With the sun at its apogee, girls covered in sweat were gathered around the field near the hangar of Otonokizaka high's Sensha-do team. Every one of them was clad in their practice outfit and was taking a small pause, also letting their tank's engine cool down a little.

A certain purple-haired girl, also tired and clad in her purple baggy T-shirt and shorts was smiling at their team who was becoming stronger after each practice. The blonde beside her placed a hand on her shoulder and smiled at everyone else. "Good job keeping up, everyone! You've all improved well."

"You bet!"

Eri then stepped forward and had a look at all their tanks, namely the Tiger I, the Crusader, the IS-2, the Sherman Firefly, the Type 97, the JagdTiger and the Matilda II. She walked over to her team's chariot and placed a hand on it. They were all painted with all kind of stuff and had rust on few parts. As for the motor and engine, they are too noisy. "I think that should be enough of training today. Let us have maintenance of our tanks for now."

Few of the girls raised eyebrows. "What do you mean?"

The blonde turned to them with a smile. "You'll see."

[-x-x-x-]

"Yaaa! Take that!" Rin happily said as she shoot water at their assigned Crusader, accidentally hitting her red-head friend who was washing the external turret.

"Rin!"

"Sorry nya!" The ginger was fast to apologize, getting on her knees and cuddled with her taller friend.

Meanwhile, Hanayo and Niko just sighed before getting back inside the tank and had couldn't help but to cringe at the smell. "Ow." The brunette covered her nose. "It smells iron and oil…"

Her ravenette friend nodded as she stepped near the gunner's seat. "Even though we've already rode this tank, I can't still get used."

"Maybe because we didn't have the time to properly clean it yet…"

"That was because Miss Quarter-Russian wanted us to start practice as soon as possible."

The two of them sighed before both grabbing a piece of cloth as well as other detergent stuff and anti-oil products. They then attempted to clean the radio, the command tools and the turret controller. The inside was both cold and stinky so the two of them had to open the hatches for some aeration and as to let some light inside. Their clothes were dirty in less than ten minutes of cleaning.

"Man! It's so stinky." Niko complained as she peeked her head out of the main hatch. "Maki-chan, Rin; come help us out!"

"We're still busy cleaning the exterior though." The red-head said back as she placed the sponge she was holding on a bucket full of water before continuing to rub the metallic front armor of the machine.

Meanwhile, Rin was giving her friend a happy smile as she grabbed a yellow cloth. "Maki-chan, do your best nya!"

"Mpff…" The taller girl scoffed before turning to her ginger friend as to give her a glare. "You better act more efficiently as well, Rin! All the other drivers are already able to properly drive except you. We're going to be lagging behind at this rate."

The shorter girl flinched and looked like a sad cat as she attempted to avoid eye contact with her friend. "That's because it's kind of hard to control which track to activate at which moment."

"Rin, stop finding excuses!" Niko peeked once again from the hatch. "Even Hanamaru can drive better than you."

The catgirl started to pout. "Niko-chan is a meanie…"

However, a hand was placed on the ginger's shoulder before anyone could say anything. She raised her head to see Eri giving her a smile. "Just go with your own style. Not everyone has the same style in Sensha-do. Knowing you, Rin will become an awesome driver."

"Really, nya?" The gingerhead quickly regained her smile.

"Of course! You just need to train a little harder. And you could also ask Ruby's assistance if you want."

Rin then took the blonde's hand in hers and smiled brightly at the taller girl. There was no need to mention that they were both covered in oil, dirt and sweat. Before anyone could say anything though, the ginger ran in the direction of where the IS-2 was, waving back at the four dumbfooled girls. "Rin will leave the cleaning to you in that case! Good luck nya!"

"Rin!" Maki yelled but the shorter girl was already trying to talk to a certain petite red-head. She just decided to sigh before resuming the cleaning. "Bah!"

Eri chuckled as she saw the tsundere girl continuing the washing, clad in her usual black and red sweatshirt and black pants. "You've changed a lot, haven't you?"

The red-head turned to the blonde and pouted. "What do you mean?"

The only response she got was another chuckle before the student council president walked back toward their tank as to help Dia and Nozomi with the painting. Maki just dumbfooly watched the girl clad in her sky blue shirt and purple pants walking away.

"What was that?"

"Maki-chan," her girlfriend's voice brought Maki back into reality and she lifted her head to see Niko sitting above the Crusader's rotating turret. "Are you done yet? Hanayo and I are having difficulties inside."

"Yeah!" The red-head quickly snapped back and placed the sponge on the bucket, jumping onto the hatch after realizing that she was done cleaning the exceed of dirt on the external armor.

Meanwhile, with another group, Kanan and Yô were happily cleaning the inside of the JagdTiger while their ginger friend was taking care of the inside of the barrel. She glanced deeply inside the 128 mm that was the opening of the cannon and placed a finger on her chin.

"And how are we supposed to clean this?"

"With this!" Her gray-haired girlfriend offered a long broom-like stick whose end was cylindrical and with many spikes.

"Oh!" The ginger's moth formed a 'o' as she took the tool and examined it before getting it in the canon. With a couple of in and out, dark matters came out of the canon and covered Chika. "Ew! What's this?"

"It's canon powder." Riko replied as she looked up from cleaning the frontal armor. "Most of them are used to shoot the shells out but a part of it always gets stuck so we have to remove it manually."

"I see…" Chika wowed before giving another shoot, making sure to clean any remaining powder. However, she got tired easily and decided to peek from the hatch to have a look at her childhood friends who were restlessly fighting dirt and oil down bellow inside the massive tank. "Yô-chan, Kanan-chan; how is it down there?"

"Perfect yousoro!" The gray-haired girl saluted.

"Talking about which," Kanan stated as she looked from few peeking holes at the side of the tank. "Where did Mari go again?"

"I think she went to see Nozomi-senpai to ask her something."

"Well…"

Riko just sighed before moving to the rear area of the tank. "Anyway, this tank sure is huge!"

"It's only normal since the JagdTiger is considered as a heavy tank." The red-head turned to Tsubasa who was walking in her direction. The brunette was clad in a tracksuit that was as dirty as everyone else's. "It is among the largest German Chariot after the Gustav and the Mauss after all."

"Tsubasa-san… thank you for your hard work!"

The taller girl slightly bowed her head. "We are done with the maintenance of the Firefly so we thought about giving a hand while waiting for the paint to dry."

Then, Yoshiko, Erena and Anju stepped from beside her. Riko smiled. "We will gladly accept your help."

The other red-head nodded. "Since the Firefly was not that damaged, it was easy to take care of." She then walked toward the JagdTiger and placed a hand on its armor. "Though, this might turn harder than expected."

Her ginger girlfriend chuckled before getting atop the tank and went downstairs to meet up with Kanan and Yô. "Greeting! We are here to help you."

"Really? Thank you, Yuuki-san!"

"Please, there's no need to be that formal."

"Then, Anju-chan!" The gray-haired girl said cheerfully before grabbing another sponge and started to clean the radio. "We will be counting on your advices in that case."

Anju chuckled once again before joining the two.

Meanwhile, a certain chuunibyo girl has decided to walk over to Chika and placed a finger on her chin. "What cha doing, Chika-hane?"

"Ah! Youshiko-chan?" The ginger turned to her, letting go of her tool and swept sweat from her forehead.

"It's Yohane!" The smaller girl retorted back before sighing. "Anyway, it looks like a tough task."

"You said it! That thing is harder than it looks." Chika said before grabbing the tool once again. "Want to give a hand?"

The bluenette chuckled. "I guess it can't be helped! The great fallen angel Yohane will assist you."

"Really? Thank you, Yohane-chan!"

[-x-x-x-]

"By the way," Fumiko, Mika, Hanamaru and Seira raised their head to look at Hideko. The five of them were busy painting their assigned tank after being done with cleaning the inside. "Isn't the Type 97 a little weak compared to the other tanks?"

The purplenette thought about it for an instant. "Well… Compared to the other tanks our club has, its barrel is kind of small. Hence, our firepower is weaker."

"But at least, it's better than the Type 89 and the Rennault B1 bis." The girl whose hair was attached in pigtails said with a smile. "Also, the Type 97 is well-appreciated by Chi-Ha-Tan."

"Now that you are saying it…" The other brunette of the group placed a finger on her chin. "Isn't commander Nishi's tank a type 97 zura?"

The last member of their group nodded. "Since the Type 89 was more used to support infantry, it kind of suck against more powerful tanks. However, the Type 97 is a little more powerful but slower version of that."

"So, our trump card is our speed zura?"

Seira had mixed thoughts. "Well… I think the term freelancer of 'jack of all stats' suits us more since we don't have any visible strength nor weakness."

"Oh!"

"Though…" Hedeko turned back to the medium-sized tank in front of them. "It doesn't have that much of an armor."

The four others just nodded.

At the other side of the field, the two last groups who were taking care of the Matilda II and the Tiger I were taking a small break. Ria and Yukiho were sharing their knowledge about driving while Umi was giving the other gunner few tips about the art of aiming.

Honoka and her gray-haired girlfriend were just fanning each others though. "Man… This sure is tough."

Kotori chuckled. "But after this, when our tanks will be operable, we will finally be able to take part in the tournament and save our school."

There was a brief moment of pause until the ginger shook her head and abruptly stood up, patting her blue pants and orange T-shirt. "Yeah! That's right! We are going to give our best. Fight da yo!"

The other were all taken aback but quickly nodded and smiled, agreeing with their oblivious leader. Honoka was always someone who preferred act over words and despite not that talented at that much things, is wise enough to use her abilities to lead and clear any problem that got in front of her. Her beloved girlfriend usually played the role of the one who supports her the most and to cheer the gingerhead whenever she is feeling down and to allow Honoka to regain confidence and will lead everyone else.

The young second-year schoolgirl was kind of the otaku type since she enjoyed manga and video games. Being childhood friend with Eri was the reason she has started playing tank games and other strategy-base other one. The two of them were rather good at strategy-building, the blonde being more of the brain while Honoka was always able to find a good plan that will benefit their tropes.

Tsubasa on the other hand has practiced Sensha-do since middle school and was among the MVP commander from where she came from. Because of things though, she, among her two best friends, has enrolled at Otonokizaka. However, the reason of that sudden transfer was unknown by everyone but the student council that was keeping it secret from everyone else.

The last best leader of their club was Seira who had enough determination to lead a small group. Alongside her sister, the two of them were fans of idols and tanks since middle school and has dreamed about taking part in a Sensha-do club. They then started to train by themselves by playing games and occasionally doing physical training while waiting for the day. However, they were deceived after learning that Otonokizaka didn't have a Sensha-do club. It didn't take long for the closure to get announced though and the two of them were more than eager to join.

"By the way," Honoka spoke again after letting go of a yawn. She smiled at her teammates. "Please do not push yourselves too hard. It's nice to win but a victory is not a victory if the casualties are too important."

"Honoka…"

"Honoka-chan…"

"Honoka-senpai…"

"Onee-chan…"

There was a brief moment until everyone smiled. "Yes, ma'am!" Kokoa and Kokoro saluted, earning few chuckles from Arisa and Yukiho.

Eri smiled as she saw that and decided to walk over to the small group. She then cleared her throat. "I am sorry to cut you short but I have an announcement." Everyone turned their attention to the blonde, including the other groups who were already done painting their tanks. "It might be a little sudden but we have organized a friendly match for next week as to test our skills and maybe help us improve."

"It's as the saying," Nozomi added as she appeared from behind her girlfriend. "Practice makes perfect but the best way to improve is by trying."

"Really?" Few of the girls sighed while other whimpered, lacking confidence. "Isn't it a little too early?"

Honoka thought an instant before climbing atop the Tiger I. "Listen up, everyone!" And everyone turned to her. "We might still be inexperienced but it's as Nozomi-chan said. The best way to improve is to try right away. We might fail at first but with guts and courage, nothing will be impossible."

"I totally agree with Honoka-chan!" Chika added as she stepped forward. "Think about Oharai! They started as a no-name team but ended up winning the tournament. They won against Saunders, Pravda and even Kuromorimine!"

The other ginger nodded. "See! No matter what, we must never give up!"

Niko and Maki smiled at these words. They have remembered how Honoka has helped them start admitting their relationship with each others. Everyone else too regained confidence from their leader's word as they all remembered how the ginger has in one way or another helped them.

"All right! I'm in!"

"Count me in too!"

"We're not going to lose!"

Honoka smiled and turned to her blonde childhood friend who nodded. "Our opponent will be the Sensha-do club of Lillian school for noblewomen."

"Lillian?" Few girls raised an eyebrow. "Isn't that the prestigious high school from Tokyo?"

"Yes! I have managed to meet up with Ogasawara Sachiko-san and they have agreed to a friendly match against us."

"Annihilation, I suppose?" Tsubasa asked.

Eri nodded, earning few confused look from the students. "There are three types of match type in Sensha-do. First off, annihilation; the objective is to immobilize all the enemies' tanks. Secondly, battle lord; as to win, we have to take down the enemy's flag tank. And finally, there are special match only done by professionals where you need to clear a certain condition as to win, like stealing the enemy's flag/queen and securing it at your hideout."

"Seems complex nya…"

"I agree zura…"

The blonde just smiled at the confused students. "For now, let us call it a day. Everyone is already done painting their tanks so feel free to go home and rest. Tomorrow, training will start at 06:00 AM."

"Yes, ma'am!"

After everyone saluted, bowed and started walking their direction, the girls of the Tiger and the Matilda quickly finished the painting of their turret and walked over to the student council room. Dia, Ruby, Eri and Nozomi were still busy with the paperwork and Honoka happily stepped in.

"Eri-chan~ Let's play a game."

The blonde smiled at her friend. "Sorry Honoka but I'm a little busy. Why don't you go home and rest a little instead."

The ginger pouted and was about to reply back if it wasn't for Umi who stepped in and dragged their leader out. "Sorry for the intrusion. We just came in to deposit this." She said before handing a document to the older Kurosawa girl. "Here is the additional information that you have requested about the Matilda II and the Tiger I."

"Thank you for your hard work!" Kokoro added as their group left the room, leaving four girls to themselves with the remaining job.

Ruby was the one who broke the silence with a smile. "They are all doing their best."

Her sister nodded before walking beside her and patted her head. "How about we eat something on our way home?" The red-head just nodded.

Nozomi and Eri smiled at the heartwarming spectacle before getting their noses back on the pile of paper.

[-x-x-x-]

"Today, we will have our first real-time training!" Eri announced loudly as she stood atop the IS-2. The girl members of the Sensha-do club were at the field near the hangar and were all clad in their tracksuits, ready for practice while the blonde has finally decided to take their training to the next level. "We will have a friendly match between each others, a free-for-all where your objective is to immobilize all your rivals."

Everyone nodded, their spirit high as they got the opportunity to evacuate the stress from a long day at school. "So, we finally get the chance to shoot at the others?" Niko pointed out, earning an awkward smile from her brunette teammate.

"I don't think that's quite the right expression, Niko-chan…"

"Then, let's drift to our heart's content nya!" The ginger beside her cheered. "I can't wait to try the tips Ruby-chan taught Rin yesterday."

Eri cleared her throat and everyone once again turned to her. "For today, you will be all rivals. Do your best, give your all and might the best of us win!"

Tsubasa and Seira grinned at the words. It was finally the time to test their abilities and to try out their new tanks.

"Then," the blonde closed her eyes for an instant as everyone else got inside their tanks after being handed over a map each by the student council vice president. "All tanks advance!"

"Panzer vor!"

"En avant la compagnie!"

[-x-x-x-]

The Type 97 was slowly advancing toward their checkpoint, the area from where they will be departing. It was in the middle of the forest and Mika was having difficulties with the map. "It's kind of weird over here…"

"Let me see…" The commander leaned down toward the radio operator as to look at said map. "We are currently here and these are the supposed starting point of our rivals. For now, let us take advantage of the terrain and only attack them, using our speed as an advantage."

Hanamaru slowly nodded as she slowly made the tank stop. "I think it's here zura." She let go of a quiet sigh, relieved that she was able to drive that metal monster this far. "Countryside roads are harder zura."

"But most of our upcoming match will be far from town though. So, we'll have to drive in area such as this…" The gunner pointed out.

The brunette sighed, earning an apologetic smile from Seira and the loader of the team.

At the other side of the forest, Yukiho has managed to drive the Matilda II to their assigned position. She let go of a sigh before turning toward the radio operator who was seated at her left. "This sure is hard."

Kokoro gave a soft smile. "Do your best, Yukiho-san… It might be hard to switch between which tracks to activate at first but with training, maybe you will be able to reach Reizei-san's skill."

"Reizei-san?" The blonde of their team peeked from the gunner's seat and smiled at the ravenette. "Isn't she actually the driver of Oharai's Panzer IV?"

Kokoa nodded. "She is a living legend. Both talented in studies and tankery, I heard she can even do better than few professionals."

"Oh!" The red-head gave a tilt of the head. "I didn't know that… but I guess that's another thing to learn about."

"Attention all!" Nozomi's voice echoed from the large radio device by Kokoro's side and the three others stopped their discussion to listen. "We have all reached our assigned checkpoint so the match might start anytime. However, it is very well known that every Sensha-do match starts and ends with a bow."

Everyone nodded and attempted to bow forward. "Let us have a nice match!"

"Then now, good luck everyone!" And that was the last sentence before everyone nodded at their teammates and started driving.

The JagdTiger that was assigned at a clearer has started it engine and was now being driven toward the west after their commander Chika has decided. Yô has already managed to get how to drive properly after hours of training and had near no difficulty having the monster crossing all kind of terrain.

"The nearest team is the IS-2." Mari said as she had a look at the map before turning toward their commander. "What should we do?"

The ginger thought an instant before giving her opinion. "Since they have enough armor and firepower to rival us but have more mobility, let us ignore them for now and go after the weaker one like the Type 97 or the Crusader. Let us take the student council last."

"Roger that!" Her gray-haired girlfriend saluted as she pushed the gear shift as to allow the tank to move to the left.

"The Crusader should be around here." The blonde indicated by pointing at the upper right of the map.

Chika nodded as she sat back on her seat. The inside of the JagdTiger was neither that large but not that small either. It was enough to fit the five of them without that much problem, with the driver at the front, the gunner and loader behind her and the two remaining members near the main hatch and the peeking holes.

"Yô-chan, please turn left at the next intersection. We will be taking them forward." The ginger said after thinking for a good minute. "Their tank might be very fast but one hit should be enough." She then turned to the gunner. "Riko-chan…"

The red-head nodded. "I will do my best."

Chika nodded before eying at the loader. "Kanan-chan…"

"Count on me!" The JagdTiger's shell were rather heavy but the diver girl was stronger compared to everyone else so it wasn't a problem for her.

Meanwhile, the Crusader was crossing a bridge, with Rin stressing out a lot, unable to keep the tank stable. "Aww…"

"Do your best, Rin-chan!" Her childhood friend cheered while Maki and Niko were mentally praying that the ginger would manage to get them at the other side.

It took them a good minute but their finally arrived at the destination. The lovers let go of a sigh before smiling at their younger friend. "You've improved, Rin…"

"But it's still far from perfection." The ravenette commented, earning a smack of the head from her radio operator girlfriend. "What was that for?"

Maki didn't reply and just played with the tip of her hair as she grabbed the map, trying to ignore the angry third year looking at her. "We should still be fine. Let us just try to avoid open area and uses flee as our main strategy. The others could easily take us down so…"

The three others nodded as they returned back into their seat. With the driver and the radio operator at the front, Niko and Hanayo were looking through the scope and the peeking holes. "There are few bushes at the right. Maybe we could ambush from there." The brunette proposed.

"But the Crusader's cannon is not powerful enough. We surely will be done for if the passer-by happens to be the IS-2 or the JagdTiger since our main armament is not powerful enough to break their defence."

The chubby girl nodded before looking once again. "Also, the forest at the right seems dense enough. Though, the Crusader is not that good at countryside areas."

Maki thought an instant before having another look at the map. "For now, let us enter the forest and try to avoid hostilities as much as possible."

Rin nodded before looking through the small peeking hole in front of her and pushed the gear, allowing the machine to move forward. Once they entered the forest, it was now harder to see what was in front of them. "It's so hard to see nya. This hole is just too small."

"Well… Since most tanks need to have a tough frontal armor, it is only normal to have the least opening as possible, for both the driver and the crew's security." Hanayo explained. "Do your best, Rin-chan. You can do it!"

And they continued for a while until a shoot could be heard. The driver quickly pushed the brake per Maki's orders and the later asked the gunner to get ready. "Did we get found out?"

There was a moment of silence until another shot could be heard, landing few feet in front of the Crusader. "It's the JagdTiger! They found us." The brunette loader said in a panicked voice.

The commander gulped before placing a hand on Rin's trembling shoulder. "For now, let us get out of here. They are slower so we'll be able to escape."

The ginger nodded before driving the tank to the left, the opposite direction from where the massive tank was turned to them. Chika saw that and turned to the radio operator. "They're trying to flee. Let's chase after them!"

"Roger yousoro!"

The JagdTiger started to move once again in the dense forest, occasionally shooting forward in the direction of the fleeing Crusader. Yô was doing her best to keep the monster from getting off road while Kanan restlessly took a shell from the storage and pushed them in the cannon load. Riko aimed by turning the levier and attempted another shot that hit the tree near where the rival tank was.

"Another miss…"

"Do not give up!" The ginger said. "A battle is never won with only one shell! Try again until we hit them."

"Roger!"

"Woaaa!" Inside the smaller tank though, Hanayo was screaming as another shell came crashing at the ground near them, their own tank trying to cross the dangerously hard road at full speed. "Maki-chan, what shall we do?"

The red-head thought for a while before looking at the map. "Rin, turn right! There's a clearer and another bridge. We'll cross it and will find an easier plain path." The ginger nodded as she pushed another gear, making the tank turn right and as the commander has said, there was indeed a bridge.

The driver took a deep breath as she pushed the gas and allowed the Crusader to move past the bridge at full speed. "I did it nya!"

Maki smiled before looking at the gunner from her shoulder. "Niko-chan, Hanayo! Please rotate the turret. We'll aim at their track as to slow them down."

"I heard you, mate!" The ravenette grinned as she held the command and moved it as to allow the turret to rotate. "Hanayo!"

"Aye!" The brunette grabbed a shell and loaded it. "Ready!"

The light tank was still moving forward in the plain area, the JagdTiger not far from behind them. Maki stood up and had a look at the rear peeking hole an instant. "Niko-chan."

"Ready as well!" The shorter girl said as she was done adjusting the aim.

"Open fire!"

As soon as these words escaped the red-head's mouth, the gunner shoot and the shell were repulsed out of the barrel at an imaginable speed, hiding the hard frontal armor of the JagdTiger. "Not even a scratch…"

"Once again." The red-head said as Hanayo grabbed another shell and loaded it. "Fire!"

Niko did as she was told to and this time managed to hit at the same spot that earlier, leaving a couple of scratch. "It's no use! We won't be able to pierce their frontal armor."

"In that case," Maki turned to the driver. "Rin, reduce our speed so we could go to their left. They have a fixed barrel so they won't be able to aim us from the side."

"Say whaaaaat?"

"Rin! I am the commander! Listen to my order!"

The ginger gulped hard at these words as her childhood friend wanted to step in but Niko stopped her. Rin closed her eyes an instant before pressing the brake and quickly made few maneuvers so the Crusader was moving at the same speed as the JagdTiger at it's left. "Yay! I did it nya!"

Meanwhile, Chika was taken aback by the sudden maneuvers. "What?" She quickly turned to the gunner. "Riko-chan, Yô-chan!"

The gray-haired girl quickly pressed the brake but it was too late as a shot from the smaller tank hit their left track breaking it. A white flag appeared atop the JagdTiger as what remained of its broken track was sent few meter away. "We can't move anymore…"

"Team 3's JagdTiger has been immobilized!" Nozomi's voice echoed from the radio.

"Heiiiin?!" The gingerhead made a face as she heard that. "We were the first immobilized?"

"Well…" The radio operator smiled at her. "It's a training match so even broken tracks will get us out. However, during official matches, we are still allowed to repair them."

"Oh! I see…" Chika replied as she regained her composure. "So, basically, we are not supposed to be defeated yet if it was an official match." The blonde nodded. "But we still lost the training match though." Mari nodded again.

Meanwhile, the four girls inside the Crusader were cheering. "Yay! We did it! We broke the JagdTiger's track!" Niko said proudly.

However, their celebration was short-lived as a shell hit their left at full force, knocking their tank few feet away after rolling several times. A white flag appeared atop the now smoking Crusader. "What was that?" The commander asked. "A sniper?" She then turned to everyone who was now in all kind of position inside the knocked tank. "Are you all right?"

Hanayo and Rin nodded while Niko started screaming. "Who the hell did that? I swear I'm going to find them and make them pay." Maki just sweatdropped.

Meanwhile, from atop a hill, steam was still escaping from the Sherman Firefly's main cannon. The red-head gunner smirked as she looked through the scope. "Bullseye!"

"As expected of Erena-chan!" The ginger complimented.

Yoshiko on the other hand was having her mouth agape like a deadfish, her brain trying to process to the fact that her teammate has managed to take down a moving tank at a distance of two kilometers away. "Wow… So, that's a sniper for you…"

Tsubasa nodded before looking once again at the map. "All right! Next up, let us find the Type 97."

Anju nodded as she pushed the gear and allowed the Firefly to move into the next area.

"Team 2's Crusader has been immobilized!"

[-x-x-x-]

So, here is the class assignment I promised:

1st year — Maki, Rin, Hanayo, Ruby, Yoshiko ("It's Yohane!"), Hanamaru, Ria, Yukiho, Arisa, Kokoro, Kokoa and Kotaro

2nd year — Honoka, Umi, Kotori, Hideko, Fumiko, Mika, Chika, Yô and Riko

3rd year — Eri, Nozomi, Niko, Seira, Tsubasa, Erena, Anju, Mari, Kanan and Dia

Also, here is a list of the pairing just in case:

Honoka/Kotori

Niko/Maki

Nozomi/Eri

Fumiko/Mika

Mari/Kanan

Yô/Chika

Anju/Erena

And the pairing I would like to introduce but am not still confident yet for now:

Ruby/Ria

Yukiho/Arisa

Riko/Yoshiko

Tsubasa/Seira