Part 2

Oarai Girls Academy School Ship

The ship was well underway from its last port stop and classes have begun once more. The streets were always a sight of girls heading the direction of the campus, talking to each other, laughing, eating and drinking little things on the way. Two girls are seen running frantically, one dragging the arm of the other as the other struggles to keep up.

"COME ON HARTMANN! WE'RE GOING TO BE LATE!" Barkhorn yelled. Erica was still her groggy self and uttered a few words.

"Sleepy…tired…sleepy." Were the words out of her mouths, Barkhorn could only groan in frustration and kept her speed. Meanwhile, Saori was helping Mako stand up as the two were about to cross a small street. Saori watched as the little green light of a person blinked onto the monitor and the two began to cross but Saori heard the fast patter of feet coming from behind her, she turned around and her eyes widened.

"OUT OF MY WAY!" Barkhorn yelled as she was barreling down the sidewalk with her partner in tow. Saori quickly took Mako and pushed her out of the way and fell with a satisfying thud as the two girls ran past her. Saori could only just look in the direction that Hartmann and Barkhorn went down, she sighed, picked up her friend and continued their trek to the school hopefully without any incident. The gates around the school were beginning to populate with the chatter and the sound of shoes against the pavement, Sodoko was in the middle, keeping watch and looking at her phone time and having her tablet handy for those tardy students. She noticed as girls began running out of the way of something and out of the crowd came Trude and Hartmann.

"NO RUNNING!" Sodoko ordered, her words echoed far but the two just kept on running into the building and out of sight. Sodoko sighed and returned to her posting when the crowd parted again and out came Shirley, bunny ears out and everything. Sodoko raised her hand as if to order her to stop but just like the last two, this one quickly ran inside, leaving Sodoko frozen in a perpetual state, she quickly put her hand down and just walked back inside. As the crowd of girls shuffled into the building, the gates behind them closed as the distinctive three bell tone sounded across the campus. Inside, the girls were switching from their brown penny loafers to their white sandals. Miho was just adjusting her sandals when there was a distinctive thud. She quickly went to find the source of the sound and looked out of the door to see Barkhorn and Hartmann on the ground. Miho quickly propped up the two and wiped the sweat from Barkhorn's forehead.

"You okay?" Miho asked with genuine concern.

"I'm fine, thanks though," Trude replied. Soon Shirley came in and looked over the two witches and began to laugh hysterically. Trude had a look of annoyance while Shirley was rolling around the ground but she finally got up.

"Only you would Shirley, grow up." Shirley got up and wiped the tears from her eyes but still emitted slight laughs.

"Your seriousness really cracks me up, it truly entertaining." Shirley replied. The annoyance grew and as it seems like a conflict was about to break out the bell tone sounded and the students began to walk to their classes. Shirley and Barkhorn quickly gave each other looks and the two parted, leaving Miho smiling nervously as she quickly propped up Erica and assisted her to her class which was not far down from where they were. Miho knocked on the door and the kids in class as well as the teacher turned around.

"You're late Miss Nishizumi." The teacher said.

"I'm very sorry sensei, it just I found Erica in the hallway again." Miho explained. The teacher sighed and gestured them to take their seats. Miho sat Erica down in her chair and made her way to her desk. It seemed that class seemed to go on for an eternity, Miho began to lose focus and began doodling in her notebook. After drawing a picture of one of her favorite teddy bears the bell rang, signaling the end of class. The sound of chairs scraping against the tile floor and the sound of shuffling papers woke Erica from her slumber.

"Eh…where am I?" Miho picked up Erica's head and looked at her.

"First period just ended." Miho said. Hartmann's head just hit the desk with despair. Miho quickly got the witch out of her seat and assisted her out the door. They were walking through the hallways when the two were noticed by Minna, Yukari, and Erwin.

"What's wrong with Miss Hartmann?" Yukari asked.

"She's always like this." Minna replied with a smile on her face, this sight was all too common to be considered strange. Erwin laughed at the notion that Erica was still asleep and took her signature overcoat and draped it over the sleeping witch.

"Mind as well take her to the nurse so she can sleep it off." Miho said.

"That's a good idea, oh… we're about to be late, catch you later Miho." Minna said.

"See you at practice Nishizumi-Dono!"

"If you'll excuse me commander."

The three girls said their goodbyes and Miho readjusted herself and brought Hartmann to the Infirmary. The nurse on duty gave Miho the look, then looked at the girl next to her.

"What's wrong with her?" The nurse asked, she sipped a cup of coffee.

"Um… She keeps falling asleep, so I thought to bring her here."

"Hm… another Miss Reizei? Very well then, just put her down on the bed and here's a pass to get back." The nurse said while scribbling on a small piece of paper and handing it to Miho. She took the small sheet and laid Hartmann down on the bed and put the sheet over her. She saw Erica's expression mold into a smile as she began to snore.

School Cafeteria

Sometime later….

Saori, Mako and Hana were sitting at a table, Hana had her unusually large portion while Saori looked with awe at her friend's plate. Mako was eating some bread that had some type of filling, soon the three noticed Barkhorn, Minna, and Mio walking in their direction with trays in their hand. Saori waved her arms in the air, trying to get their attention. Minna's head turned in every which way until she spotted the waving arm and gestured to the girls behind her to follow her. They pulled up some chairs from the neighboring tables and set their trays down after greeting the three Anglerfish team members.

"So how's thing Minna?" Saori asked.

"Oh nothing, the same old usual things, classes are starting to bore me a little."

"Without education, how can one be a good wife?" Saori philosophized. Mako perked up from her food.

"You're still going on about that? You're still 16."

"YOU'RE SO MEAN!"

"I'm just slapping you with the truth." Hana and the witches laughed at Saori's plight and continued to eat until Mio looked up.

"Hey, you guys are having practice after school right?"

"We are, just normal maneuvers and gunnery and those types of things." Hana responded.

"Mind if join?" Barkhorn added. The three girls looked at each other until Hana looked back and said,

"I'm pretty sure president won't mind, just come down to the sheds after school." The witches smiled and the whole table returned to eating and talking about things that girls would normally talk about. As the bell signaled the end, the witches quickly rose from their seats and said their goodbyes. The other three did the same in return and the two groups parted ways.

Calligraphy

"Hm… it doesn't look right just yet." Elia thought as she puts her brush to the paper. With a swipe of the brush she put the finishing touches on her piece.

"Sanya." Sanya repeated the name on the art piece.

"See what I did? It looks like a cat but it actually spells your name."

"Oh. That's very nice of you, thank you." She took the canvas that Elia handed over and put it underneath her arm. The bell tone rang and the two exited class and walked down the hall together until Elia spoke up.

"How's the cat?" Elia asked.

"Viktor? He's fine, I named him after my father." Sanya replied.

"That's a great name! Hopefully I can come see him."

"You'll get a chance soon enough."

"Oh yeah by the way, did Minna tell you?"

"About what?"

"The tankery team is having practice today, she wants us to tag along."

"I have no problem with that."

"Nice, just meet me after school."

"Righto, I'll see you later Elia."

"Later Vikto-um I mean Sanya." Elia blushed at her mistake and Sanya just giggled as she waved at her friend and entered class.

Sometime later….

"FIRE!" *BOOM*

The shell traveled and struck the paper target and ripped it to shreds.

"Good hit, that's better than last time." Miho said while looking through her binoculars.

"Yukari-San, load the next one, Hana-San switch to the target at the 1 o' clock."

"Roger." The two replied. Suddenly Miho received a transmission on her headset.

"You never seem to fail to impress me." The voice said.

"How did that look from there Minna?"

"I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING FROM HERE!" A voice in the background shouted.

"Calm down Lucchini… ahem, sorry about that Miho and yeah, saw a bunch of dirt so I guess is looks fine." The two laughed over the radio. Soon after, the tanks were returning from the range and began lining up in the shed area. The girls began to dismount and moved towards the gate that exited to the street. The witches were waiting at the gate and waved at the returning girls. As Miho passed the apex of the gate, something tugged on her shoulder. She looked back and saw Minna standing there.

"What is it Minna?" Miho asked.

"I've always wondered what it feels like to be in a tank like that."

"It's a… unique experience so to say."

"Um… Miho, if you don't mind me asking this, can I and the rest of the girls join?"

"Join?"

"The tankery team."

"OF COURSE YOU CAN!" Anzu interrupted.

"PRES! YOU SCARED ME!" Miho shrieked.

"Ah sorry about that Nishizumi, but about you Minna of course you can join."

"But pres, we only have eight tanks." Miho pointed out. Anzu waved her hand.

"Not anymore." Anzu said excitedly.

"What do you mean?"

"Increased enrollment is doing its job and we have a surplus amount of funds, so me being the person I am, I decided to purchase…" Miho anticipated the answer and blurted out,

"Tanks?"

"NO! A life time supply of dried potatoes!" Anzu shot her fist in the air. Miho's expression turned blank.

"YEAH! POTATOES!" Hartmann cheered as trucks with a picture of a potato on the container drove pass them and parked on the street.

"They're here!" Anzu said excitedly as she ran to the truck. Miho and Minna followed them with Miho still continuing to stare blankly.

"OPEN IT UP!" Anzu ordered. The doors opened as an avalanche of potatoes spilled out the back. Hartmann began rolling in the mountain of potatoes, grabbing as many as she can carry. Miho, watching Erica's roll of heaven stepped over her and looked at the still imposing mountain of potatoes still in the back. She put her hand on one of the supporting potatoes and pulled it out. Another avalanche of spud came tumbling down and Minna quickly rushed over to clean the skins and residue of Miho's uniform. She noticed that Miho's once blank expression turned into an expression of satisfaction. Minna looked in the direction where Miho was looking and understood why she was like that. A brand new Panzer III, fresh with its German grey factory paint job. Soon the other trucks that held potatoes opened their doors, unveiling the new vehicles, a Cromwell and a Sherman VC Firefly.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that tanks came with the order." Anzu said, she gave a glance at Miho who was awed at the sight and then she took a bite out of her potato that she had in her hands. Miho turned around and gave a massive hug to the student council president.

"Thank you president."

"No probs." Anzu patted Miho on the shoulder and the two looked back at the vehicles being unloaded. Minna then stood beside Anzu and joined in admiring the sight. She then spoke up,

"So… when do we start?"

Authors Notes: So we see that the plot (Or lack thereof) thickens. I would like to inform that this is a little side project while I write Shifted Realities so be mindful that this won't come out with regular frequency. So anyway, please review and critique because it's always appreciated!