I said as I stood up. I grabbed both of our plates since they were empty and put them in the sink. I turned around and leaned on the sink. "So, now what?" Kay smiled and said, "The park" before walking out. I followed on but by the time I got outside Kay was already running there. Now, one feature I have is that I am quite a fast and accurate person. I am not very strong but I have martial arts to cover that since I came from chinese heritage... Doesn't have anything to do with me knowing martial arts but still. I ran after her before she took a corner turn. I caught up to her pretty quickly.

"You're quick!" I said, sarcasticly.

"Lightning fast." Kay said. When I saw the park ahead I decided to sprint for it. Kay tried to catch up but was 8 seconds behind. Yes I timed it. "So, what are we meant to do here?"

"I thought we could walk around and talk about tactics. Theres a bench there any way so we could sit whilst we talk." She then walked to it and I followed on. She sat on the bench and said, "Do you know how we have 320 infantry and 20 tanks on for every school." I sat down and said yes. "Well, I am planning on 4 companies. Each with 80 men and 10 tanks. Some with 3." She explained.

"Uh huh..."

"Each company will be with the St. Gloriana since they will have 320 men and 20 tanks as well."

"So, what is going on?"

"Well, I want you to lead a company. So, think of a name."

"Kelly's heroes obviously." Kay laughed a bit loud. Thank god it was 6 so it wasn't busy.

"First, your name is not kelly and it needs to begin with A,B or C."

"Uhh... Crust?"

"Crust"

"I couldn't think of something smart." Kay chuckled.

"Hey look behind you, Kay." I said pointing behind her.

"What is it?"

"Clay and Dale."

"Wait, what?" she said turning around. I waved to them and they waved back. Dale started jogging to us but Clay kept walking. "Hey, George." Kay greeted Dale with.

"Just call me Dale and hi."

"Did you wake up early like Clay?" I asked him.

"No. I was tired as shit but Clay decided to wake me up. Told me that he saw you two exiting the tent."

"And you trusted Clay?" I said, grinning. Kay and Dale smiled.

"Hey guys!"

"Hey Clay." We all said simultaneously. We all looked at each other.

"Wow, did you plan for that?"

"Oh, of course do you want to see our tactical map and description?" I said. Everyone smiled at that and let out a small chuckle.

"You are way too sarcastic at some times." Said Dale.

"Aww... Thought you were supporting me." I said.

"Proves their point." Said Kay.

"So are you two on a date? Is that why you were eating at the restaurant and sitting here?" Clay said

"How did you know that we ate at..." Started Kay.

"I texted Chris who told me." Interupted Clay.

"Ok in response to the first question." I said. "No we are not in a date. We are just hanging out."

"You two do look like a great couple." Dale assured.

I glared at Dale, before saying, "How so?"

"Both of you are charismatic." I USED THAT WORD TO DESCRIBE HER BROTHER!!! But thank you. "And you two are always energetic and in the mood for something." Dale gushed. Clay checked his watch.

"Hey, Dale we gotta go! It's 6:17! You said that we will visit my sister."

"Oh yeah!" He turned to us. "Well. See you in training." He then ran off with Clay.

"Man, they must be excited to meet Clay's sister." Kay murmured

"I don't blame them. They haven't seen each other in two years. She is extremely nice so I hope she moves to Saunders." Kay looked at me raising an eyebrow. She then grabbed my hand, hastily.

"Let's go shall we? There's only 42 minutes left and 10 is going to be used to get ready for training."

"Well, where do you suggest us going?" Kay thought about it for a while.

"Let's just visit Arisa and Naomi." Kay declared. "Plus, whilst we are there I could change in to uniform."

"Wait do I have to wear uniform or infantry outfit?"

"Infantry for training. Uniform for any other classes." I nod my head and we both stood up. Realising that we were holding hands I couldn't run. Just a slow walk to the jeep. I never even noticed that we held hands. Actually since there is a bit to fill in and I don't want to say 6 minutes later or something. I might as well talk about infantry Uniform. For Saunders our uniform is the marine corps because we are an American school and I prefer the Marine one than the normal Infantry outfit. Kuro Mori Mine wear the uniform of the Heer. British wear British troops etc. Underneath the outfits are the armour so thats how we can tell from enemy and friendly. However, when it comes to a school like Oorai it is a lot more difficult since it is a mulit-national school. So, they wear their allies uniform but if they are also multi-national then they wear any uniform that isn't the same as the enemy. Ah! theres the jeep. "So... Who's driving?"

"Oh, thanks for offering. Yeah you can drive."

"I walked straight into that one." I muttered.

"Do you want fast or slow?"

"Fast." I then climb in and get ready. Ok Willy M38 can go 60 mph I think... I try and drive to max speed quickly but it took about 2 minutes. I then recklessly drove around every corner. As we were nearing the offices I started to slow down. "Did I damage anything?"

"No... Somehow..." She then jumped out of the jeep when it came to a full stop. I followed her in Arisa's office and ,sure enough, Arisa was sat at her desk. The clock above her read 6:23.

"Hey, Arisa!" I greeted.

"Hey, Chris." She blurted out.

"How are you doing Arisa?" Asked Kay.

"Alright." She replied with. She is really monotone. "I'm gonna change in my room ok? Don't come in!" Kay demanded before entering her room and letting the door close on its self.

"Arisa, you look tired." I observed her face seeing bags under her eyes.

"Do I? Well, I kept thinking of last night."

"What, lunch?"

"Yeah. Why didn't she tell me about her father? Why did she tell you? That was the first time I saw her being really emotional. It's as if you two have a really strong connection despite being introduced to each other just yesterday."

"You're thinking about this too much..."

"Maybe so..." I noticed a notebook full of words and my name.

"Hey, Arisa whats that page for?" I pointed out.

"Oh this page?" She exclaimed before swiping it away and putting it in a drawer. "Just a few answers that I thought that could answer to my questions. It helped me get an hour of sleep."

"An hour?" I babbled. "Just an hour of sleep. Wow! and we have training next!"

"Training!?" She shouted before Kay came out again.

"Are you two arguing again?" Kay groaned.

"No. Arisa only got an hour of sleep and forgot about training."

"Whoa. Arisa are you ok?"

"No. Can I have some rest?" Arisa responded with looking at Kay with hope. Kay nodded and Arisa stood up and walked out slowly and hunched over. I looked at Kay. "Should we check on Naomi?"

"Yeah. She is always calm and never stresses." We head to Naomi's room which was next to Arisa's room and across Kay's 'Office.' I knock on the door leaning against it. "Come in!" Yelled a voice. Naomi was still in bed playing a game on the TV. "How are you Naomi?" Kay asked.

"Fine as always." Responded Naomi.

"Do you want to join us?" Kay asked

"Doing what?"

"Driving to Chris's tent then going to the base of the hill." Naomi sighed and checked the time which was 6:39.

"It's about time so why not." We all went outside. There was a small breeze causing Kay's hair to follow along. That could be a really cool photo from amn angle. "Who's driving?" asked Kay. Me and Naomi looked at her. "Ah... Gotcha." We all went in the jeep and drove to the tents. "Hurry up!" Kay shouted when I ran inside. Ok... Marine outfit. I grabbed my outfit but then I noticed Clem sleeping in the bag next next to mine. "Clem?" I said in a small whisper. After no response I shook him around. Clem then woke up. "What do you want?" He groaned. As I put on my uniform I told him, "Training day. Put on the marine outfit and be there." I ran out to the jeep with my outfit and equipment on.

"Now to the garage to get our tanks." Kay Said quickly before driving. The garage was quite a bit away. Took us 5 minutes and when we did arrive we had to wait for the crew before taking off. Naomi had to wait for the rest of her firefly crew so we left her. Kay came out of the hatch. "Kay!" I shouted over the sound of the engine.

"Yeah?" She shouted back, leaning towards me.

"How can we fit all everyone in the base of a hill?"

"We can't. I asked some squads to train somewhere else with someone that I can trust." Oh right that makes a lot of sense. When we did arrive I only saw a few M4 tanks and a dozen squads. I jumped off and met with the rest of my squad.

"Where's Clem?" I asked.

"Not sure. But he is awake since he just texted me." Clay Said not looking up from his phone. "It's 6:53. So he will have to be here in 7 minutes."

"Any way, How did it go?" Asked Dale.

"It went alright."

"What did you two do?" Asked Clay, putting his phone away.

"Is this a interview?"

"Yeah. For who was the better boyfriend." Blair snapped looking up at me, glaring.

"What's got you man? We aren't even Boyfriend or Girlfriend."

"Blair used to date Kay for five months before they (recently) broke up." Clay explained but in a whisper.

"Don't worry, Chris I was only joking." Blair laughed holding his stomach. We all chuckled.

"My god this weight is killing me. 31.24 pounds I think this is." I exclaimed.

"Have you tried this bazooka? 13 bloody pounds." Dale said.

"GUYS!" A voice yelled behind me. We turned to see Clem running towards us. When he got here he leaned forward grabbing his knees, panting heavily.

"You know that we have a 2 mile run? In..." I checked my phone. "...In 2 minutes."

"I know!" Clem said sitting on the grass.

"Wait, Thirst how heavy is that flamethrower?"

"72 pounds." We all looked at him in shock.

"Wha..." Thirst began before Kay shouted, "Alright everyone gather to me!" We all looked at each other and slowly walked. It was clear that most of us were tired. "All right. Everyone here has to do the PT run before entering their positions. The ship is about 8.699 miles and we are running 2 miles. We will run a mile from here to the town and then back. Tank crews climb in to their tanks and get in firing position. Infantry will walk alongside the tank to their firing range. If you are early then you can climb the tank and relax for a bit. Are we all ready?" Kay shouted with energy. We all groaned except a select few. Kay whistled and then we all ran towards town. I was in lead but there were a few people that were behind me. Since we were carrying full gear I was surprised to see Thurston 2 places behind me. Since it would be strange to talk about my surroundings since I just focused on where I ran and I listened to music so I had no conversation. I might as well talk about classes before the assembly. Once, we had a joint class of both tankery and infantry people we talked about other countries weapons compared to ours, foreshadowing the match. When they show cased the bullets all the girls were quite shocked at how small the bullets were since they used larger calibre shells. I overheard one of my class mates saying that 9mm rounds are for pistols and asked why the MP40 used the 9mm luger. Because I am a WWI and WWII smart arse, I turned to him and said that MP stood for Machine Pistole and it was actually just a full automatic pistol hence the 9mm calibre. He then asked why would the German troops use it. Which I never knew. But they did use the Russian PPSH-41 more so they probably didn't use it as much.

I wonder how many rumours are going around about me and Kay? So many people think that we're in a relationship. EVEN HER OWN BROTHER! I looked back to see where everyone was. Only me,Thurston and a few others were in front. Everyone else was at least 50 meters behind. It's difficult to imagine 640 people againt 640 others. I feel like it is a bit much but a average company is 80-150 infantry so I guess it makes sense since we have 4 companies. This must be a really big arena. When I entered town I saw most of the towns people awake. Most of them waved at us and some just whispered to each other. We waved back. Well at least I did. I'm not sure what the others did. The goggles also show a map in the upper left. It is updated via phone. But, when I was nearing the turn back, I decided to jog because I was getting a bit tired. All right, another life story as I run a mile... Ok nevermind...

0.98 Miles later...

Alright I am finally back. I take off my earphones and go to Thurston.

"Good Job Thirst. Considering how heavy that flamethrower is I am impressed."

"Thanks." Thurston grumbled. I wonder what happened to him when he was younger. Surely, he wasn't always like this. In a minute the rest of the group came back panting like us. Except we didn't pant as heavily.The girls then rushed to the tanks. "Everyone climb on the tanks!" Kay yelled. I climbed on the side of the tanks and helped everyone up. Once everyone was on, the tanks drove to the other side of the hill. The hill was at the end of the Carrier so it looked cool. Just looking at the vast ocean as you drive alongside it. The hill doesn't seem that steep so I might check it out later. See what's on top of it. "Sir?" Asked a quiet voice. I turned to the sound direction seeing a Private moving his mouth but the engine noise made it impossible to hear him.

"You'll have to say that louder, lad!" I shouted.

"I said! Is it true about you and Kay?" I looked away feeling my cheeks going bright red. Kay's tank was ahead and I could see that she was talking to another crew member. The crew member laughed and Kay also turned red turning to me. Before turning her head away from flinch.

"Infantry! Dismount the tanks and wait for orders!" Arisa yelled. We all jumped off and head in front of the lead tank. "Alright, Firing station 1 is for the following people!" Arisa started. It wasn't until Firing station 6 was my name called out. No one in my squad was at Firing station 6. When I got there we were allowed to fire. I let a Private go first. I noticed that we all had Tompson guns. So i guess that's why no one in my squad was firing station 6. He aimed at the 100m target. He then pulled the trigger. Nothing happened. He turned his gun and checked the magazine. "Safety is on." I pointed out. He looked at me embarrased and turned safety off. He then fired his weapon at the target. All his 30 rounds with out stopping. He hit twice. "Short burst, Private. To be more accurate. Here let me show you." I got i. position. Got on 1 knee and aimed. I then fired 3-6 round burst at the target. I hit every time except 3 times. I looked back seeing the Privates raised eyebrow. I go to the back and waited. After repeats of what happened Kay announced the end of training. I checked my phone. It showed 9:17. We trained for 2 hours and 17 minutes. I went to my squad who were talking about something.

"... And then he looked at me going like 'Really?"' Dale finished. My squad said hi before Clay told us to get in the pick up truck. "I want to relax for the day to be honest." Clay said.