Ooarai Girls school,Hangars row…

"Miss Saori, What is the meaning of this?" said Akiyama as she pointed at a floral seat cushion being placed inside the cockpit where the driver would sits.

Saori fidgeting as she replied "Oh that, It's kinda hurting my butt when the tank moves so I think…"

Akiyama frowned "How can you do this? I mean, it's ruining the soul of vehicle itself"

Saori shrugs "Oh c'mon, as long as its fun"

Akiyama screamed in frustration "It's not the same! Sitting next to each other in a tight space, on a rusty seat…inside of a moving steel plated hunk a metal with a cannon that can level a small villa and flatten a Hummer on impact… gaining strenght that leads to victory… THAT! Miss Saori, is a vital part of Sensha-Do"

The girl then turns to Hana who was sweating awkwardly and said "And miss Isuzu, you can't just go and put a-a-a-a flower vase inside to 'ease our minds'… I mean… if this keeps up, we'll ended up like THAT"

As she said so, Akiyama points at the StuG III, with a whole new look, being painted light red, with Japanese's traditional flags and floral décor vinyls on the hull. In addition, there was a Roman SPQR emblem and the phrase Veni-Vidi-Vici being painted on the front hull.

Akiyama then went over to the StuG, collapse to her knees and shouted "Oh WHY? Why-hy-hy-hy-hy? Such a WWII beauty! Disgraced by the poor taste of common folks! Oh what did the StuG ever do to themmmm?"

Saori was rubbing her chin as she said "You know, I won't mind if we repaint our tank…"

Akiyama then snaps at Saori "NO miss Saori, I forbid it!"

The girls was then startled when they saw Miho chuckling as she saw the StuG before she said "Holy Howitzer! I didn't know you can actually do THAT to a tank"

Miho then said "It's… actually looks…fun"

Akiyama suddenly calmed down as she said "Oh… well…uh… if you say so miss Miho…"

Akiyama then said "Still… This Sunday…"

Flashback…

It was just after the first training match, Momo,Anzu and Yuzu was standing in front of the girls with Momo speaking loudly through the bullhorn "Attention everyone,Firstly, I would like to say that you've all done well in today's drill and I, as well as the council president are hoping to see more progress in the coming time… Secondly, It may comes as a sudden surprise… But we're going to have another traning match this Sunday… That's not all, our partner… will be the St. Glorianna Girls Academy… We'll be confirming the formation of the match…and any commander of the named teams shall report to the council office once being called… dismiss!"

Akiyama can be seen exclaiming "AW SHIT" as she heard the name of the school they'll be up agaisnt.

Back to the present…

The girls on Miho's crew were sitting in their classroom. With Miho murmuring "The St. Glorianna…"

Saori tilted her head as she asked "What's so special about them?"

Akiyama then said "What's so SPECIAL? They're the runner up of the National Tournament… one of the Powerhouse of Japan's Sensha-do...and now we're going up agaisnt THEM"

Rezei still haven't spoke a word as she just sat there,napping peacefully with her head wobbling around.

Akiyama then shot up and said "BUT, We don't have to worry much… firstly, our team is a nobody… so they'll most likely lower the guard completely…plus we have the Grand master Miho Nishizumi herself…"

Miho then added in "No not even our opponent would likely to underestimate us whether we're a nobody or not… we should be on our best shape by Sunday…"

Saori then wraps her arms around Miho and Akiyama's shoulders and said "Oh c'mon girls, it's not that bad… we're a team, if we're gonna be doing that dance…embarrassing ourselves in front of a large crowd… we'll embarrass ourselves TOGETHER!"

Yukarin then awkwardly cheered "Uhh Yayyyy…."

…

Sunday, Japan's mainland dock…

Miho and the girls was strolling among the dock's containers lot with Saori said "Hey, after the match…and possibly the dance… can we go shopping? I mean, we haven't been to shore for quite a while"

Miho smiles "We..well, sure.. it is quite a while since I've been here too…"

As the girl said so, they saw a group of tanks heading towards them, 3 tanks to be precise, and they're not Ooarai's tanks.

Yukarin screamed "EEEKKK here they come! The main Tanks of the St. Glorianna… Infantry Tank Matilda Mk II, aka the Queen of the desert"

Saori sighs as she look at Yukarin "Least she's stop worrying about the dance…"

Miho then look at all the other students, they're all cheering excitingly as the three Matildas pulled up just in front of the crowd.

The hatch of the Matilda in the middle pops open, and a young girl with blonde, neatly braided and tied up hairstyle. She wore a red military uniform jacket with black collar and and a matching black skirt and boots.

As the girl jumps off the tank, the crowd cheered louder. Miho can hear some of the girls shouted "Miss Darjeelin!"

A girl with long hair, wearing a maid outfit got out of the tank aswell as she handed the blonde girl a elegant looking glass of tea.

Then, the other two Matildas hatches pop opens, and two more girls with matching uniforms, one with the similar hairstyle as the blonde one, save for the dark hazel color, and the other one with a long slick-n-tied back hairstyle emerges from them.

The moment the two girls got off their vehicles, two other maids quickly handed them two glass of tea.

The crowd went wild as one of them can be heard screaming "Miss Assam and Miss Orange Pekoe! The Noble Sisters are all here! Eeeekkk! Omgomgomg!"

Saori seems to be weirded out as she said "What the heck… is up with these people?"

Momo then quickly bows to Darjeeling and said "We would like to thank you all for participating in this training match with us"

Darjeeling then replied "Don't mention it"

She then look at the Ooarai's roaster of tanks before she smirked "And I have to say… those are a very… unique set of tanks you girls have…"

Momo's eyes widened as she realized that Darjeeling have just insulted her school's set of vehicles.

Darjeeling then said "But make no mistake, a lion will always use all of its might to catch its prey, even if its just a slow,puny rabbit"

Momo then turns to the girls of the Ooarai school's Tank teams and said "Alright you maggot! I want each and everyone of you to do your best in this battle… miss Nishizumi, we're counting on you… let's prepare ourselves and shows that smug lion that we ARE NOT it's average prey! Dismiss"

…

Training match battlefield…

This one is very similar to the deserts of Africa, with cliffs, dunes and small canyons, with addition of some building ruins and most of all, vast open space.

Team Ooarai was rolling their tanks across the desert with Momo from the student council team asked Miho through her radio "Ok Miho… what's the plan?"

Miho then said "Everyone stop your vehicles"

Once all the tanks pulled over, Miho and Akiyama got out of their Pzkpfw and head over to a nearby dune, both lie down on their stomachs,with Miho took out her binoculars and look through it and began scouting the terrains ahead.

It wasn't long before she spotted the St. Glorianna's team approaching from 3 km away. The team consist of 4 Matildas and 1 powerful but slow Churchill heavy tank.

Miho then said "This is gonna be a tough one… the noble sisters must be driving that Churchill… not only that, the matilda formation is going to be hard to disperse… their front armor are too thick to penetrate with one shot…"

Miho and Akiyama then quickly returns to their vehicle and spoke to the others through the radio "Ok everyone, this is what we're going to do… Spread out and form a circle, the Matildas and Churchill's front armor is too thick for us to penetrate, but the sides and rears are vunerable, aims for the tracks,sides and rears… wait til' they got into the middle of the dunes circle then fire…"

Back to the Pkzpfw down on the ground, Yukari was pouting as she look at Hana, who was aiming through the sight. Miho spoke to the others through the radio "Ok guys… steady… steady…"

Then once the 5 tanks from St Glorianna enters the blast zone, Miho shouted "GO LOUD!"

Right then, the StuG, the Type 89, the M3 Lee, the 38(T) and Miho's Pkzpfw showered their targets with shells.

The view then show the battle on the ground, most of the shells missed or just hit the thick armor layer on the Matildas, the othe shells just harmlessly bounces off of the thick front armor of the Churchill.

In the meantime, the Matildas and the Churchill quickly form a flower formation, pointing their thick frontal armor toward enemy's fire and quickly fires back.

When the barrage of shell from the 'fishes' they've trapped began to rain down upon Miho's tank and her teammates, the young girl was struck by a realization as she though to herself "Oh no…"

Then as she heard the other girls shouting panickingly through their radio she continues "This is too much for us… we might have them in our trap but… this is not a salmon… it's a great white shark…"

As Miho was alone with her though, Akiyama was shaking Miho by her shoulders as she shouted "Miss Nishizumi! Miss Nishizumi!"

Miho then got out of her own head and look at Yukarin as the girl asked "Miss Nishizumi! What now?"

Just then, Miho heard the girls from the Type 89 said "Aw shit! We're out!"

Then, just seconds later, the girls from the Lee also said "Comander! We're out aswell"

Miho've just lost two tanks, things aren't looking good for her crew nor her teams.

The girl then shouted to the radio "REGROUP, drive in zigzag route to avoid the shells!"

The girls quickly does so as they all steps on the gas and head back to where Miho's tank was while manuveuring through the field of exploding shells.

The girl then pick up the radio and said "Alright everyone, heads toward the urban area… it have many narrow streets and corners there… we'll be able to get a better shot at turning the tide in there…once you guys' are in,spread out find any alley can cover your cannons from eyesights, turn off the engine and wait… once the Matildas, or better yet, the Churchill rolls by with their sides fully exposed and unaware of your presence… shoot" before her tank and the others speed toward their destination.

Meanwhile, the 3 Matildas and the Churchill reform their straight side-by-side line formation as they pursuing the Ooarai's 3 escaping Tanks.

…

10 minutes later…

The StuG III backed up and concealed itself in a small alley just as the 3 Matildas was about to pass by.

Then the StuG fired at the leading Matilda, disabling it on impact.

Then the two remaining Matilda stops and aim their cannon at where the StuG was hiding and open fire. The tank didn't stand a chance as a white flag pops out of its turret after it took 3 shells in row to the front hull.

However, the Pkzpfw IV and the 38(T) speed pass the road behind the two Matilda and open fire at their rear armor, disabling them both.
The Churchill burst through a wall and fired at the 38(T), disabling it.

The Churchill then made a pull stop and points cannon right at the Pkzpfw IV. There was a long pause before the Pkzpfw and the Churchill both speed toward each other with their cannon staying on target, as if it was a medieval joust.

As the smoke clears, there was a white flag, but it's not on top of the churchill.

…

An hour later… back at the dock…

"Ughhh… I can't believe we lost…" sighs Saori as she sat on a crate next to her friends.

"But we did our best…" said Hana

Rezei was busy napping on Miho's lap while Yukarin was trembling as she said "Omgomgomgomg! I'll never be able to get married after tonight's dance"

Miho and the girls seems shock and nervous as the leader of the team that've just beat them approaches Miho as she asked "Were you the one commanding the match?"

Miho was fidgeting as she answers "Well uh… ye..Yes"

Darjeeling then asked "What is your name?"

Miho then said "Uh… it's Nishizumi, Miho Nishizumi"

Darjeeling then asked "From the Nishizumi school?"

Miho then answered "Uh…yes"

Darjeeling then said "I've fought agaisnt your big sister in the past… but I would never though she would have such a little sister…"

Yukarin was still dumbstruck as she watches the two having their conversation as she though "Oh man~~~~ It's like a dream comes true… Nishizumi and Darjeeling are talking to each other…Directly…right in front of ME… This is too good to be true EEEKK"

Darjeeling then signal the maid following her to hand her a basket full of boxes of tea leafs as she said "This is a signs of my gratitute" and hand the basket to Miho.

Yukarin's eyes shines bright as she said to Miho "Miss Nishizumi! She gave you teas! TEAS… The St Glorianna only gave teas to those who they deemed a worthy opponent"

That news seems to put a smile back on Hana, Saori and Miho's face as they hug each other.

But their cute, heartwarming moment didn't last long. Anzu and her crew then approaches the girls and said "I would like to say A DAMN GOOD JOB out there maggots! But… we've lost… so you still own us that Sea Devil Dance…"

Before the girls can say anything, Anzu continues "BUT, I, the president will also join you in the dance routine…"

Later that night… at the beach…

Miho and the other girls, along with Anzu was dancing around the bonfire in front of the cheering crowd as they sang the Sea devil folk song. The girls wore a very funny and extremely embarrassing bodysuit that highly resemble an eel.

The girls have to keep a smile on their face and keep the tears in their tear duct as they dance through the routine.