Really short unimportant chapter, stating who is in what tank and establishing team names. Girl's und Panzer is not owned by me.

Nearly a week had passed since the international tournament was announced. The day before, Oni finished working on the new tanks and was picking up the crews from their respective schools today. Aya, along with the rest of Oarai's tankery team, was waiting by the garage for them, talking in small groups. It wasn't long before the copter could be seen in the distance.

"So why aren't any of the other schools joining us?" Miho asked the other schools commanders. That question had been bugging her for the past few days.

"Remember this tournament is to catch tank thieves. Saunders, St. Glorianas, Kuromorimine, and Pravda all made it to the semifinals the two years before we joined." Anzu answered.

"Getting to many schools involved will only complicate things more than they need to be." Maho added.

"I have a question about my school." Darjeeling said to Maho.

"Oh… and what might that be?" She asked.

"Well, I seem to recall hearing something about an officer in every school, who was St. Gloriana's?"

"That's right." Saori said. "We haven't met the officers of St. Glorianas or Saunders. Why didn't they come?"

"They aren't on the same level as Oni, Maho, or Katyusha. But, don't worry; they're landing as we speak." Erika said.

Everyone looked as the helicopter landed. It opened its doors and allowed its passengers out. Oni walked over to them as two individuals followed him. "Good to see you officer Naomi and officer Assam." Katyusha said.

"Assam!" Darjeeling said surprisingly.

"Sorry I couldn't tell you earlier, Darjeeling." She apologized. Darjeeling smiled at her, a sign it was ok.

"It's been awhile Nonna." Naomi said.

"It really has." She answered.

"Glad to be on the same team, right?" Naomi asked. Nonna nodded.

"Wait, hold on. You were on the same team as 'Blizzard' Nonna?" Alisa asked, walking over. She had heard the last part of the conversation.

"Yes, she was the second best shot on the team." Nonna said.

"I think you mean best shoot." Naomi argued.

"Oh yes, the best… after me." Nonna said.

"Let's put this on hold and figure out the crews for each tank." Oni said, seeing where things were going. So the entire group headed to the student council room.

(Later)

"So Kay will command the Woulverine and Naomi will command in the M26." Oni said.

"Right, and that leaves Alisa with the M6." Kay agreed.

"I'll take the SU." Nonna stated.

"Katyusha will command the IS."

"But who will drive the BT-7?" Miho asked.

"We have one of our scouting crews available." Katyusha said.

"Perfect, because the BT-7 is fast, but it's gun isn't very powerful. It'll be most useful for scouting." Oni said.

"Erika will command the Wespe while I take the NEUBAUFAHRZEUG." Maho said.

"Ok. Darjeeling, would you mind commanding the Comet?" Anzu asked.

"I don't mind at all. I have faith Orange can command the Covenanter, and Assam can surely handle the Ram."

"Ok, so that leaves the Souma." Erika stated.

"I'm sure you have a team that can handle a medium tank." Nonna said.

"Of course, but Kuromorimine specializes in German tanks. So don't expect them to be comfortable straight away."

"I'm not expecting that at all. Everyone besides Oarai has to learn completely new tanks, and we only have three weeks to do so." Oni said.

"It's no problem." Anzu stated. "We had two weeks max to practice, and we managed to win nationals. We just have to put our mind to it."

Everyone sighed. "Anzu, you aren't serious enough sometimes." Kay said.

"I know." Oarai's student body president responded.

The next day was the first day of practice for the new tanks. Everyone did well and improved their skills. The Ram became known as Sheep team, the Covenanter, Dog team, and the Comet became hedgehog team. Kuromorimines crews got team names as well. The Wespe became owl team, the NEUBAUFAHRZEUG became Badger team, and The Souma became Goose team. The Woulverine's crew became Wolf team, the M6's crew became squirrel team, and the M26 became hawk team. And Pravda's teams were the BT-7's crew as cheetah team, the IS' crew as Deer team, and the SU-100's team as Bear team.

I know this chapter is short, but I don't really have idea's to fill the time frame, so next chapter I think I'll skip 2 weeks. There will be more action in later chapters, I think next chapter will be events prior to a match.