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~~~October 25, 2015; Kuromorimine High School~~~ Mahos POV:
'Where's Christof? Did he not come to school today? Eh, I'll see him around. I'm going to go check on my mother, I found it odd that she came to the gathering yesterday.' I walked over to the side of the school where my mothers office is and was about to knock on the door when I heard her speaking with someone.
"Mrs. Nishizumi, my men are prepared to move out but to Guben? That is one of the smallest cities in all of Germany!"
"An order is an order, Mr. Mutthans."
"I understand, Mrs. Nishizumi."
The door opened and Christof walked out. He faced me, took off his officers cap and saluted me, causing me to blush a little. The door closed and Christof walked off to his team. I knocked on the door.
"Enter."
I walked in and bowed to my mother, trying to hide my blushing face.
"Maho, I can see that you're blushing. Don't tell me that you like the leader of the Tatakai-Do team."
I sighed. I'd have to tell her sooner or later.
"Yes, mother it is. I have a request."
"Ok Maho. Do you care for the Nishizumi style or will you be just like your sister Miho? Will I have to disown both of you?"
"No mother. But I have a request, may I also be sent out to Guben?"
Shiho sighed.
"If that is truly what you want then you may. Take your tanks."
"Thank you mother." I stood up and bowed. When I looked up she had a look of worry and disappointment on her face.
~~~Kuromorimine High School Tank Hangars~~~ I walked into the tank hangars where our tanks were stored to see some of the students working on the tanks. Once they noticed me they snapped to attention and saluted.
"Continue working."
They stopped saluting and continued working on the tanks. I decided to just tell them straight off.
"We're moving out to Guben tonight with the Tatakai-Do team."
The students looked shocked to hear this. Some were excited and others looked scared and were tearing up. A voice came up from behind. "Kommandant Maho?"
I turned around and saw Christof standing there, he looked surprised.
"Christof, I wasn't going to let the infantry go in alone, my mother wanted to trap you guys! You know how she thinks that Tatakai-Do isn't a real sport!"
"No, I didn't know that." He looked away at his students who were running laps around the track.
"So why does she have a Tatakai-Do team, then?"
"Because, if she didn't then she'd lose students compared to other schools."
I saw Christofs head droop. "I guess we'd have to show her that Infantry and the rest of Tatakai-Do is useful after all."
I was confused at him saying 'we', he'd never used that term around me.
"We as in you and me, Christof?"
"If you'd like to help, then yes. If not then it is only I."
He walked off to command his team to ready up for deployment. I wish I hadn't told him.
~~~Christofs POV~~~ I walked out towards the track to get my team ready for the deployment but how could I if even I now thought that we were just expendable pawns in Mrs. Nishizumis game? She thinks that only Sensha-Do is important but why? I don't think Maho feels the same, does she? No, I don't think s-
THUD "Wha- What happened?"
Was I in a room? What's going on? What happened?
I looked over to a corner and saw Maho scolding one of my students. It looked like he had a big red spot on his forehead, had he hit me on the track while I was thinking? No, I was a few hundred feet from the track. Was I?
"Kommandant, he is awake." I heard a voice near me say.
Maho walked over to me and said half jokingly "You need to be conscious to command your team, remember?"
She stared at me for a few seconds then walked off. Her eyes had a certain look in them, as if she cared much more than anyone else, as if she really wanted to help.