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Girls Chaos Rise

Chapter 2: The Crux of the Matter

"Miporin!"

"Miho-san."

"Nishizumi-dono!"

"Hey...wake up, lazy leader."

"You're the one to say that?!"

"She is sleeping soundly. After saving so many lives, she deserves her rest."

"And she was so cool and beautiful!"

"I wish I was bustier."

"Hey!"

"Hmm..."

She groaned, as she started to open her eyes. She was reclining over a comfortable chair, which could double as a bed.

"Yeah! She's awake!"

She blinked, stretching her long arms, as they barely scraped the ceiling above. She winced a little, as she hit her large legs against something in front of her; it was one of the computerized screens, used by commanders like her. She got up, and the chair raised up too.

Miho Nishizumi was finally awake.

"Zon," she groaned. "It has been about 300 years, and I feel...weird."

"You're not the only one," the others answered in agreement.

She was not wrong. Miho Nishizumi was no longer an average, Japanese girl. She did not know how or why, but all she remembered was what felt like a dream...

Her friends were having a friendly match, in which all schools that they knew, from St. Gloriana to Kuromorimine and even Maginot and a few little-known ones, were in a match for fun. However, as they fought, a few portals suddenly appeared, and everything went down from there. All they remembered was that they either entered the portals, or the portals sucked them in. It was hard to tell, but either way...Miho and her friends ended up in a mysterious planet.

She and others could tell that it was no longer the same Earth that they lived in, because its air felt different. They found it more refreshing, as if it had more oxygen, and it felt cleaner. Plus, they saw animals and things that did not (or could not) exist in their own world, such as griffins, dinosaurs, and even a few UFOs.

That was about 300 years, and the girls were still alive and well, even better than usual.

Now, here she was: Miho was now 263 cm tall, something that bothered her greatly. One of her friends with fluffy hair even embarrassed her, by accurately determining her measurements of B201 W100 H151. She decided to grow her light brown hair, so that it cascaded a little past her shoulders, and a little down to her back. Four small ribbons-ginger, black, dark brown, and black-wrapped around a few strands each, and a single, light brown one wrapped a few strands above the other four.

She wore a new set of uniform, which looked very different from her original. It looked like a mixture of her team's former Senshadou uniform, a stylized anime-esque military uniform, and a futuristic combat suit. Miho carefully summarized it as looking like "a hybrid of an anime-style ceremonial uniform and a science-fiction combat suit." It was stylish but practical, designed with not only armor plates and miniaturized computers, but also with parts designed for customization. All of her teammates and her kind wore something like it.

It, like other uniforms, also wore the emblem of their old school's emblem. It was the same blue-and-white logo, except with new details added. Two wings were added, striped in blue and white like the logo. On top had nine stars, white with red boundaries, each representing the Ooarai Senshadou teams (just as the USA started out with 13 colonies, hence the 13 stripes in the American flag). Below was a triquetra, which Miho added, because it was an oddly common symbol in the mysterious planet; it was golden with blue boundaries and linings.

Overall, the girls' uniforms actually varied based on the situation. Within the safety of their tank, the uniforms looked like a fancier version of the old Senshadou uniform, and "cooler-looking." In combat, the uniforms transformed into real combat suits. Unlike the original, the uniform-suit could transform, so it was very useful.

Miho also wore what looked like a simple, black tiara and a pair of black headphones. Together, the headgear employed communications and battlefield management systems; few wore it, as it was specially designed for specific tank crews. This type of headgear was exclusive to the Virago, who were all of the original Senshadou girls, now the leaders of their society.

However, Miho also had more details to her attire. She and her teammates also had the logo of their team mascot on the backs of their uniforms: a cute, pink Anglerfish. However, it had what looked like a futuristic visor over its eyes, its lure now had a star shape, and it had an overall spikier body.

Miho's uniform also had five diamonds, each of a different color and embedded into her uniform. Although she objected to them being added on her, her team begged her to, as they felt that the diamonds represented her very well:

On her left shoulder pad was an orange diamond. On her right was a red one. On her left side, stuck in the left breast but farther away from the middle of the chest, was a pink diamond. On the right side in the same position was a blue diamond. In the middle, below the Ooarai logo, was a star-shaped diamond, pure and white.

"Why is mine so fancy?" Miho asked, blushing.

"You're the special one," a ginger-haired girl replied. "You kept us alive. We found those diamonds while fighting against some enemies, and we opened up a strange treasure chest. We decide to embed them on your suit, as a token of appreciation."

Saori Takebe was changed, like Miho was. She was 258 cm tall. She wore the same Anglerfish uniform as Miho's, except it did not have any diamonds. She also was the only one of the team to wear thigh-high boots, which were white, in sharp contrast to her uniform's overall dark blue theme. Her skirt also was longer, even though everybody wore full pants that covered their underwear. She grew her hair a lot, so that it cascaded down to her back like an orange waterfall.

She was still cheerful, bubbly, and talkative, like her old self. She loved to cook, even in the tank, since their tank was modified to include an actual kitchen. She had the largest bust in her team, which occasionally made her blush.

"You deserve your nap," the next girl replied, checking her periscope and weapon systems. "And we allowed you to wear the diamonds, since I also believe that you are like them: strong but beautiful."

Hana Isuzu was the tallest of her team, standing at 265 cm tall. She wore the same uniform as Saori's. However, hers had some floral markings, since she still liked to make flower arrangements; she even had a few pots inside of the tank. She grew her hair as well, so that it looked like a black waterfall down to her back, except dotted with a few flowers.

"I feel like an Elf," Saori groaned. "We're tall and beautiful, and still youthful after 300 years of crazy things happening."

"Or maybe like a beautiful yokai lady," Hana remarked dreamily, causing the others to stare at her.

"But this is so cool!" another one interjected enthusiastically. "We can now do all kinds of stuff that we would have never done!"

Yukari Akiyama also was different. She grew up like others, now standing at 261 cm tall. Her own uniform was designed to look like an actual soldier's combat suit, with pouches and even camouflage coloring. She still loved military stuff, even when they were in an actual danger zone.

"I feel like a mighty super-soldier!" Yukari declared.

"I prefer being called Elf," Saori remarked.

"I feel like a strong warrior-lady," Hana added.

"I am hungry," the driver interjected. "I want sweets."

Mako Reizei was still her drowsy self, despite her growth. She was now 245 cm tall, but complained occasionally about her bust being relatively flat (not by human standards). She now usually wore her long hair into a single braid; a picture of her grandmother and herself was pinned to the tip of it.

"Ahh," she yawned. "Boy, driving is a little boring, now that I could activate an AI to drive it sometimes."

"Mako!" Saori admonished her. "You're using it more than usual!"

"Doesn't she do that often?" Hana asked.

"Well," Yukari said, groaning a little. "I have to agree with Mako here; our tank has an AI that makes our lives a little too easy."

She pressed a button.

"Greetings from the Crucigon," said a lady-like voice. "How may I help you?"

"Any movement out there?" Yukari asked.

Beep-beep-click-click.

"Negative," was the response.

"See?" Yukari pointed out.

"How about make more sweets?" Mako tried to speak, but Saori "wrestled" with her.

Miho looked around, smiling. All of her friends were still alive, to her amazement. More importantly, they were still their old selves, despite being forced to grow up so fast in their newfound planet, which was still new to them. In fact, for 300 years, they discovered that the planet had multiple names, but did that matter?

All it mattered was that she, her friends, and everybody else was still alive...

...but more importantly, they had a nation to maintain and rule over, which they had to first find, and more.

"You know," Mako suddenly spoke, yawning. "I sometimes feel that we're in a dream. It's only because that we lived for centuries, without growing old at all, that even I started to realize that we're not in our old earth anymore."

"And we have changed," Hana said. "And...we had those odd dreams..."

"Dreams of all kinds!" Yukari said, stretching herself. "I sometimes dreamed of firing at zombies!"

"Brrr!" Mako responded with a shiver. "One of the worst of mine was a ghostly machine-thing that tried to bite me."

"I recall shooting the cannon a lot," Hana remarked.

"I don't know why," Saori said with a sigh. "But hundreds of girls smashed into me like a paparazzi."

The girls laughed together.

"But to be serious," Miho said. "We definitely are in a different world, perhaps even a different dimension. We, the Anglerfish Team, are now in charge of our new nation, and we have to find them fast."

"But after 300 years," Hana said. "We still have a lot to learn, and I sometimes feel like in a dream."

"It really did feel like a dream," Miho admitted. "However, dream or not, we are now in a new type of reality. This planet is like Earth, but it has many names: New Earth, Ark Earth, Arkerra, Alternate Earth, Alterra, Magiterra...it depends on multiple factions."

Mako and Yukari both groaned.

"It was very confusing," Hana admitted.

"Which is why we decided to vote on it!" Saori said. "After three separate poll, we and our Norans decided on three of the most popular ones: New Earth, Arkia, and Alterra."

Miho smiled. She and her team now were a part of a new people called the Norans. They were named after their state: NOR. It stood for "New Ooarai Republic," because it was based on the Ooarai Girls' Academy. Unlike the old school, the NOR had become very large, very rich, and very prosperous, attracting a variety of Senshazons from other states. In general, the Norans were famous for their great levels of diversity and resilience.

However, like all new societies, it was not very easy. The girls had to adjust to their permanent changes, while trying to find resources to remake society. Fortunately, they did not need to look far.

"Arkfall," Miho reminisced. "That is one of the main features of this strange earth. Arkerra, Arkia, and Ark Earth are popular names because of that."

"What is an Arkfall exactly?" Hana asked.

Miho nodded to Mako, who then explained:

ARKFALL

An Arkfall was like a meteor crater. However, instead of a meteor striking the planet, it was a strange, lance-shaped, colossal spaceship. Nobody knew how or why, but these Arks, as they were known, apparently were some sort of transport or even magical ships. However, the New Earth or Arkia (among the most popular names) seemed to attract these mysterious constructs like a magnet. They appeared only at least once a year, but when they did, the local peoples were quick to take advantage, because it would always fall down.

Whenever an Ark made a landing, it disintegrated en masse quickly, so that nobody could even reverse engineer whatever was that piloted the spaceship. However, its cargo survived, and it was what was inside of the Arks that mattered:

Some Arks carried a huge number of resources, such as high-quality metals and even gems. Others carried entire arsenals of advanced weapons. A few even carried entire peoples, within sleep chambers that kept them alive. More often than that, however, the Arks caused portals to open up, allowing some strange peoples to flood into the New Earth.

Miho and her friends and allies were among those who migrated into the New Earth via portals, and they also acquired most of their technologies from other Arkfalls, which stored a variety of weapons. In fact, about 300 years ago, the peoples of Arkia saw the Senshazons as a sign of the things to come, because THREE Arks fell all at once in the same location, which was very rare. One Ark brought the Senshazons into the world, while the other provided them with starting resources-both edible and inedible-in order to establish societies effectively. The last Ark provided the girls with advanced equipment, especially ground combat vehicles, and that was how the girls became Senshazons.

"Those Arkfalls are really weird," Saori admitted. "They apparently drop all kinds of stuff, and we got our weapons and techs and even magic from them! But more importantly, we also have become...Senshazons."

Senshazons were the girls themselves, who had transformed en masse. They were clearly not human, for obvious reasons; they lived for over 300 years, and were clearly in great health. An average Senshazon was about 100 cm taller than a human, and was inherently better in every way. In fact, the New Earth was distinct in that the "real" Humans were now an endangered race, stuck on the outskirts of a mysterious area called the Middle Triangle. The Middle Triangle was a mysterious triangular area, where there was some strange vortex within; on the edges, there were magical barriers that protected the Humans within from the mysterious "plagues" that covered the planet. Most people, like the Senshazons, were perfectly unaffected by the earth's unique atmosphere, because they were attuned to magic.

"But we look like humans," Hana said. "Except taller, more robust, and...bustier?"

"My breasts are a little too big!" Saori groaned.

"Zon," Mako groaned. "I wish mine were a little bigger."

"I feel so strong!" Yukari said, wincing as she accidentally punched the ceiling. "Ouch!"

"Friends!" Miho said, quieting her team. "I know...I know that we're still pondering even after all these years. But we know a few things:

"One: we either entered through a portal, or the portal sucked us in. We entered this strange planet called New Earth, Arkia, or Alterra. This earth is unlike our old home, because it obviously had weird anomalies, such as dinosaurs and UFOs, if they were even real spaceships.

"Two: we are no longer humans. We are Senshazons, a group of amazons who now wield some arcane technology, so that we wield both magic and technology. We are among the largest races to dominate this New Earth. It helped that some of our girls can...make more girls like bunnies or bacteria, and we easily dominated at least one continent, which appeared to be distinct and huge."

"And three: for 300 years, we not only focused on establishing our states, but also on making alliances with other factions. Unfortunately, some humans in special anti-magic suits discovered an Arkfall, and used its power to disconnect all of our states apart. That Arkfall granted them the wish to 'divide the world,' in an effort to regain their place in this planet."

The girls nodded grimly.

Arkfalls did not just bring in new resources; sometimes, an Arkfall created a wish shrine of sort. Anyone who activated it could get resources, or even grant a wish! If an Arkfall brought a shrine, and somebody activated it, a giant pillar of light appeared, so that everybody knew that somebody took control of it. Whoever made the wish obviously wanted to shatter all alliances. Upon granting, all states got separated, walled off by some strange magical clouds, which prevented anyone from coming in or out.

Fortunately, the wish was only temporary, and the clouds soon dissipated, but only after 40 years.

"And that is why we're here," Saori said, and everybody sighed to a various degree. "All that hard work, now back to square one."

"But fortunately!" Yukari said, trying to help improve the mood. "We still have our technology, magic, and everything! We improved them, and now we're here!"

"But what does our magic do again?" Hana asked. "It obviously allows us to boost our food production so well."

"It appears that magic is both unlimited and limited," Mako curtly explained. "Our magic basically is designed to improve our ability to use our tanks, military vehicles, and basically everything to do with mechanized warfare or armored warfare. And yes, that also includes logistics, such as food production. That's why we are able to produce hundred and thousands of military vehicles, to a point that even the US economy cannot afford. However, it has a few oddities, such as its inability to do the same thing for our aircraft."

The girls nodded again in grim agreement.

"You basically answered it," Miho said. "Our magic, what we call Senshazon magitech, basically is a fusion of both technology and magic. Our technology is usually something from the modern era and beyond, such as main battle tanks and some futuristic technologies like railguns. Our magic is tied to the techs; it basically makes them work in ways impossible by human standards. However, it somehow does not apply to aircraft. Making aircraft was extremely difficult, as our magic somehow gets in the way. Fortunately, it allows us to build giant transport ships, much like those back in our world. But that's pretty much it."

"You forgot its ability to expand the interior of our tank!" Yukari interjected. "Our magic also greatly improves the logistics, so that we have less of an issue with food and resources! Plus, all of our tanks can double as recovery and engineering vehicles, so that we don't have a separate category for such."

"And we have a kitchen, a bathroom, a shower room, and many beds and desks," Saori said. "Basically, everything that a girl needs."

The girls giggled. They were still girls inside, after all.

"All I know," Hana interjected. "Was that we entered a portal, or it sucked us in, and we have changed for the better."

The girls admitted to that one.

"Either way," Mako said. "We're now in some alien planet, now on a mission: to try and reconnect with our old allies, while making new ones."

"And don't forget finding more lands," Yukari said. "Although our magic allows us to solve the issues of military logistics, it does not exactly do the same thing for civilian logistics. With our population growing, we need more new lands to farm and to populate. We don't want to suffer from overcrowding."

The others agreed.

"Is that all?" Hana asked. "You all have already answered my question and more, which had to do with the Arkfall."

"The Arkfall did not just disconnect us," Miho said. "It also seemed to open up new continents. This New Earth is clearly bigger than the old one; we find landmasses much larger than our own."

"With a variety of weird creatures," Saori said, shivering. "Like giant bugs and...Ratoks."

All of them shivered to a various degree. Miho then gasped.

"Ah!" she replied. "Speaking of Ratoks, my dream had them!"

"What happened?" the others asked; even Mako looked back, her face etched with a little interest.

"Well," Miho breathed, and shared her dream.

"OK," Saori spoke, once Miho finished. "That sounded scary."

"Eek..." Mako only groaned.

"That must have been interesting," Hana said. "It shows who you are: you are afraid yet courageous. You apparently made an ally out of that Ratok, who helped you out."

"I don't know how that is possible," Miho admitted. "But I recall saving one of them, but it's been a while. I think I have to hear his voice again, in order to remember."

"I hope you can," Saori said. "You have a way of making friends out of even enemies."

"I guess that dream is a foreshadowing," Yukari said. "You save lives, make enemies, make allies, and then see the world at large."

"I honestly think that the dream says a few things," Miho said. "And Yukari-san basically nailed it. I am in battle, but save lives. I face enemies, but have allies out of the enemies. And...it's chaotic."

The others agreed.

"Isn't this world crazy?" Saori asked rhetorically. "And your dream definitely foreshadowed something!"

"I honestly thought that you would have zombies in your dream," Mako spoke. "Good thing you did not."

"But why me?" Miho asked. "I am not more special than you all."

"Are you kidding?" her friends asked, aghast.

Then, they laughed.

"Speaking of Ratoks," Hana said, after they all stopped. "Who are the enemies, such as the Ratoks?"

"The Ratoks are obviously ratmen," Mako said with a shiver. "The first ones we met swarmed over some of our infantry clone-girls en masse, eating them away like wood. And we saw very tall humans, who remarked that we were not 'humans."

"Which implies that they are not humans," Saori said. "And we've finally learned that this world is full of humanoids, but not 'real' humans. The 'real' humans now live on the outskirts of something called the 'Middle Triangle.' Apparently, the real humans cannot wield magic, and this world is full of magic, which is poisonous towards them, like nuclear fallout. Hence, the borders of the Middle Triangle are the only places in the world of this New Earth, in which they can live without mutations or some magical fallout."

"That means," Miho said. "All humanoids and races in New Earth or Alterra are technically super-humans, and we are one of them."

"But what happened?" Saori asked. "How did the Arkfall turn us into Senshazons. And how and why did the 'real' humans lose their status? And what's going on now?"

"All we know," Miho said, as she got out through the cupola. "Is that this is a brave new world, brought on not only by the Arkfalls, which the humans dreaded, but also because of some event about 1,000 years ago. And let me go out to check the area."

"This means that we're among the newcomers of this new world order," Mako replied, as Miho got out.

Miho looked around. They were in a strange, tropical savanna. She knew that her crew was located somewhere in what would have been East Africa. However, unlike East Africa, this area was filled with a wide variety of both living and extinct animals.

"Wow..." Miho declared, as she gazed at the scenery.

Herds after herds covered the plains, with giant trees towering over them. Some where about 30 meters, but a few were at least 50 meters tall. Numerous herds of antelopes, wildebeests, and other ungulates fed on the grasses. Next to them, sounders of bizarre wild pigs abounded, which looked like giant boars, but bigger and with bizarre head ornaments; some were as large as small horses. Herds of elephants, many in the thousands, rumbled throughout. Some were clearly African elephants, while others surprised her.

"I never knew that Africa," Miho said, calling down into the cupola. "Is the birthplace of most elephants, including Asian elephants and mammoths."

"Africa did," Mako answered. "It even surprised me, but mammoths and even Asian elephants originally roamed the plains of Africa. In our world, mammoths eventually migrated out, and prospered in the northern parts before going extinct. By contrast, the Asian elephants migrated to southern parts of Asia, where they remain."

Miho then looked up. Some of them were indeed mammoths, with their distinctly giant tusks. Elephants from different herds communicated with each other, mostly by invisible sounds, while some were displaying their ears in threat.

More animals appeared, as the tank rumbled by. Strange cattle, resembling over-sized African buffaloes, with colossal horns grazed peacefully, while prides of giant lions, some as large as horses, rested by. Zebras, giraffes, and other African animals roamed around. However, the most magnificent were those that towered over them all:

Making strange, guttural noises, long necks looked around, looking like giant towers, as a herd of sauropod dinosaurs slowly marched by, causing other animals to move away in fear. Even the lions merely growled, then backed out of the way, as the colossal feet crushed entire bushes like soda cans.

"Giraffatitan," Mako spoke. "Zon, it's hard to imagine seeing living dinosaurs."

"Everybody was shocked to see them," Hana admitted. "Even I would have never believed so. It was one of the first signs that we were in a brand-new world."

"One obvious key clue," Mako said. "That we are no longer living on Earth."

"Well," Yukari spoke. "The dinosaurs are crazy enough, but they are not even the issue here."

Her voice raised an alarm, and the others could tell why.

"Miho-senpai!" a voice cracked through the radio. "We've found you! We're about 3.5 kilometers away from your location! We're under attack!"

"We're coming!" Miho answered.

"Finally!" Saori screamed with delight. "We've found somebody!"

"It has been a few days," Hana remarked, as she prepared the main guns.

Miho then got up again, this time standing on top of the turret. She then looked around, and then knelt down to touch the turret.

"Our new tank," Miho remarked. "The Crucigon."

Crucigon

Origin: Unknown, but acquired from an Arkfall

Crew: 5 + 12 (crew of five but can carry up to 12 soldiers)

Weight: 85 t

Length (gun forward): 13 m, but up to 16 m in artillery form

Hull Length: 13.5 m

Width: 8.4 m

Height: 7.9 m

Main Gun: SEE BELOW

Weapons Stations: 5

Maximum Road Speed: 210 km/h

Amphibious Speed: 70 km/h

The Crucigon is one of the most iconic vehicles of NOR. It strikingly resembles what Saori calls the "Crucio siege tank of Starcraft II," except that instead of six tracks, it had four tracks and four wheels. The four wheels were located away from the tracks; the tracks were the main "legs" of the tank, while the wheels were sort of like the stabilizers. It has two forms:

In its mobile form, it wields three 175-mm cannons, twin 90-mm autocannons, and eight rocket launcher pods. The triple cannons are the "real" main guns, while the twin autocannons are located on the side of the turrets; they are like anti-aircraft guns, but can attack ground units. The rocket pods could fire a variety of rockets and missiles, but the cannons can fire some!

In its artillery form, it turns its wheels into clawed legs, and stick to the ground. The turret then transforms its weapons into a single 500-mm plasma railgun, twin 155-mm howitzers, and four giant rocket pods, big enough to fire 600-mm rockets!

In addition to these weapons, the Crucigon had a variety of defense systems and other perks. Its armor was mysterious, as nobody had yet reverse-engineered it. However, it had Explosive Reactive Armor (ERA), Active Protection System (APS), and even a force field generator. It also could drive in waters, and carry up to 12 soldiers within!

"This is one big tank!" Yukari squealed, as she basically explained the above in her own words (to her friends' slight annoyance).

"Please focus," Miho said, as she adjusted her commander's weapons station: a 30-mm assault machine gun, which looked more like an over-sized minigun. "We need to get there ASAP. Mako-san, I calculate that we will get there in about 3.5 minutes, right?"

"At full speed," Mako answered. "Maybe, as long as the plains are flat like roads."

"Hana-san," Miho said. "Get ready to fire."

"On it," she replied, preparing the triple cannons, which Yukari loaded with three 175-mm shells (with help from an autoloading system).

"Whew!" Yukari spoke, as she prepared her own weapons station; each girl was in charge of at least one weapons station, controlled via their own screens. "My twin autocannons are ready to fire!"

"My ram-cannon is ready," Mako said, as she pushed a button. In front of the tank, a single hole opened up, and what looked like a giant cannon popped out. It did not fire any shell; instead, it was a futuristic version of the battering ram, using charges of energy as "magical rams" that struck with force. It was an effective type of melee weapon.

"Girls," Miho declared, as her screen flashed. "Get ready...get all other seven weapons stations ready please..."

"45 seconds..."

The tank thundered by herds after herds of animals. Most fled in terror, while a few ancient, giant animals, such as the elephants and the dinosaurs, stood their ground, watching the strange object rage through the plain. A curious baby elephant moved forward, trying to look menacing, but the mother pulled it back.

"30 seconds..."

Beep-beep-beep!

"Miho-senpai!" the same voice cried, and the girls heard something that froze their blood.

"Yes-yes-yes!" a familiar voice screeched, as chatterings echoed from the radio system. "You girls make for tasty morsels!"

"Augh!" multiple voices screamed, as the Anglerfish girls could hear the distinct sounds of chattering, squeaking, and even gnawing.

"The Ratoks..." the girls whispered, as they heard more screams and other noises.

"15 seconds..." Miho continued her countdown, despite the shock. "Girls, get ready to engage the enemies."

"Ratoks," Mako groaned in fear. "R-ra-ratmen."

"Girls," Miho said. "Focus."

The girls nodded in agreement.

"5..."

Mako panted a little, but breathed deeply to calm down.

"4..."

Yukari aimed her autocannons, feeling a little enthusiastic to fire.

"3..."

Hana raised her cannons calmly, as the triple cannons started to charge up.

"2..."

Saori hiccuped a little, as she activated the rest of the weapons stations, mostly small machine guns and drone systems.

"1."

The tank rumbled into view, and they saw it.

"UTE!"

BOOM-BOOM-BOOM!

"Wow..." Miho noted.

"Eek!" Saori and Mako reacted with a hiccup each.

"Not like my dream," Miho added. "But not much better."

The Anglerfish Team came upon a battlefield. Their first shots landed down upon masses of murine humanoids, some of whom flew into the air upon impact.

"Make sure to find the survivors!" Miho commanded. "And remember: no friendly fire!"

The girls nodded, and continued to attack, as the tank came upon the battlefield. The tracks and wheels rammed through, flattening some of the Ratoks en masse. Saori then switched to her radar, trying to find the distress signal. The other girls focused on firing their own weapons. Miho herself used her headgear's "helmet-mounted display" system, in order to control a single weapons station, which wielded the 30-mm assault machine gun. It looked more like a GAU-8/A Avenger. She used it to both fire at the Ratoks, and to look for the survivors.

"I found them!" Saori cried, pushing a button.

Sure enough, the radar showed on their screens (each girl had her own screens), and they saw a group of Norans, identified by wearing the same type of uniform as the Anglerfish girls, down to wearing the New Ooarai emblem. They were huddled together in a defensive circle nearby a tall cliff, struggling to keep the enemies at bay. They saw that they had no tanks, and only had their firearms and a few mortars.

"Not good," Miho whispered, then shouted. "Girls! We're back!"

"How did they lose their tanks?" Yukari screamed in alarm.

"I don't know," Mako said with a shiver. "It would have been a death wish for them."

She then drove the tank right into the horde, using her ram-cannon to blast the enemies away. Tens and hundreds flew into the air, as the colossal behemoth of the Crucigon knocked them away like Lego bricks. The roar of the tank drew attention, and the Norans saw them and roared.

"Miho-senpai!" voices of multiple girls erupted from the communications system, including the same voice who spoke to Miho earlier. Miho sighed in relief; they were all alive.

"Most of our clone-girls are dead!" the same girl shouted. "I don't know how, but the Ratoks really took over! We got separated from the other Virago too!"

The Virago were special Senshazons, who were leaders of the Senshazon societies. They wielded a special type of magic, which sustained the Senshazons. Killing a Virago, without enough to replace, would have been a death sentence. Miho and the Anglerfish Team were Virago; in fact, they were leaders by default.

"We're here now," Miho replied, as she signaled. "Continue to open fire on the Ratoks."

BOOM-BOOM-BOOM!

Multiple shrieks echoed, as the tank's weapons all fired at once again. Three shells shot right through multiple Ratoks, throwing them up into the air. The autocannons, machine guns, and other systems fired their own, and a volley of bullets, shells, missiles, and rockets rained down upon the Ratoks. Like scared rats, they ran away en masse, as the Crucigon thundered into view, standing right next to the survivors.

"We're saved!" the remnant of the Norans cried in relief, as the Crucigon continued its reign of terror, smashing into the enemies. Its tracks and wheels mowed over the Ratoks. Miho winced; although she did not see the bloodshed, she could imagine the chaos outside. Indeed, the tank even had a special self-cleaning system, which removed all "disgusting stuff" from the tank, so that it was good as new.

"Aughh!" multiple Ratoks squeaked in terror, as the Crucigon tank easily overwhelmed the horde. Numerous Ratoks, in the thousands, stumbled away in fear, trying to run away from the monstrous object of pure steel.

"Girls!" Miho called from the turret, as she shot her gun (killing 40 Ratoks in 10 seconds), and got out to check the girls. "Do you have any clone-girls left?"

"We are here!" a few replied, waving their hands. Miho noted that there were 40 Noran infantry soldiers, and five of them raised their hands.

Clone-girls were another distinct oddity of Senshazons. Senshazons had a distinct ability, in which some individuals could clone via binary mitosis (like bacteria); the resulting clones were unusually resistant to traumas, and did not mind dying in combat; in fact, their deaths did not cause traumas in the other girls. Hence, they were easily used as "cannon fodder," and they worked.

"Get into our rear chamber!" Miho commanded, pushing a button. The Crucigon stopped moving, and transformed into an artillery form. The tank's three guns fused together, and lengthened into a 500-mm plasma railgun. Two 210-mm howitzers and four rocket pods appeared, and all guns fired, as one of the clone-girls rushed into the rear chamber. The door then instantly closed.

BOOM-BOOM!

"Get that blasted thing!" one of the Ratoks, clearly a general, screamed. "Get that-augh!"

"Gross," one of the Norans said, making a face.

In a few seconds, the rear door opened again, and 12 girls suddenly came out. The Crucigon, unlike most tanks, had a rear chamber to carry troops. All troop carriers of Senshazons could even duplicate the girls en masse within!

"Go-go-go!" Miho commanded, as the tank continued to fire. Another clone-girl went in, and 12 more came out. This continued for a few minutes, and the tide of battle turned. From only about 40 soldiers and five Virago girls of the Crucigon, the force swelled to at least 800 soldiers. The duplication also duplicated the girls' personal weapons and everything, although this did not always work; some had to share their weapons, but it was better than nothing. Regardless, the Ratoks soon succumbed to the superior firepower of the Norans, who simply obliterated them with assault guns, machine guns, and any weapon they had in hand.

"Zon!" a few groaned. "Glad to have you here, Miho-senpai and Anglerfish-senpai!"

Miho grinned. It also helped that Norans, like other Senshazons, worked better with tanks around. It made sense, since they were called "Senshazons" with good reasons; they were tied to tanks and military vehicles, hence the name.

"Retreat-retreat!" some of the Ratoks chattered, and the horde turned away.

"Yay!" some of the Noran soldiers shouted, celebrating prematurely.

"We're not done yet," Miho plainly spoke, as the same horde rushed towards them en masse. "Ute!"

BOOM-BOOM-BOOM! Ratatatatatata!"

"Why are they coming back again?!" Saori screamed, as the girls continued to fire. This time, the horde went straight at them recklessly, forcing some of the infantry Norans to duck behind the Crucigon, which became a shield. Numerous Ratoks slammed into the Crucigon, partially covering it like zombies from some horror game. The Norans soon raised their swords and melee weapons, and struggled to fend off the Ratoks.

However, the Ratoks were not very interested in attacking them.

"Retreat-retreat!" many cried in alarm, as they hurried by the Norans.

"Huh?!" the girls noted.

"Wait a second," Miho realized, and a single explosion occurred in the distance. They all looked.

About 1,000 meters away, a tank thundered through, slamming into the horde of Ratoks. However, it was semi-invisible, apparently frightening the Ratoks.

"Ghosts-ghosts!" some of the Ratoks screamed in alarm.

"That is no ghost," Miho noted, as she watched.

"No way!" some of the Norans cried.

"They're alive!" more of them shouted in joy. "I thought they were run over!"

Soon, the tank revealed itself. Miho gasped, as she recognized it:

Like the Crucigon, it had an animal emblem on it.

"Turtle Team!"

So, I hope that this chapter introduced more of the world of "Girls Chaos Rise."

It really sounded chaotic, especially the battle, right?

So, a few things if you all want to know:

1 ) This is NOT a sequel to "Girls Dead Rise," but I got inspired by it to try and "return" to what made my writing good and unique. However, I do reference it, such as the girls talking about their dreams.

2 ) I deliberately did not bold all lines, because most details in this chapter should matter.

3 ) The height changes are significant. All Senshazons, on average, are about 100 cm taller than an average Japanese girl: 258 cm vs. 158 cm. In the case of the Anglerfish Team, the height changes also had slight modifications, based on how popular the girls are (according to a GuP poll on Honey's Anime):

-Miho got + 5 cm.

-Saori got + 1 cm.

-Hana got + 2 cm.

-Yukari got + 4 cm.

-Mako got + 3 cm.

4 ) If this sounds like "Girls und Krieg," I don't blame you. I decide that the "Girls und Krieg" was very rough, and not exactly my best work. This is my effort to learn from "Girls und Krieg," and improve upon it. Unlike the "Girls und Krieg," this story should have a better level of consistency.

5 ) This chapter basically introduces a little bit of the New Earth, the Arkfalls, and the Senshazons.

Plus, I have a few references to outside media, such as Starcraft II and Warhammer Fantasy.

I hope these details help, so I appreciate any reviews, likes, favorites etc.

Thank you, and panzer vor!