Part 7 coming up, hope you're all enjoying it. Tell your friends, spread the word, or don't, I'm italicized text not a cop. We'll be cleaning tanks today after school, with the much anticipated and not-at-all-cliche water fight episode with Yuzu for some reason still wearing that skimpy bikini on the orders of Anzu, and doesn't that just make you a little bit suspicious? Obviously our resident perverts and weebs will be treated to a show, but I think it's much more likely that the non-yuri and bi girls of Oorai would enjoy this much more than the men. Besides, with the exception of Michael, Hector is awkward as fuck and wants to protect his rabbits, and Joshua suffers from chronic cranial ultradensity, also known as MC Disease.
So without further ado, let's get the famous fanservice pervert tank washing scene out of the way
"How about we just have them ride the ones they found?"
Momo straightened her monocle and nodded, turning to Miho
"We'll take the 38 (t) since you found two tanks, you can have the Panzer IV"
Miho nodded, and began inspecting the Panzer with her new friends as Joshua approached Anzu
"So, we've got 5 tanks so far. You thought up names?"
Anzu chomped down on a sweet potato, "Nope!"
Joshua sighed and put his head in his hands
"Alright then Fine, we'll go with Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo. Sound good?"
"Mmmm... too complicated! Just the letters will do!"
"The words have a purpose so that-"
"Juuuuust the letters!"
and with that, Anzu spun on her heel and began to walk back to the hanger, leaving a frustrated American and her rusty Panzer 38 (t)
Joshua decided to check in with Miho and left the other teams to his crew, seeing Saori pull her hand back from the tank as she touched it
"eeeeeh! it's all sticky!"
Michael grinned and threw his arm around her, "Damn, and here I was hoping that wouldn't be an issue for you"
Saori looked ready to murder him, but settled for taking his hand off her shoulder and stomping off to the rear of the tank as Hana held in her giggles
"Michael, stop being a shit. Miho, how's she looking?"
The aforementioned tank commander popped her head out of the radio operators hatch, bits of black soot staining her face
"Well... We'll need to clean the inside, that's for sure... and we need to re apply the paint and remove the moisture from the inside, but the rust hasn't gotten to any of the components or the finer mechanics. Any amount that has doesn't look too bad, and the rust around the gun breech will come out from the recoil mechanism when it's fired a few times"
Joshua nodded, "Guess were gonna need to run some hoses and grab a few buckets then huh? I'll check with the automotive club, no doubt they have some car washing stuff we could borrow"
Miho nodded, "I'll get the girls changed into something they don't mind getting wet, meet you back here in 30?"
At Joshua's agreement, she dove back into the tank, leaving the American to round up his crew and go find the automotive club on the other end of the row of hangers, passing by the history club who were busy apologizing to the Finnish
Sam broke the silence
"So, what exactly are we doing?"
"We're gonna wash the tanks"
Sam stopped in her tracks, "The... you mean... we're... by hand???"
"Unless you know of some automatic tank washes around genius, yes, by hand."
Sam got a far off look in her eye and stared into the distance
"Tank girls... hoses... water..."
Michael had an epiphany and began daydreaming just as much as them, leaving Rachel to look nervous and Hector to slap his forehead. Joshua decided now was a good time to be a leader,
"Oi, get it together you two! you're gonna be helping your groups with their tanks and I don't want us getting thrown in horny jail for some western pigdog womanizer and a horny lesbian weeb who can't keep their eyes to... them... selves..."
As he trailed off, Joshua looked up and was greeted to the sight of their class vice president walking out of the hanger dressed in a very skimpy bikini followed by Anzu, who had grabbed several bags of sweet potatoes and a plastic bag Ramune sodas. When she caught sight of Joshua, she waved her fingers and winked at him, before following Yuzu twords the Panzer 38 (t)
Joshua looked twords his crew, and saw Sam and Michael completely smitten, with Hector awkwardly looking anyway but the student council and Rachel... was she eyeing Yuzu?!
Great, Sam, you've corrupted our innocent gunner into a pervert. I hope you can sleep at night knowing she won't be blushing at the thought of holding hands anymore.
He got the attention of Hector and Rachel,
"Hey, you two, get the rest of the supplies, I'm gonna try and get tweedle Dee and tweedle dum there back on earth"
Hector nodded and grabbed Rachel's arm, leading her twords the automotive club. Joshua approached his radiowoman and driver slowly, where he heard them mumbling to eachother
"She don't know what she's doin'..."
"Oh yeah she does... She knows exactly what she's doin'..."
"Oi, get your head's outta the gutter!"
At his sudden shouting, both Sam and Michael jumped. Sam began muttering apologies before rushing off to follow Hector and Rachel, but Michael approached Joshua and grabbed his shoulders.
"Josh. You don't understand. We aren't ready."
"For what? the tournament?"
"Joshua. Look at them."
Joshua looked at the team(VERY POINTEDLY ignoring the student council) and saw the girls filing out in their athletic clothes, shorts and white T shirts, aside from the volleyball team who had stayed in their uniforms. He didn't connect the dots until Hana came out of the hanger holding a hose, waving at the two Americans.
"O-oh"
"Exactly. Josh. We. Aren't. READY."
With that the driver walked off twords the Panzer IV, shaking his head.
"Joshy, what's wrong?"
Josh jumped up at Rachel's question, muttering 'Nothing' and helped her carry the soap and water buckets, while Hector and Sam came behind them with the scrubbers
After distributing both the supplies and his crew to the girls, and getting his crew changed out into their athletic wear, Joshua decided to help Miho and her friends wash the Panzer IV. He rounded the corner to see Saori happily spraying down the tank, and in the process Hana, who began shivering
"I-its c-cold Saori!"
"ahehe, sorry, sorry!"
He made it a point to not state at her chest as he walked by, no matter how much evidence there was that the water was indeed cold, and climbed on the hull to talk to Miho
"So, I got my crew to start helping the other girls. Figure they could use some guidance on what needs cleaning and what should be fine"
Miho wiped some sweat from her brow and nodded, before asking "But wont your tank need cleaning too?"
Joshua shrugged, "Nah, Sugar over there is plenty clean, besides I think we need to get these things in shape first anyway."
Miho nodded, popping out of the hatch again and resting her head on her arms on the hull before grinning a bit and looking at the scene before her
"So, how many of you boys ever dreamed about this day coming true?"
Joshua blanched at the question, muttering denials and justifications before Miho began laughing
"Ahaha, I'm joking! Still though, I have to admit the whole thing is a bit... cliche..."
"Y-yeah... well, the tanks need cleaning and all..."
"... not to say you Americans are the only ones enjoying the show, it seems!"
At her statement, Joshua looked across at where she was pointing, spying the M3 lee and Hector with the freshmen girls. the first years were eagerly scrubbing away at every surface they could get, Hector occasionally making the hose cause some rain on himself and the first years, much to their delight, who began singing a bad english rendition of 'the Senpai is snoring'
He may have just been unaware, but Hector had unintentionally soaked his form fitting white tank top, which cling to his muscular frame and was almost transparent, not to mention his "ranger panties" style running shorts. Being the loader had obviously helped his musculature, and the History club was observing every movement. Erwin had been washing the same spot on the STuG III for at least 5 minutes, her gaze glued to his loader. The rest of her crewmates weren't much better, with Saemonza almost slipping off of the top of the hull while Rachel chatted away, oblivious
Across the way, The volleyball club girls were equally distracted (much to Sam's frustration) by the sight of Michael washing the 38 (t). In an attempt to woo the vice president, he had completely taken his shirt off, and while he wasn't a hulking brute of muscles like the loader, he had a lean and trimmed frame with visible, if not show quality, abs. Joshua could swear he saw Akebi actually drooling as Sam fumed silently. Oddly enough, Shinobu seemed rather indifferent to his display, preceding to hang around Sam
Is she watching my radiowoman???
Joshua pushed down his protective instincts and instead turned twords Miho, who was grinning and holding in her laughter
"I'm sure this is a cliche the team could get used to!"
At the sight of her breaking down in laughter, Joshua narrowed his eyes,
"Saori, hose. Now."
Saori wordlessly handed the hose to him, her eyes trained intently on the M3 lee. Joshua pointed the hose at the laughing former Kuromorimine student and began spraying her, forcing her back down into the tank as she sputtered and laughed
"Go to horny jail!"
"Ahhaha! fine, fine you win! Panzer Halt! PANZER HALT!!"
Satisfied he had taught his Commander a lessons he let up the barrage only to be assaulted by a blast of water from the rear
Joshua spun around to find Hector smirking at him with Azusa riding his shoulders and mock-glaring
"You will not freely attack Nishizumi-senpai! Hector-chan, advance!"
Hector obligated the pint sized commander, spraying his tank commander with water and forcing him off the tank
Several hours later, the tanks were clean and free of most of the rust that had plagued them. Each team returned their borrowed equipment, with the automotive club making kissy faces and thanking the Americans for the show mockingly as they took the buckets back.
Upon their return, Momo adjourned the days practice, and the girls all began heading home for the day.
Joshua was stopped by Miho, who grabbed his arm as he was heading out
"Joshua? can we... talk?"
She seemed a bit nervous, which contrasted to the teasing confident girl he had seen earlier
She really is a different person when she's in a tank...
"Sure, here?"
Miho shook her head, "No, not here. In the Panzer?"
At Joshuas agreement, the two tankers climbed the Panzer and dropped into the turret, before Miho buttoned up the hatches
"Miho... what is this about?"
Miho took a deep breath, and Joshua saw the confidence return to her eyes like water returning to the shore
"It's about today. You didn't do anything wrong, but the way you played like that, the fun we had..."
Oh Jesus, Oh god no we barely know eachother"... It can't happen often. The girls will get distracted. I understand sometimes we all have fun, and I don't think today caused any harm, but... If I'm going to be commander, then I need everyone to be on the same page. And attractive, fit American boys running around having a water fight on our tanks is the definition of distracting our crews. I don't want us losing a match because we were all too busy oogling eachother to get any real practice in, had we taken this more seriously we would have had time to get the girls some orientation behind the drivers sticks, time we need if we're gonna win this."
Joshua sat there a little dumbstruck at her authorative voice, and almost had to fight the urge to say "Yes, ma'am"
Her rant over, Miho began looking a little uncomfortable and her confidence began to wane before Joshua stepped in
"No... no you're right, you're absolutely right. this is a Sensha-Dō team, not some pervert fantasyland. You're being a good commander by saying that, and I appreciate it. I didn't realize what the implications were"
Miho smiled with relief, putting her hand on his shoulder
"I'm not saying that you guys should become cold or distant- Were highschoolers, even in Kuromorimine we had romance and unrequited loves... hehe, even if Eririn and Onee-chan would never admit it... but let's try to keep this team about Sensha-Dō first, okay?"
Joshua nodded, and stuck his hand out, "Agreed, Commander"
Miho giggled before shaking it
"Right... well, I say we head home, how about it? We can even stop for some ice cream on the way there!"
Joshua smiled and nodded, before the two tankers climbed out of the tank and walked twords Oorais ice cream store
Obligatory pervert scene finished. For those of you wondering, No I will not have the boys join the girls for the bathhouse scenes. Yes Rachel may be bi curious. It has also been shown that firing tank guns causes arousal in several of our Garupans, our lovely flower arranger Hana being a particularly sensitive individual.Also, no, Miho isn't crushing on Joshua. I'm writing her to be a bit more confident when she's in a tank, and a little more playful/teasing. Besides, a fellow experienced tank commander seems like someone she would get along with on a professional and personal level, especially after leaving Kuromorimine.Also you cannot convince me Erika doesn't have a little bit of Mahosexuality in her, even if she isn't aware of it. She practically worships the ground that girl walks on. That isn't to say she's straight up Yuribait, but cmon. It's as obvious as Caeser and Carpaccio. I'm pretty sure Miho even teases her about it in Phase Erika or some other supplimental material.As always read and review and let me know any fuck ups, typos, or just general bad writing