A/N: I have decided to include two characters in addition to what I have planned since the beginning. Shiitake will be turned into a human girl about their age (as a very energetic one, a foil to Rin) and Kotarou who I did genderbent into a girl.

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The day of the friendly match has finally arrived. It was taking place in a plain area surrounded by forest at the east and mountains at the west and south. An abandoned and ruined town could be found at the north. It was a nice day, with the sun having just risen at the horizon and the girls member of Otonokizaka's tankery club were riding inside the transport vehicle their school owned. Said vehicles were mostly used by the athletic clubs such as the basketball or football ones but Eri has talked with a chairwoman and the woman has agreed to allow them to use these.

The ship was shored at the bay of Tokyo and the girls participants have the privilege of a personal transport. For everyone else, they were allowed to see the match thanks to large screens installed all around the district of Akiba so they gathered there.

The seven girls member of the automobile club have also accompanied the team as to help them check on the tanks and to help repair just in case. The trip lasted longer than expected so Honoka turned to the mechanics maniac. "So, are you sure you don't want to participate in this match, Shima-chan, Mito-chan?"

The ginger known as Takami Shima shook her head. "We are just happy by repairing tanks."

"Also, we don't have that many to begin." Her cousin, a brunette, continued as she smiled at the shorter girl who was standing in front of them. "Maybe we will join someday if you find more tanks for us to handle."

"Key word: maybe." The petite girl with short raven hair and crimson irises beside her commented with a calm and emotionless voice.

Honoka just gave a smile as she remembered Yazawa Kotaro was not very talkative. Said ravenette was the cousin of their fellow teammates, namely Niko, Kokoro and Kokoa. Apparently, Kotaro is suffering from attention deficit.

"But tanks are fun wan~" The other member of the automobile club, a taller girl with fluffy white hair and amber irises, smiled widely at the ginger as she walked back into her seat after having a 'talk' with Riko.

"Sure nya!" Rin also joined them before slightly backing away as the girl named Shiitake turned her attention to her and had a grin on her face. "Nya…" There was a second of pause before the whitette started running after the cat-like girl, wanting to cuddle with her. Rin teary-eyed-ly took cover behind her brunette friend. "Help Rin, Kayo-chin!"

Meanwhile, the dog-like girl was happily smiling, trying to get past Hanayo. "Rin-chaaan~ Come on, play with me wan~"

"Riko-chan!" The ginger cried as she called for the other red-head who was seated at the other side of the vehicle. "Please help nya!"

Said pianist sighed as Yô and Kanan just smiled at her. "Duty is calling for you."

"Go full speed ahead, yousoro!" The gray-haired girl saluted.

Riko let go of a defeated sigh as she stood up and took the energetic girl by the collar. "Come on, Shiitake-chan! Stop bothering Rin. She is like a cat so she is scared of people who spent their childhood surrounded by dog or taming them."

The whitette turned her attention to the pianist, her smile widening. Riko quickly regretted her decision as her face turned pale when Shiitake jumped at her and rubbed their cheeks together. "Yay! In the end, cuddling with Riko-chan is the best wan~"

Hanamaru and Ruby sighed while the chuunibyou girl made a dramatic pause. "That's little demon Lilith for you!" She said in a deep voice to add to the emotions.

Tsubasa sweatdropped. "Are you always like this?" She turned to Chika who was busy eating mikans. "I mean you are so full of energy and all."

The ginger took an instant of pause as she thought about an answer. "Well… Shima-Nee and Mito-Nee are always taking care of Shiitake like a baby while Riko-chan used to be scared of dogs. Since Shiitake tends to act like one from time to time, the two of them are closer to being vitriolic best friends." She said with an energetic tone before taking another bite from her fruit. "Delicious~"

Erena sighed before turning to Seira as to change the subject of conversation. "So, I heard you have already been practicing tankery since middle school, Kazuno-san?"

"You can call me Seira by the way." The purplenette replied with a polite tone. "But yes. Ria and I have been training back in Hokkaido with an old Type 89 that our mother's team has been using when she was in college."

The red-head nodded and was about to say something else but someone fell atop her from the chair behind. It was revealed to be Yoshimi who was accidentally pushed by Mari who was trying to imitate the explosion of a Nagato-class cruiser's main cannon.

"Oh my." The shorter girl quickly moved and bowed at the victim girl. "I am really sorry."

"No. It's nothing… really."

Just as Mutsu and Itsuki walked beside their mechanic buddy to check if she was unharmed, the vehicle slowly came into a stop and Honoka energetically exited it by jumping from the window. Both Umi and Ria yelled at her for being careless but before anyone could do anything, Chika too jumped out of the car and was followed by Kanan, Yô, Mari, Rin and Shiitake. The others just sighed before slowly processing to exit by the door.

"Woaa!" The three main ginger girls awed at the scenery. In front of them was a very large plain area where their match will be taking place. "I must be dreaming…"

Their tanks were already aligned at the side and at the other side were seven tanks—probably Lillian's. Eri smiled as she saw several girls drinking tea around a camping table and pliable chair, under a large parasol. They were clad in black-colored buttonless shirt and longer black shirt with necktie completing their uniform. Everyone recognized them as St Lillian's tankery club.

The blonde, followed by her girlfriend, Honoka and Seira approached the group while the other members walked in direction of their tanks. The girls from Otonokizaka—minus the members of the automobile club—were already in their tanks outfit. It was among the rule of Sensha-do to have a different uniform to use while being inside a war machine and Otonokizaka's was white shirt with dark blue skirts and a matching jacket.

"Woaa! It's kind of different from our usual sailor fuku outfits." The bread-loving ginger commented before getting a smile from her fortuneteller friend.

"I know, right?"

Soon, they arrived near the students of St Lillian and said girls interrupted their tea party to greet their guests. A tall girl with long wavy raven hair stood up straight. "Greetings!"

"Hi!" Honoka replied, tried to be friendly be received a death glare from her blonde friend.

Eri just decided to ignore her childhood friend and gave a polite smile to the other girls who also stood up. "Thank you for accepting our request on such short notice." She said in a polite smile before giving a small bow of the head. "I hope we will be at the height of your expectation and you won't find the match too boring."

The ravenette returned the bow. "It's a pleasure for us. I hope this match will forever be remembered."

"Onee-sama." The petite brunette girl, whose hair was attached in girly pigtails, turned to the taller girl. "It is almost time to start the preparations."

Said girl nodded as she turned back to Eri. "Well then, if you'll excuse us."

The girls from Otonokizaka bowed their head as Lillian's tankery club girls started walking toward their tanks. After a good minute, they finally decided to walk back to their own tanks.

"So, she's the famous Ogasawara Sachiko?" Nozomi placed a finger on her chin. "I heard she is very talented in lot of things, Sensha-do included."

"And her loader, also petite soeur is the famous Fukuzawa Yumi." Eri continued.

"Petite soeur?" The ginger questioned.

"It means little sister in French." Seira was the one to explain. "In Lillian, they have a tradition where a senior take a junior under her wings and threat her like a real sister or lover. As of what I heard, Sachiko-san and Yumi-san are total opposites but because of that can fill each other's weakness. In addition, there's Touko-san, Sachiko-san's cousin and Yumi-san's petite soeur. Together, they form the iron maiden trio and are among the best team in high school Shensha-do."

"Wow! I didn't know that." Honoka walked closer to the purplenette as that caught her interest. "And what else do you know about them? Any information might help us?"

The taller girl gave a polite smile. "I'm afraid my knowledge is limited… However, I am sure Tsubasa-san or Niko-san might know more things than I do."

The ginger nodded before running ahead, leaving three sighing girls behind. She also had an idea about who might be knowledgeable enough and soon found the person she was looking for and. "Kayo-chan!"

Said brunette turned toward her friend, leaving Rin alone to face Maki's wrath for goofing up with the Crusader's engine while testing it few minutes prior. "What is it, Honoka-chan?"

"I wanted to ask you everything you know about our opponents."

Then, the brunette instantly changed her personality from meek to passionate fangirls. "I will be glad to!" She grabbed her friend's hands. "The trio Sachiko-Yumi-Touko is always in the same tank, their favorite being the Somua S35 and they are the freelancers of the group, having high mobility and fire accuracy. Plus, they are very good at thinking about instant strategies together. And there's the duo Sei-Yoshino who are both commanding Cromwell and people nickname them as the Aggressive-Passive death because they have that impeccable teamwork where they switch from aggressive and passive like the name suggest it. And finally, there's the duo Shimako-Noriko who are among the best snipers of St Lillian!"

Honoka smiled awkwardly. "Y-yeah… Thank you, Kayo-chan…"

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"Let the match begins!"

As soon as these words echoed through the battle area, every tank present started to move forward. Both teams were assigned at two different areas; Lillian's stationed near the forest and Otonokizaka's atop one of the hills.

"All right everyone! We will advance according to the plan A." Honoka spoke through the microphone in her hand. She was in the open, out of the Tiger's main hatch and so were Seira, Eri, Kokoa, Maki and Chika on their respective tanks. "The enemies are using one Somua S-35, two Cromwell, two AMC 35, one Renault FT and a Matilda for this match. Since this is an annihilation match, our objective is to immobilize all enemy tanks."

"Aye!" Kokoa nodded. "So, the plan is to bait them as to separate their force and overwhelm them one by one with sheer number, right?"

Honoka nodded until Niko's voice echoed from the radio. "That's an awkward way of fighting you have here."

Eri just smiled. "The original plan was to charge right away and count on battle experience but since most of us are lacking that…"

"What about the plan where we hold a siege and bombard them with all our tanks from a higher place?" This time was Arisa's voice.

"We will keep that as a plan C in case of both the plan A and B fails."

"And what is that plan B already?" Mari questioned from inside the jagdtiger and everyone sighed, remembering that the blonde has been sleeping during the match briefing the day prior.

"In case they refuse to separate their force of find a way to counter our number, we will drive them in the forest by using baits while the others prepare an ambush." Seira was the one who replied.

"Oh. I see… That sounds so shiny!"

Everyone nodded after that and Honoka grabbed the microphone. "Well then, everyone; advance according to the division plan we have assigned yesterday." She closed her eyes one second to take a breath before opening them again. "Panzer vor!"

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At the other side of the battlefield, Lillian's tanks were slowly advancing at a steady speed. They were keeping a delta position with the Somua leading it. Inside said French tank, Sachiko was the commander and radio operator while Yumi was the loader and Touko the gunner. Another girl with a pair of glasses and a camera was their driver.

"Please keep steady, Tatsuko-san."

Said driver nodded as she reduced the vehicle's speed and the ravenette peeked outside from the turret's upper hatch. Lillian's tanks have been modified so that the upper hatch was open-able, allowing for the commander to have a better view at the surrounding.

A tall girl with short blonde hair was atop the first Cromwell while her cousin, a shorter girl with raven hair attached in a pair of braids, was on the other Cromwell. "Jeez! Rei-chan, you're lagging behind once again. Sachiko-sama has told us to keep a constant speed of 17.4 kilometers per hour where you are at 16.9."

The blonde just sighed and the girl atop the AMC smiled awkwardly. The one commanding the Matilda was an elegant girl with long, curly blonde hair and was having a calm aura around her. She turned to the commander of the Renault FT. "Are you nervous, Noriko?"

Said raventte was slightly fidgeting but quickly smiled toward her soeur. "No. I was just drawing on a talisman." She said while showing said accessory.

Shimako just smiled back before turning forward. Not one minute later though, the commander of the second AMC spoke through the radio. "Enemy found at 1 o'clock."

Everyone turned to said direction to see the Type 97 slowly driving near the forest entrance. Rie took her own microphone as her eyes followed the Japanese tank's movement. "It's a lure. Ignore it." She said and the other tanks continued forward.

Seira peeked from the hatch. "They are ignoring us apparently."

"Please try to get their attention. The Afterschool Navigator team is already on their way."

Mika turned to their commander and said purplenette gave the orders. "Hanamaru-san, could you get us closer." She then turned to Fumiko. "Also, only use the machine gun we are only to get their attention and since the number of shell are limited."

The four other girls nodded as the Type 97 went after Lillian's tanks. Meanwhile, inside the Crusader, which was being driven at a speed of 40 kilometers per hour, the four members were more or less got used to working together. Maki sighed as she watched through the scope. "Though… Afterschool Navigators… What made Honoka decided to call our time like that?"

"Maybe because we are still very childish and enjoy having fun afterschool nya~"

"And because the Crusader was originally a project of Destroyer tank but they decided to make a tank in the end." Hanayo continued. "Also, I think it was better to give every team a nice name. Oharai too did give name to each team, like Turtle team for the Hetzer, Leopon team for the Royal Tiger, Ankou team for the Panzer IV or even Duck team for the Type 89."

Niko scoffed. "But at least our name is better compared to the others." She said while holding a map. "We have the Mikan Kan team for the Jagtiger, Snow Support for the Type 97 Shinhoto, Breadwinners for the Tiger I, Dare no Hanazono for the IS-2, Imouto Unity for the Matilda II, A-RISE for the Sherman Firefly and Afterschool Navigators for us Crusader Mk-IV."

Hanayo chuckled. "But I guess these names are very cute." She said before watching through the scope. "Enemies at 11 hours."

Maki followed by climbing out of the hatch and grabbed the microphone. "The Snow Support team is already after them but they are being ignored." She then went back inside and turned to the driver. "Rin, drive in front of their trajectories to get their attention."

"Roger nya!" Rin was more confident in her driving abilities since the last match, mostly because she got the chance to spend more time with her fellow drivers in Otonokizaka, namely Yô, Ria, Dia, Hanamaru, Yukiho and Anju.

The British tank was driven in front of Lillian's and Yoshino gritted her teeth. "They are provoking us."

"An encirclement you could say." Her loader commented.

Rei decided to get inside the Cromwell and aimed. As her loader loaded a shell, she spoke into the radio. "Break through their encirclement in that case."

The CO thought an instant as she also got inside the Somua. "Let us break our formation without getting too far from each others and take them down. The Type 97 and the Crusader are both fast and mobile but doesn't have that much armor."

"Roger!" The energetic braid-haired girl also got inside her Cromwell. The two Cromwell started shooting at the incoming gray British tanks.

"Make evasion maneuvers, Rin." The red-head commanded and turned to her girlfriend. "Do not use the cannon yet."

Niko nodded as she rotated the turret and shoot with the machinegun, getting the first AMC's attention. Following that, the seven Lillian tanks dispersed and both Seira and Maki were left surprised and they both had tanks after them.

"Not good!" Fumiko watched through the scope. "They are overwhelming us."

The two AMC and the Matilda were after them while the two Cromwell and the Renault were after the Crusader. The girls were starting to panic as the Lillian tanks were bombarding them.

"Send assistance! We are surrounded! I repeat: send assistance." Mika's voice echoed in the other Otonokizaka tanks and Honoka turned to Eri who was sitting atop the IS-2.

The blonde just nodded as she got inside the Soviet tank. Nozomi smiled as she grabbed the microphone. "Mikan Kan team, we are making our sortie."

Chika and Yô cheered from inside the Jagdtiger. "Aye! Full speed ahead yousoro!"

As the two heavy tanks were riding from the hill, the ginger turned to the Firefly commander. "We are going to give support after finding a high place." She then turned to Kokoa who was waiting for an order. "Since the Matilda doesn't have as much effective range as the Tiger and the Firefly, you will be on stand-by and assist our front units in case things turn south. Meantime, you are to follow us."

The brunette nodded as the three tanks went toward the west, finding a sniping spot.

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"It's no good nya!" Rin cried out as she drove the Crusader as fast as possible but the enemies always managed to catch up. "Rin wants to go home nya…"

"Hang in there, Rin-chan." Her brunette friend placed a hand on her shoulder. "The Mikan Kan and the Dare no Hanazono teams are already on their way here. Just a little more."

Just as these words were spoken, the Jagdtiger and the IS-2 appeared at the other side of the field, earning smiles from the other Otonokizaka girls. "Reinforcement! Yay!" Hideko cheered.

"Sorry for the wait."

"We are going to disperse their units so fire at will." Eri commanded from the radio.

"You heard that, girls?" Chika turned to her crew mates.

Kanan was already done loading a shell. "Loading complete!"

Riko looked at the scope and the ginger peeked through her own scope before giving her order. "Fire!"

The powerful fire of the Jagdtiger landed in front of the FT, slightly confusing it an instant. Noriko almost fell from the gunner's position. "They are provoking us. What shall we do, Onee-sama?"

The blonde inside the Matilda thought an instant. "Let us destroy the Type 97 first and leave the Jagd to Sachiko-sama and Rei-sama."

"Roger!"

"You heard that, Rei-chan?" Yoshino too started aiming for the Japanese tank.

The blonde nodded as one of the Cromwell rushed toward the Mikan Kan team. Eri saw that and loaded a shell into the Stalin's cannon. "We need to cover the Jagd. They have more armor than us but their fixed turret is no help in close range combat."

Ruby nodded as she aimed for the incoming British tank and fired but it avoided by going at the side. The Cromwell's barrel was aiming at the German char hunter and hit it at full force but didn't take it down. Not long after, the Samua also joined in and hit it left side while one of the AMC was taking the front.

Chika was sent in all direction because of the impact until landing against Mari, her face thrown in the blonde's breasts, thankfully cushioning her fall. She enjoyed the feeling an instant until three jealous and angry girls glared at her and the ginger quickly backed away. "A-all right! We need to counter while backing slowly until our artillery support finds a good snipping spot."

Yô reluctantly nodded before engaging the gear and had the Jagd slowly fall back while Kanan loaded another round and the red-head aimed for the AMC, only to miss. Seeing that, Ruby also aimed said French vehicle and made a direct hit, knocking it and having its white flag appear.

Dia smiled widely as she turned to the red-head who was also smiling. "I didn't expect any less from my adorable little sister! You did it, Ruby!"

"I did my rubesty!"

Nozomi just smiled as Eri loaded another shell. "All right! Just keep this rhythm."

The Crusader got behind the IS-2 and Rin could sigh an instant while Hanayo loaded a shell. "We need to cover the Snow Support team until they arrive at this position." Maki ordered and her girlfriend fired but missed.

Unfortunately, the Type 97 was in a dire situation as the other AMC, one Cromwell, one Matilda and the FT were after them. As Hideko loaded another shell and Mika gave the coordination for Fumiko to shoot, their tank aggressively rocked as it left track broke.

"This is bad zura!"

"It isn't the end yet." Seira said as she watched through the scope. "Until our tank is taken down, there is still hope. Aim for the Matilda first."

"Aye!" Fumiko aime and fired but it missed and the British tank aimed for them. Just as it shoot though the IS-2 rushed beside the Type 97 as to cover it, driving the incoming bullet away after hitting its front armor.

"Are you all right?"

"Our track broke but we can still make it." Seira replied as she watched through the scope.

The Stalin fired and hit the other AMC 35 and provoked the Matilda to slowly fall back. However, as the Soviet tank has decided to take the front, their aligned front was disordered, allowing the Cromwell and the Somua to overwhelm the Jagd and the Crusader.

The German tank, having a fixed turret, always needed to turn or back away whenever the enemy exited its direct front. By that time, Yô and Riko were used to working together but the constant rocking due to bullets hitting their armor, aiming has turned harder. The Afterschool Navigator team has attempted to interfere by aiming at the French tank but got countered and took a frontal hit, not enough to knock it but enough to rock the inside.

"Jeez! They are far more experienced than us." The ginger whimpered before her eyes caught sign of the Matilda's cannon pointed direct in their direction and quickly drove the Crusader backward, causing more rocking.

The Lillian tank fired and hit the Crusader's front, causing more confusion inside the small tank. "Jeez! There's no end to them." Maki sighed before watching through the scope. "Rin, drive us forward and make a complete 180° turn so we could surprise the Somua from behind."

"Roger nya!"

The Crusader advanced at full speed, leaving the Mikan Kan team on their own. Before the gray tank could turn though, another bullet hit its rear and it was knocked several times before crashing upside down. Its white flag soon appeared as the Renault FT's loader loaded another shell. "All right! One down!"

Eri gritted her teeth as she loaded another shell. "Honoka! We really need assistance, like right now!"

Said ginger heard her and turned to the Matilda team. "Kokoa-chan; could you join them while A-RISE and us get into position?"

"Leave it to us!" The brunette saluted and the British tank advanced at full speed, descending the mountain while the two other tanks continued until reaching a certain area where they had a good view of the battle that was going on.

Honoka and Tsubasa both watched through their goggles. "The distance is 1000 meters." The ginger commented. "It's still inside the Tiger's effective range." She then took a map and grabbed the microphone to give the coordination for the gunners.

Both Erena and Umi followed by rotating their turret until pointing to the sky and fired after getting approbation. Both bullets roamed the skies until landing on the actual battlefield, the first in front of the Samua and the second near the FT. Sachiko was surprised and watched through the commander's scope. "Death from above, hun?"

Her loader took another shell and turned to her senior. "Shall we do something against them? The Somua is a competent hiker after all."

The raven-haired girl nodded before grabbing the microphone. "Rosa Foetida; we are changing our plan. We need to take the snipers first."

Rei nodded at the other side of the line before ordering her crewmate to abandon the hunt of the Jagtiger and advanced into the nearest forest so that they could get atop the hill without being discovered. Just as they exited the battlefield, the Otonokizaka's Matilda has arrived and fired several rounds of bullets toward the Renault FT but none of them hit. Their Cromwell countered and hit the Sister Support directly, knocking them back though.

"Woaa!" The brunette lost balance and fell atop Yukiho. "We got knocked out already?" She whimpered.

Arisa just gave a polite smile. "Never mind. It was still very funny." Kokoro nodded.

"Our Matilda was immobilized as well." Nozomi informed her girlfriend who was now sweating from loading another shell into the principal cannon.

"So, that makes it a 5 on 5, hun?"

"And their Somua and other Cromwell is nowhere to be seen."

"They are more likely targeting Honoka and Tsubasa." The blonde concluded. "Let us just focus on winning this front first.

As these words escaped her lips, a bullet hit the Type 97's left side and immobilized it though. It was the Cromwell who was running fearlessly all around the field and shooting very accurate bullets. The Jagdtiger's track has been broken and the Stalin's turret was damaged and unable to rotate. Fortunately, Dia and Ruby were used to working together so the younger sibling could aim while her sister maneuvered the tank's position.

As the Cromwell was about to charge direct at the IS though, a bullet from the sky hit it and it motor stopped after steam exploded on its motor. Yoshino sighed ash she fell back on her chair. "They snipped us, hun?"

Inside the Firefly, Yoshiko was loading another bullet while the brunette was giving the next coordination. Before they could fire though, a bullet flew until hitting the American tank's rear and knocked it out. Fortunately, Tsubasa was agile and fast enough to quickly go back inside and wasn't wounded but that resulted in her falling once again atop the bluenette first year.

"Dammit! Why me?" The chuunibyou girl cursed.

Honoka was alerted and turned to see the Somua and a Cromwell climbing toward their direction. She quickly went inside and motioned to Ria and Umi to get ready for a close range combat. However, she told the first year girl to rush directly at the British tank first. The two tanks collided, with the Tiger's cannon right against their enemy's armor and fired, knocking the Cromwell back.

On the other battlefield, the Jagtiger fired one last time, hitting the Renault FT but then got hit by the Matilda and both the German and the French tanks were out. It was now a face-off between Eri's team and Shimako's.

The Tiger I faced the Somua S-35 and the two commanders slightly greeted before getting in position. Both tanks rushed forward and crossed path, exchanging fire and both missing, before turning and facing each others again. The French tank opened fire but the bullet was deviated after hitting the Tiger's inclined frontal armor. The counter came but the Somua backed away and the bullet hit the ground.

Back to Eri and Shimako, the Stalin and the Matilda exchanged fire from two different sides of the field. The IS was not in an advantage because of its damaged turret. Fortunately, it could still fire, but the time in between the loading was becoming more important since the blonde was starting to get tired.

"Eri-chi…"

"Eri-sama…"

"It's nothing." The quarter-Russian girl smiled before loading another shell. "We need to settle this fast!"

And with that, the IS-2 charged at the Matilda who was aiming at them. Both tanks fired and both bullets hit. The Stalin took the direct hit and had its white flag rise while the Matilda was hit in the left track, sending it flying before falling back down upside down.

The Tiger and the Somua only remained now and the two tanks started rushing down the hill while their canons were pointed at each others. Bullets went past the few trees they encountered and hit the ground. Kotori was, by now, used to the weight of the 88 mm shell so Honoka could focus on overwatching and giving the coordination.

As the two tanks arrived at the bottom of the hill, they put some distance in between them before facing each others. "This exchange will decide the outcome of this match." Sachiko said.

"Yes, Onee-sama." Yumi nodded as she loaded another bullet and placed a hand on her petite soeur's shoulder. "Toukou-chan; it's up to you." She then turned to the driver. "Tsutako-san; could you get us as close as possible?"

The cameraman nodded as she engaged the gear. "All right!"

The two tanks rushed at each others and the Tiger fired first, hitting the Somua's track but not stopping it. Not one second later, Touko pressed the trigger and the 47 mm cannon fired a bullet that hit the German tank's left rear side, at the exact area where it's motor was supposed to be. The white flag popped atop the Tiger's turret and Honoka sighed before her lips formed a smile.

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"Thank you very much for the match!"

Every girl from both team bowed their head at each others now that the match was over and the automobile club members were already taking care of the damaged tnaks.

Sachiko, accompanied by her soeur and cousin, walked over to where Honoka and Eri were standing. The two Otonokizaka students were arguing about what they should have for diner but quickly regained their composure as they saw the trio walking toward them. "Thank you for the match."

The ginger waved a huge smile. "It was really fun. We might have lost but it was still a very good match!"

The brunette returned the smile. "I agree. You gave us a very exciting match. I am glad Onee-sama has accepted to face you."

Even the usually grumpy twintailed girl beside Yumi couldn't help a smile on her lips. "It was worth the deplacement. Fighting against St Gloriana and Oharai was thrilling but Otonokizaka is also full of surprise."

"We hope to have a revenge match someday." Eri continued, hoping to get another match when they will be more experienced.

"Of course! Maybe we'll get the chance to face each others in an official match." Yumi said happily. "You are also going to participate in the upcoming tournament, right?"

"Of course! We need to save our school after all." Honoka replied. "We don't need to win. We just need to be in the best 4 and Otonokizaka's future will be assured."

Sachiko smiled at the ginger's word. "You have determination. You reminds me of Yumi when we met." She then placed a hand in front of her mouth and chuckled. "We won't hold back during the tournament so better ready yourselves in that case."

"We will!"

And with that, the Lillian girls started walking their way back toward their transporter bus. The tanks were left to the pickup trucks that were tasked to bring them back to the school-ships and the girls of Otonokizaka got back in their own bus.

"Maaan~ Today was so much fun!"

"Maru agrees zura!"

"It was very exciting nya~"

"Even though you lost, wan?"

Rin backed of one step and Shiitake took two steps forward. Then, the cat-like girl started running all around, inside the bus while the whitette was running after her. She cried out. "Riko-chan, help me, nya!"

Said red-head just sighed as everyone else laughed.

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A/N: For these who might be wondering, yes; I am going to have the girls of the automobile club (namely Shima, Mito, Kotarou, Shiitake, Itsuki, Yoshimi and Mutsu) to join the Sensha-do club after finding more tanks. I already have planned which one they will ride.

Also, for their appearance, there is no change for Kotarou's. He just became a she. As for Shiitake, she looks like Chiya from Urara Meiro-cho in both appearance and character.

Finally, Shima, Mito and Kotarou are both third years while Itsuki, Yoshimi, Mutsu and Shiitake are in second year.

That's all! Hope to see you again soon!