STRIKE WITCHES

Boy Meets Withes

Episode 2: You Don't Need to Be Lonely Anymore

Steve awoke up and looked outside his window. He saw Mio training out side.

"That's right, I'm in their world now."

Later that day

Minna walked up front with Yoshika and Steve, while the rest of the Strike Witches sat in the room. Perrine noticed Yoshika and glared at her. She clapped her hands getting everyone's attention.

"Attention, ounce again let me introduced you to our new recruit. Brought to use by Major Sakamoto from the Fuso Empire. This is Yoshika Miyafuji."

Yoshika bowed.

"I'm Yoshika Miyafuji, Nice to meet you everyone."

"Her rank is Sergeant. Lynnette, since you're the same rank, look after her." Minna said looking at a buxom girl whose blond hair was up braid.

"O-Okay" Lynnette said quietly.

"Now as many of you may know, last night we had an unexpected arrival. This is Steve Clark." Minna said motioning for Steve to step forward.

Steve took a few steps forward and saluted. Steve was dressed in a pair of dark blue skinny jeans, A black leather jacket, a black shirt on underneath the jacket. He held his head down. His long blonde hair covering his face.

"As many of you know, he fell from the sky and landed on our runway. He is from another world, where he claims our world is a popular manga and animated series. After thoroughly questioning him. Both the Major and I have deiced to let him stay."

"Commander you can't be serous!" a blonde hair girl with glasses burst out.

"Perrine H. Clostermann." Steve said looking up. His bright blue eyes catching her off guard.

"Flying Officer; Birthday: February 28th; 152 centimeters tall; formally of the Free Gallia Air Force, 602nd."

Perrine staggered back in shock.

"How-how do you know?" she asked scared.

"I told you. I'm not from your world."

"OH COME ON!" Perrine said getting out of her seat.

Steve sweat dropped.

"All right, all the documents, clothing, rank insignia, and identification you need are in here." Minna stated, indicating a box with a pistol placed on top. Steve walked over. Picked up the gun stunning everyone and handed it back to Minna

"Yoshika won't be needing this."

"That's true." Yoshika said softly

"What? You should have it just in case."

"I won't use it." Yoshika said.

"I see." Minna said.

"Such a peculiar girl." Mio chuckled.

"Steve, before we get you a uniform, you are going to need to blend in with our world, we don't want you to be spotted and taken in for questioning." Minna said.

"Come to my office later and we can fill out the proper paper work. Dismissed."

All the girls arose, standing at attention. Steve sighed as Minna left. He heard a suddenly yelp as Yoshika was groped.

"Well?" He heard Shirley asked.

"Consolation prize." He heard Francesca responded.

"Lynne's are bigger." Eila said.

"Not as big as hers." Steve said pointing at Shirley with his thumb.

"GAH!" He suddenly exclaimed as he felt a pair of hand grab his chest.

"So?" Shirley asked eyeing the new comer.

"Hard as rocks!" Francesca exclaimed.

Steve sighed as he shock Francesca off him.

"I'm a guy, just so you know."

"Prove it!" Shirley said.

Steve groaned as he took off his jacket reviling his Metallica Whiskey in the Jar shirt. He then took that off. His chest and abs were well toned.

"Wow." He heard most of the girls say.

"I'm still not convinced!" Shirley said grinning.

"Hun?" Steve said as he tilted his head to the side. Then it hit him. His face turned a bright red. He took a deep breath as his face color returned to normal.

"I may be a horn-dog, but I do have my morals."

"Come again?" Shirley asked.

Steve leaned in close to Shirley's face. He could have sworn she was blushing.

"Unless you and I are dating, you… are… not seeing me naked." He said grinning. He walked off to Minna's office.

Eila, Francesca and Shirley began to plot how they could see if he really was a guy, while Lynnette began to show Yoshika around the base.


In Minna's Office

Steve was filling out a recruitment form for being a witch.

"Ok, name Steve Clark…. Stephanie Clark. Age: 18. Birthday August 26."

"Same as Mio's?"

"Yup. Not kidding either. Height: 166cm. Weight: little personal don't you think?"

Minna shrugged.

"Ah well, weight: we'll put 145 lbs."

"135! You don't wanna sound over weight do you?"

"Oh ok fine! 135 pounds, Happy?" Steve grumbled.

Minna giggled.

"Bust: crap!" Steve groaned

"We can measure." Minna said holding out a tape measure.

"Fine." Steve sighed. Minna seemed to beam as she rapped it around his chest.

"Well it's ah…um." Minna stuttered as she looking into his eyes. This was the first time she had been close to a guy in a long time.

"36 inches." She said as she pulled away blushing. Steve was also blushing.

"Ok, next thing on the list: Last Period….Wait a minuet."

Minna's face turned pink.

"What?" she said in disbelief.

"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS? I CAN"T BELIEVE THIS IS AN OFFICAL QUEST… OK! WAIT A MINUET! THIS WAS HAND WRITTEN IN!"

Giggles were heard from out side the room.

"So help me god, I don't kill you." Steve said charging out. When he opened the door he didn't see anyone outside. He neglected to see a note at his feet. He slammed the door. The note fluttered into the air and wedged itself under Minna's Office door.

"Ok so that was handwritten, so I don't need to answer that one, right?" Steve asked hopefully.

"Correct." Minna said softly

"Changing the subject, where am I going to be sleeping?"

"And how are we goanna hid the fact you're a guy from a completely different world?" Minna added.

"We could stage an accident where the poor unfortunate witch Stephanie is in a crash which leaves her scarred." Steve stated.

"Accident? Like what?" Minna questioned.

"We can use an older outdated striker, have it look like the wheels failed and have it crash into a fuel drum or two or twenty." Steve continued grinning.

"Sounds like it could be taken as a serious scandal. Which is not something we witch's need." Minna said sighing.

"If you are able to prove the witches can show good results after the accident with proper equipment, then they should dismiss the idea and blame faulty equipment. And me being an in-experienced pilot training on an old faulty striker."

"Though why would it be an old faulty striker, when we can get a new one for you."

"We want to hid the fact I'm a guy right?"

"Right." Minna responded.

"So in a frantic effort to get me trained you have an older model brought in, how ever it is beyond its age."

"It still doesn't make since."

"You've been getting budget cuts right."

"How did you… oh right, you're from a different world. Yes we have been getting set back after budget cuts."

"You can blame the lack of funding for ordering a new striker."

"It still won't work."

"If we feed it to the wrong people." Steve stated like an idea was coming to him.

"Come again?"

"On a day where we have Erica or Gertrude, or someone receive a medal. All the press will be there. That's when we stage the crash."

"Ah." Minna said starting to get it.

"I'll be coming in for a landing, saying I can't control it, I'm on fire etc. The striker will be on fire or smoking and I'll crash into a…army truck or something, causing an explosion. Someone will have to rescues me, cover me in a cloth or blanket to hid my healing glow. Afterwards. You will be crying saying things like, 'if only we were able to accommodate for every new witch this wouldn't have happened." Steve said trying to mimic Minna's voice full of tears.

Minna giggled at his bad attempt.

"At some point you can let a few reporters into the medical room, where I can be rapped up like a mummy."

"You know that just might work." Minna said.

"Once the higher ups receive word of this they'll have no choice but to excepted our demands, by giving you better equipment."

"Our demands?"

"They give you more money, and they let me continue to fly. Because I'm 'a true hearted Liberionian witch who wants to serve her country' (Cough) Blea-ck! But I can't do a girly voice." Steve said struggling to talk straight.

"I'll get working on sorting everything out." Minna said.

"No, leave everything to me." Steve responded.

Minna walked him toward the door of her office.

"You'll have your own room."

"Ok."

"Just how much do you know about our world?" Minna asked dropping her sweet act before Steve exited the room.

"Enough to know what to do and not to do." 'Like fraternizing with the witches.'

"Do you know the out come of the war?" Minna asked taking the hint that he knew about her rule with males, which she might have to make an exception to in this case, he was a warlock, and a powerful one at that. Even she could feel his magic aura.

"No, and even if I did, I would not tell you. Everything happens for a reason." Steve said leaving the door.

Minna sighed and shook her head she looked down and saw the note.

She opened it.

Dear Steve,

Ever since you came to our world, I have a weird feeling.

I feel my heart flutter every time I am near you. I want to be with you, I hope you and I can be more than just good friends.

Sincerely,

Your Secret Admirer There was a winking smile next to the signature.

'Damn it!' Minna thought.

'It could be anyone. And what's worse I think I'm falling for him.'


Steve walked into the hanger to where his stuff was. He had stolen a pack of cigarettes of a table near the maintenance staff room. He looked at his iTouch. He plugged in his iHome Charging station. He turned on a song that always got him through tough times: Teen Sprit by Nirvana.

He looked out at the moon light sky. He sang along with the song as he smoked the cigarette. Sleep soon took him.

The next morning he awoke to a very angry Gertrude and a smiling Minna staring him in the face. He then noticed his right hand was blistered, burned from the cigarette.

"Ah sh*t!" He mumbled.

"Smoking is not aloud on base, Mr. Clark." Minna said in her usual sweet tone.

"We've been looking for you all morning." Gertrude said sternly.

Steve got up lighting a fresh cigarette.

"Sorry I slept in."

"Mio's going to burst your balls you know." Gertrude growled.

Steve blew out smoke.

"I know that! You know Gertrude you keep up this attitude your goanna lose a lot more than your sister."

"Screw You!"

Steve pulled his hair back. He sighed and surprised both Minna and Gertrude at what he did next. He slammed Gertrude in to wall with his arm across her throat.

"Listen, Gertrude Barkhorn! You and I will not get along if you don't start showing a little more respect toward me, that's all I ask. Now if you'll excuse me."

He said taking the cigarette outta his mouth and putting it out under his boot.

"I'm late for training."


Later that evening

While both Yoshika and Lynnette could barely stand, Steve was sitting down; while he was breathing heavily it seemed like he was ready to spring into action at any moment. Mio was impressed at his stamina. He told her he did a lot of sports as a young boy and even though he smoked, he still kept his body in shape. Though Mio and everyone else seemed to condone him for his smoking, they praised his high stamina and magical abilities. He demonstrated, unintentionally an ability to mimic any witches abilities. He was able to impress Mio and Lynnette when he fired a few practice shots at Lynnette's sniper target. He was also able to copy Mio's flying moves. When he was release from training, the sun was setting. As he was walking back to his he saw a strange black line hanging from a tree. He walked up and saw it was the power cable to his Marshal Amp. He snickered as he walked back to his room with his cable.


Later that night

Yoshika wanted to talk to Steve. She when to his assigned room but did not seem him there. She looked out to see. She started to walk the base looking for him. Little did she know Perrine was stalking her. She walked to the hanger thinking he might be there. As she approached the hanger she heard a strange sound. It sounded like a song but it was unlike anything she had ever heard. She entered the hanger to see Shirley and Francesca watching a figure dance around like a manic. They recognized the figure as Steve. It seemed he was playing his guitar to the music playing. Soon everyone other gather behind

Steve was playing his BC Rich Mockingbird to the song Bad Company by Five Finger Death Punch. He when he finished the song he sighed. He felt like playing more but he knew the more he played the more he screwed up their world (and their plot). He figures why not another song wouldn't hurt. He looked for the song Even Flow by Pearl Jam. By the time he was done, Minna, Mio, Gertrude, Yoshika, Shirley, Francesca, and Perrine (from a distance) had seen him play guitar. The girls were now impressed and shocked. They agree first song was a seriously disturbing song due to the lyrics except Shirley, she thought it was cool. Francesca naturally followed suit. Then all began to quietly debate about the last song, even Minna was putting her two cents in; she was very tempted to make such songs forbidden. Gertrude agreed with her. The argument would have gotten loud enough for Steve to hear had Mio not hushed them all. She said they would talk in her office later.


The Next Day

Steve trained again with Yoshika and Lynnette. By the end of day, The Girls were tired again and clearly exhausted. Though it seemed Steve was clearly tired, but he choose not to show it. After Gertrude little speech about getting strong to Yoshika Steve felt like he really didn't belong in this world. Minna and Mio both said he and Yoshika had strong magical power, but lacked control. He forced himself up after that. He told Mio he could go a little long but Mio denied him that.

Later on after Yoskia and Lynnette little talk at the end of the runway. The same crowd of girls gathered to hear Steve play. Lynnette even watched. This time he was using his white guitar.

A melodic guitar solo was heard. (its was Metallica's The Unforgiven [Part 1])

It seemed like Steve was not as energetic in his movements as he was last night. He started to sing in unison with the song.

New blood joins this earth,

And quickly he's subdued.

Through constant pained disgrace

The young boy learns their rules.

With time the child draws in.

This whipping boy done wrong.

Deprived of all his thoughts

The young man struggles on and on.

He's known a vow unto his own,

That never from this day

His will they'll take away.

What I've felt,

What I've known

Never shined through in what I've shown.

Never be.

Never see.

Won't see what might have been.

What I've felt,

What I've known

Never shined through in what I've shown.

Never free.

Never me.

So I dub thee unforgiven.

"Unforgiven?" Yoshika questioned looking at Mio.

Mio shrugged.

Steve continued to play the song till it was over. He sighed and walked over to his amp, which had a sign on it saying Authorized Personal ONLY! He turned it off, picked up a Springfield rifle and walked over to the entrance to the hanger and sat down leaning the gun against his shoulder. He had lit up a cigarette. The girls watched him for a moment. He seemed to doze off. Yoshika though knowing he could heal his wounds walked up to him quietly, she had diced to take the cigarette out of his mouth before it burned his mouth. He had smoked the cigarette down to the filter. She carefully took the cigarette out off his mouth and put it out and walked over to a trashcan, holding it in front of her like one might with a really stinky pair of shoes.

Everyone had already left except Lynnette, Minna and Mio. Yoshika walked up the step to see Mio and Minna look at her. She panicked but was reassured when Mio patted her shoulder.

The next morning the Alarm rang. Steve had been given the option to sleep as per order of Minna and Mio. After the insueing battle after which Yoshika was able to help Lynnette achieve her first "kill" The Mio, Erica, Gertrude, Perrine, Shirley Francesca, Lynnette and Yoshika found a very pleasant little surprise waiting for them when they returned. The found Steve had awoken and had made them all lunch. He stood before them in he usual attire and had an apron tired around his waist.

"I never knew you could cook."

"Well, since my parents kinda left me on my own, I kinda needed to learn how. Just don't get use to it."

"Probably drugged it." Perrine Mumbled.

BANG! Perrine was on the floor with a huge steaming red wilt on her head. Steve standing above her frying pan in hand.

"OW!" Perrine moaned.

"What was that for?" She yelled at him

"Perrine. Never insult my cooking again or you can fend for yourself." Steve said glaring at her. Every started to laugh.


Later that Night

The same crowd of girls gathered to watch Steve, how ever, there was something odd. Yoshika and Lynnette did not hide the walked right up to Steve and watched him play up close. He diced he should play something a little more cheerful. So put on Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard. After the second verse very both Yoshika and Lynnette were singing and dancing with Steve.

Ya I know not enough of the girls there but it's a workin progress. I do not own any of the songs mentioned.