Alright, before I get to the chapter, I am going to reply to my reviews, but, I will not state the reviewer's username. . Yes, in the beginning of the first chapter I said that I got this story from reading similar stories. That is true, but I must remind you that there are more than one fanfic that has males in warplanes. Also, most of my stories have something in common with some stories in that category, it is just how I write. I am following the main plot that GuP has, just adding in Emerald Night twists every now and then.
Chapter two: Chris's reasons.
Chris goes and sits in his desk at the back of the room. As he waits for class to start, he spaces out, thinking about why he is here.
*Flashback.*
"Chris! My word is final, I do not want you to continue this childish dogfighting!" A man around his mid-forties says.
"But dad!" Chris argue.
"You are a Walsh, you do not partake in such violent activities." Chris's father says.
"I am already enrolled into dogfighting." Chris mutters.
"Which is why I am having you transferred to Ooarai, where you will never fly a plane again." Chris's father says.
"Dad!" Chris shouts.
"Am I clear?" The older man says.
"This conversation is feeling very one-sided!" Chris shouts.
"AM I CLEAR!" Chris's father shouts.
"Yes, sir." Chris sighs, knowing his all too stubborn father will not back down.
"Good. You leave tomorrow." Chris's father says.
*End Flashback.*
Chris looks up as four girls walk into the classroom. The one with glasses taps the shorter one and points to him.
"Walsh. May we have a word?" The short one asks. Chris nods. He gets up and follows them into the hall.
"Yes?" Chris asks.
"First, I am Momo the student council PR manager." Momo says. "The one to my right is Yuzu, the vice-president. The shorter one is Anzu, the president. And last is Miho, the tankery commander." Chris nods to them.
"What do you need to talk to me about?" Chris asks
"We need you to take up dogfighting as your elective." Anzu says.
"I thought dogfighting wasn't an option." Chris says.
"We are reviving it." Momo says.
"Wait, this is like my first day here, I was told tankery was coming back when I came here to avoid it." Miho says.
"I will gladly join dogfighting." Chris says. "Just get my plane from sunder."
"On it!" Anzu says cheerfully. Chris smiles and shakes his head.
"Anything else?" Chris asks.
"Nope." Miho says. Chris nods before he heads back into his classroom.
Later that day.
"Let's see what we have to work with." Chris says as he opens the doors to the hangers. The rest of the class, 15 males in total, walks behind him. Inside, there is an old and rusty Japanese Zero.
"How can we work with this piece of junk!" A student asks. Chris walks up to the plane. He puts a hand over the engine compartment.
"The engine and hydraulics seem fine, landing gear works, guns need to be cleaned, and we need to fix the ailerons. We should pull this off." Chris says, turning to the class. "But, there is only one, we would need three more in order to have a team of five. Let's look around the ship." The class nods. "Split into teams of three." The class forms groups of three, leaving two people to work with Chris. "Let's see, Soku's team, look around the stern forest. Ryan's, the port forest. Josh, the forest at the bow. And Neko, take the starboard side."
"What about you?" Ryan asks.
"I'll try to clean the Zero." Chris says. The class nods before they leave to their assigned section. "How will we get this out?" Chris asks, looking at the Zero.
"I'll call the automobile club to pull it out." A female voice says from the door. Chris returns to see Miho standing awkwardly in the doorway.
"Thanks Miho." Chris says. Miho smiles before running to the tank hanger to find the girls in the automobile club.
"I'm Derik." One of the people in Chris's group says.
"I go by Odd." The other one says.
"Chris." Chris says. Rumbling is heard as the Tiger P rolls up.
"You need help?" Nakajima asks.
"Yep, could you pull the Zero out?" Chris returns.
"Certainly." Nakajima says. Chris hooks the tank to the plane.
"We're good!" Chris shouts. The tank slowly moves forward as it pulls the Zero out of the hanger. "Thanks."
"Don't worry about it." Nakajima says as the tank rolls back to the other tankery teams.
"Now, boys, let's clean her up." Chris says as he turns to the Zero.