It had been a couple of days since Maho had volunteered to work at the Nurse's office in Kuromorimine. Her tasks were simple as she was monitoring the students and helping take care of them as best as she could. She had finished checking on her friend as she looked at the nurse who was helping clean up her tray that she served tea over.
"How is she fairing out?" Maho asked the nurse as she was worried for her friend. The nurse looked at her as the results were only deteriorating.
"Olivia is exhausted from coughing and her fever is only getting worse. All the other students aren't much better." The nurse gave her response as Maho looked at her. Maho was wondering if there was something she should do to help the students keep their spirits up and their mind from the sickness.
"Is there something I could do to get the students' attention off from being sick? I know it isn't much but it's the only medicine I've got at the moment." Maho wondered about it. Maybe she could bring her mother to check up on the sick student's, probably a few books to help them read, just anything.
"I could contact Shiho about this and let her know. Maybe she should come and visit." The nurse gave her reply. Maho cheered quietly to herself as her mother was coming. The nurse picked up the phone as she decided to call where Shiho was.
Shiho had finished her shift as she had just got back home. She shivered in the cold weather as her phone began ringing. She looked up as she grumbled, snow was falling again. Getting inside of her house as she didn't want to make the call out in the cold, she picked it up, what was Kuromorimine's nurse calling her for?
"Nishizumi residence, how can I make your day?" Shiho asked what this nurse wanted, was Maho sick that she needed to visit her? She waited for the other side to answer.
"Yeah this is the nurse from Kuromorimine, I wanted to ask if you could help out with the dilemma that we are facing?" The nurse asked if Shiho could give her assistance. Shiho waited as she wanted to find out how Maho was holding up.
"Is my daughter ill?" Shiho asked the nurse to give her status.
"Maho is fine but she's been helping me out for the past couple of days. My office is full of sick students and she's wondering if you have anything to help them out, even if it is not something that will heal them but something to help them get through these troubling times." The nurse told her about Maho's condition and then everyone else's. Shiho looked on as she felt pity for those that were out. She began to think for a temporary solution to the problem.
"I'll be on my way, give me a few." Shiho told the nurse making up her mind. She soon hung up as she was looking for things to help the students in need. Probably the family pet would do well. The pet was a large Akita type dog, fawn with a white underbelly. She soon got the leash as the dog heard the jingling of metal, it ran to Shiho thinking it was heading out for a walk. Shiho had other plans in mind.
Another hour ticked by as Maho got back into the office. It was just the doctor now as the nurse was relieved from duty. Maho walked up to him as he wanted the authorization of some help.
"Doctor I've invited my mother as I have some temporary medicine to help the students out." Maho told him as he was checking up on the students.
"I'm afraid that medicine isn't going to cure your classmates though." He nodded. He soon positioned some of the students to make sure they were breathing properly. Olivia was wheezing as it was clear she wasn't well. Maho looked at her and then back to him as he was finishing up the examination of the students.
"Please doctor, it's the only medicine my family's got." Maho pleaded with him to at least give it a shot. He thought for a moment as wanted to see what it was, maybe it would provide some relief to the sick students.
"Okay." He sighed. Soon the door came open as Shiho had just arrived with the Akita. She soon sets the dog down as it begins trotting to where Maho was. Maho was keeping an eye on Olivia as she didn't want to leave her friend's side. Soon the dog lifted it's head onto the bed as it pulled itself up. The Akita soon licked its tongue across Olivia's head. Feeling something warm, she opened her eyes as she was looking at the Akita.
"Puppy?" Olivia asked as she smiled for a moment, but her smile quickly faded as she turned away and began coughing again. When she stopped, the doctor walked over as he positioned her head straight as he decided to get some cough syrup to provide some relief. The Akita rested its head on Olivia as it wanted to keep her comfortable. "Doctor I'm cold." Olivia gathered the strength to speak. The doctor walked over with a small dosage of cough syrup as he served it to her.
"I'll get another blanket for you, take your syrup first." He instructed her. Olivia nodded as Shiho looked on, most of the students in the room were just as sick as she looked at the student Maho was taking care of.
"Oh my goodness, she's delirious, should we send these kids to the hospital aboard this ship?" Shiho asked if there was a solution. The doctor looked at the adult Nishizumi as he gave his response.
"The hospital is at capacity ma'am. All the sick there are children as they all have Diphtheria, much like the students we are trying to save. We're trying our best to keep them well until the antitoxins arrive." He responded. Shiho looked on as Maho was petting her Akita as the doctor got up to look for extra blankets. Shiho looked at her daughter as she was wondering about a few things.
"Maho was there a reason why you decided to help these students out rather than your Sensha-do practice?" Shiho asked her as if her daughter had an answer. Maho looked at her mother as she had an answer.
"Yes there was, I was worried that the staff would be overwhelmed with the sickness and I decided to volunteer to give them a set of extra hands." Maho gave her response as Shiho was surprised. Since when did an aloof girl like Maho go out of her way to take care of the sick? She looked at her as if she was doing something for her school.
"You must be doing a good thing helping out your classmates get through this and I never knew your own friend that even I would admit to getting a bit attached to would have fallen ill." Shiho soon sat down as she began stroking Maho's hair. Maho was surprised by this as her mother was giving her affection. Would she do this for Miho? Not that Maho recalled recently. The Akita got off as the doctor came along with another blanket as he rested it upon her.
"Just try to stay warm and get some rest." He responded as he began walking up to Shiho. "Should I do anything to interest you in any way?" He asked as he waited for her response. Shiho looked at him as she had nothing to say.
"I should be good." Shiho gave her response as the door knob began wobbling as someone was trying to get inside. Soon the door creaked open as someone decided to head in. It was Erwin but he looked unrecognizable as he was bundled up head to toe in heavy winter clothing. Only his brown eyes were visible. Following behind him was a large black and white dog with long, winter like fur. It seemed excited as Erwin was holding its leash.
"Oh I hope I'm not interrupting anything." Erwin told them as he stomped on the floor trying to get rid of the snow stuck to his boots. The doctor looked at him as he was fine. The dog looked at him as the Akita looked at the dog. It soon growled as it didn't know who this dog was and it warned it not to come near in case it decided to bite. Erwin looked down at his dog as he was reading the Akita's body language. "Togo, sit." Erwin gave his dog the command. The black and white dog sat down as Erwin gave the next order. "And stay." Maho was watching all of this as looked at her dog. The Akita had calmed down a bit before she looked at him.
"Erwin, is there a particular reason you're here?" Maho asked as Erwin removed his hood and scarf from his neck. He soon shook his head trying to straighten himself out as he soon began speaking.
"Yeah there is. The Graf Zeppelin is rounding up dogs to form a sled team as the weather is too dangerous to deliver cargo by plane or boat. This is their only option." Erwin decided to make the situation clear. He soon looked down at the dog as it was circling Togo and Erwin sniffing them as if it wanted to get to know them more. "Say I never knew you had a dog before. What is it and what's its name?" Erwin asked out of curiosity. Maho looked at him.
"It's a female Akita-ken and her name is Kimi." Maho replied as Kimi stood by her side. She looked down at Togo who was still happily panting more than excited to see these new strangers. "I know your dog's name is Togo, but what breed is he?"
"Alaskan Malamute he's used as a mail transport for father's job, he's the strongest dog we have and I got 3 more back home." Erwin told Maho as Kimi began sniffing Erwin's side pocket. He soon looked down to see Kimi had found her way into where Erwin was least expecting it. "Looks like Kimi found her way into the treats. Togo only gets these when he's done something good." Soon a knock came on the door as someone wanted to see them. Erwin walked over as he opened the door up.
"Well someone would like to see you." Someone called out to Erwin. Erwin and Togo walked off as Maho followed behind with Kimi by her side.
Maho had followed Erwin to the school entrance and outside was a sled of six dogs with Togo at the front, Maho held Kimi close as someone approached her.
"Hey, you must be Kuromorimine's commander?" He asked. Maho looked at him.
"Yes that's me, is there anything I could do for you?" Maho asked. The man looked at Kimi as he knew what the situation was.
"We need one more dog to complete the sled team if the Graf Zeppelin is going to survive. We hope that the ship would be able to link up with the USS George Washington and get the vital medicine despite the carriers being parked back to back." He responded as he wanted Kimi to help serve their cause.
"I know my friends are in trouble but am I willing to hand my dog over for a cause?" Maho asked. The man looked at her as he began walking alongside her.
"Erwin is leading the effort and I promise you he wouldn't harm a strong dog like yours." He told Maho. Maho looked at him as he knew he was right. Erwin was busy getting his mushing team organized.
"I hope he's making the right choice." Maho told him as he handed Kimi over to him. The man nodded as he removed Kimi's leash as he got the special musher's collar on and attached Kimi one dog behind Togo. Erwin looked at Maho.
"I promise I'll get that medicine back to your friends in one piece." Erwin made a promise that he was going to get there and back without any trouble. Maho looked at him as she nodded. The man that was talking to Maho earlier had lit up an oil lamp as he attached it to the telegraphing part of the school.
"Well as long as there's hope for Kuromorimine, I'll keep this lantern lit. It will guide the team back." He responded. Kimi looked at Togo as they prepared for the journey. Erwin nodded as he prepared to get the dog caravan rolling.
"Giddy-up Togo, Mush!" Erwin shouted. Togo, Kimi and the other dogs of the sled team began running off as Erwin pushed his foot along with the sled as they were soon off. Everyone cheered as the sight of barking and howling dogs took off. They were on their way.
The next day was just as cold as fresh powdery snow was on the ground. Day two of the matches were going to begin. Pomorie and her friends had their tank parked outside of the tent as the weather was a bit windy. Erika was drawing out battle plans on what to do with their strategy.
"Well we got the message that Pravda still wants to use 100 tanks and we dealt a huge blow to them in the first match but do they have more?" Pomorie asked Erika as she was worried that the tank collection in Pravda was limitless and they could simply field more tanks.
"Yeah but we can just simply knock out one of them and keep using them for target practice, the next match is a little hilly so the hills will be contested but if we rush to the center, and both groups will circle around and cut off the flanks, we could eliminate a good portion of the team and then claim victory." Erika told them as she drew on the chalk-board on what their plans were. Most of the students seemed on board with this. Solti, the Tiger 1 commander from Magyar, looked at Erika as she wasn't too sure about this.
"Yeah but we should shuffle their forces around since the last match was unfavorable for the School Group South and I decided to come to their aid." Solti told Erika. Erika looked at her as she was sticking to their regular deployment.
"Shuffle around? Our deployment was fine last time." Erika didn't like the idea as she thought their layout was perfect. Solti had to disagree.
"Yeah but last time we followed your deployment, what remained of School group south was obliterated by their Kv-2. I had to use my Tiger to take that monster out. Your deployment is unfavorable for the smaller schools as the four schools in the southern group took a complete wipeout. I suggest to reshuffle the groups around to make the deployment a bit more fair, especially with the KV-2 being the biggest threat." Solti gave her suggestion as Erika knew she didn't want to be the one being told to reshuffle the team. Pomorie looked at Erika.
"Solti's right about this, we don't know where the Kv-2 is and what it might be using. Erika, reshuffling the forces is recommended if we are to operate much more efficiently. We don't want to run into the Kv-2 again and get knocked out. With your deployment, if that Kv-2 was the first of defense, the entire match would be in jeopardy. None of our tanks could knock the monster out." Pomorie knew the head of Magyar was right. Erika turned and walked off as she left Emi in charge.
"I never knew she would be as stubborn as a fox. We'll follow your reshuffling, so Solti, what do you recommend?" Emi asked as she was willing to follow through with her suggestion.
"I suggest the Croats, Yogurt, Gregor and my Tiger makeup group north. Kuromorimine, half of Anzio and Blue Division would make up the center. And the rest of Anzio, the rest of Magyar and Count will make up the south." Solti gave her deployment. Emi looked at her as she definitely agreed with the deployment.
"Yeah spread out the firepower evenly as Kuromorimine would have benefited greatly by being the center of it all. Erika just wants an easy victory." Emi gave her response. Erika came back in as she was still mad. She heard everything that had been going on and she only came back seeing how she was going to be the center of the match.
"We got ourselves a plan, if this doesn't work, we'll reshuffle the forces." Solti told Erika. Erika just grumbled as her response.
It wasn't long until the tanks were rolling along the snow as they were on their way to fighting in the next match. Pug Team's Vickers had undergone engine repairs and some upgrades to stand a better chance against Pravda's tanks. The judges being used for today was going to be Anteater Team from Ooarai. Nekota, Momoga and Piyotan were looking at the field as Nekota spoke first.
"I feel like this will be the first proper match where we don't control the tanks like we do with keyboard and mouse Nyaa." Nekota's tick was very obvious as Piyotan was trying to keep herself warm.
"We can't play our games with the cold weather interfering with the electronics, Piyo." Piyotan gave her response as Momoga was surprised. Piyotan really didn't have a tick but now her tick was becoming noticeable. Momoga gave her response.
"I never knew Piyotan had a tick like the two of us but we should keep our eyes on the match Momo." Momoga gave her response. Nekota looked on as she was getting excited.
"Nevermind, the match is going to start Nyaa." Nekota, Momoga and Piyotan looked on as they were getting excited for the match.
Meanwhile, Kilometers away, Pomorie, Rila and Varna were impatiently waiting for the tick to start the match. Pomorie opened the hatch as she looked up, the anti-aircraft gun had shot off as it was the signal for the match to begin. Pomorie soon got back down and closed the hatch behind her. She got on the radio as Solti and Erika were discussing their plans.
"Okay Solti, your plan is simple, the forces from the center will pin the enemy down, you would need to link up with Anchovy to cut off their KV-2 as we got reports that it's in the center." Erika gave Solti the orders. Solti from her Tiger 1 listened in as she got the information she needed.
"Okay Erika we got you." Solti soon tuned her radio to the tanks within her force as she was ready to give her group instructions: "Pomorie you and Dalmatia will be assisting me as we try driving their forces into two. Now let's move." Solti gave her command over the radio. Pomorie listened as she got the instructions.
"Okay Varna, begin driving us to follow that Tiger 1, we are to be following Solti's objective." Pomorie gave her an order. Varna nodded as she began following the Tiger 1. Kafka was cruising alongside Pomorie's tank as she was keeping her eyes open for any sign of danger. Kafka continued to scan the horizon, soon a number of tanks began rushing at them at a fast speed as they were ready to try to counter the threat that was speeding along with them from the south. They were going to try to meet them head on.
"Okay we got a mix of mostly BT-7's and some T-26's. They are trying to attack us so we can't link up with Count who is doing something similar." Kafka called out. Solti's Tiger stopped along with most of the tanks so they could deal with the threat head on.
Pravda's mixture of light tanks fired away as their cannons wanted to take out some of the attacking force. The paintball rounds pinged as they bounced off or left their red splotches on the front of the Tiger 1. A T-28 rolled in to support their attack as it fired its Paintball round. Soon the paintball round landed on the Croatian Gang's Panzer 1, taking it out completely. Pomorie trained her eyes on the target as she wanted to take out one of the charging tanks. Pomorie's eyes focused as she fired a shot at one of the BT-7's hoping her shot would penetrate its armor and the shot connected with the BT-7. The tank rattled and spluttered before eventually coming to a stop. Rila decided to reload as the other tanks were getting their shots off. Solti fired her Tiger 1 as she knew the T-28 was a threat. Due to the Tiger 1 being the most advanced tank, it was able to hit the lumbering T-28 as the large Red paintball shot took out the T-28 with relative ease as the tank came to a stop. The other tanks were either being knocked out or having their crews being rattled. The remaining tanks decided to turn their tails and began a retreat. Solti opened her hatch as she looked out, most of the force that was sent to counter them had been wiped out and those tanks that remained had left the field.
"Is everyone all right?" Solti asked as she wanted to see their commander's condition. Istria popped her head out of the turret of her tank as she wanted to respond to Solti's question.
"I'm good." Istria panted before taking a puff from her inhaler.
"Our tank is still in one piece." Pomorie gave her response.
"Yeah our tank is fine." Kafka gave her response. The only tank that was lost in that engagement was the Panzer 1 when it took a shot from the T-28. Solti knew this loss wasn't major and they needed to press onward.
"Okay let's keep moving." Solti told them as all the commanders got back down into their hatches as they drove off. The Northern attack by Pravda was a complete disaster and they had lost a good number of their tanks. Solti was driving deep in almost unopposed.
Erika was observing from the hill as she saw that Solti had driven off the attack by Pravda. Erika managed to gain several hilltops as her tanks were raining down onto a valley below and fortunately for her, the KV-2 was stuck in that spot. Hopefully her tanks could hold the flanks long enough for the other school to cut them off. The southern area was more under the combined team's control but Pravda was giving them fierce resistance as the tanks plowed on through their lines. They were going to link up now.
"Perfect." Erika snickered as she got back down into her Tiger 2. She looked on as she fired her cannon, taking out another tank that was now trapped. About 50 or so tanks were trapped in Erika's bubble.
Pomorie soon met up with Noemi's T-3 as they had managed to break through. The Maresal tank destroyer had pulled up as Noemi got out of her tank's hatch.
"Very good job, we got orders from Anchovy-San that they will stay behind to finish the pocket off and your new orders are to prevent any Pravda counter attacks that might free the pocket." Noemi gave Pomorie her order to get the front ready for any attacks. Pomorie nodded. However, watching them from afar was Brook as she noticed the 50 or so tanks that were trapped in Erika's Encirclement, they were being whittled down as the tanks were being demolished. Brook had the survivors as well as 20 other tanks in reserve.
"This is going very badly for us, we need to be able to break their encirclement and free what remains of their tanks and hopefully get the KV-2 out as well, we need to do this." Brook knew that she was going to risk it. She looked over as she began counting how many tanks she had left. About 35 tanks were left to use.
"Our tanks cannot penetrate their heavier tanks? You sure you want to go through with this?" Her loader asked as Brook continued to observe. Brook looked behind her. She had a couple of T-34/76's and KV-1's at her disposal, maybe she could use those to help break through and free the encircled pocket.
"It's a risk we need to take, let's move." Brook told her as the T-34 roared to life and began with the others on their way to the encirclement. Pomorie, Solti, Istria, Kafka and Noemi had established a defensive perimeter while Erika went to clean up the encirclement they had just created. Solti was taking a bit of a cat nap as she was exhausted. Dalmatia was taking her turn as the local watch. Pomorie was just waiting for the match to get itself over with. Dalmatia turned her head in her R35 as she heard rumbling coming. Someone was coming.
"Pravda counter attack coming, man the guns!" Dalmatia shouted as she wanted them to begin the defense of the area. Pomorie was given the alarm as Solti nodded, waking up from her nap. The tanks decided to train their eyes onto their targets to see what they could take out. The counter attacking force was still made up of light T-26's and BT's but Pravda decided to put their Powerful KV tanks and their T-34's into the play. Solti and her tanks being stationary, had a good time finding their targets as they all focused in.
"Fire!" Solti gave the order. Solti's Tiger 1 fired first along with Kafka's Panzer 38T, Dalmatia's R35, Noemi's T-3 and finally Pomorie's Vickers. Solti's Tiger 1 shot had hit home, knocking out one of the KV-1 tanks. Kafka's shot fell short, Dalmatia knocked out T-26, Noemi nailed a BT7 charge straight for them Pomorie had targeted Brook's T-34/76 coming straight for them but the shot pinged off the sloped armor at the front of the tank leaving a red streak on it. Pomorie looked at Rila as she wanted to continue engaging the T-34.
"Oh balls! SHOOT FASTER!" Pomorie shouted as Rila loaded in another shot. Pomorie aimed the red Armor Piercing shot at Brook's T-34 and fired. Same results, the Armor Piercing round just ricocheted off of the front armor of the tank. Pomorie was getting frustrated as two red paint streaks were on the tank. "Okay we need a new plan, we can't get to penetrate this thing from the front but we need back up to help take it on." Pomorie looked at Rila who loaded in another shot. Pomorie got on the radio as more tanks from the counter attacking force continued going down. "Solti, we need help. This tank isn't going down." Pomorie sent out the distress call. Solti looked at her as she began speaking.
"Pomorie, is there something that you need?" Solti asked as she was taking care of the heavier tanks of the counter attack. Pomorie knew she needed to address the situation right here right now.
"Yes, we shot 2 shots at the T-34 but we got nothing and it's still coming for us." Pomorie laid out the situation. Solti was listening as she had to think fast to knock out the charging T-34 before it would cause harm to most of the team much like the KV-2 from the previous match.
"Okay we'll act as a distraction, you flank around and try getting that tank from the engine." Solti gave the plan. Pomorie nodded as she decided to give the orders.
"Okay Varna, let's see if we can get into the back of the T-34 and take out the engine, Solti will act as a distraction for the tank while we go around and flank." Pomorie gave the instructions. Varna nodded as she had received them. The Vickers tank began to speed up as Brook had her eyes on Pomorie's tank. The turret of the T-34 turned as Pomorie was racing against the clock to make sure she didn't get struck out. Just before Brook had the chance to fire, a shot rang out as the T-34 crew were shaken. Brook looked out to see a massive paint spot on the back of her turret and on the side of the tank. She soon looked ahead to see Solti's Tiger 1 had taken a shot at her. Brook knew she needed to line up with Solti and take her on now. Pomorie's tank skids to the back as she looks at the rear of the tank. With Brook's mind elsewhere, it would be easy to overwhelm her and take her tank out. Pomorie fired a shot at point blank range as the red colored shell hits the T-34/76 from behind. The tank rattled as Brook and her crew were shaken. Pomorie looked on as Rila prepared another shot. Pomorie fired another salvo, hitting the T-34 behind as Brook knew she was overwhelmed. She tried starting the tank up again to try to get away from the threat but the T-34 spluttered before falling silent. A white flag popped up signalling that the tank had been knocked out. Pomorie opened the hatch as she stuck her head out. Another tank was down for the count. Erika and the others were busy cleaning up the remaining forces as Pomorie took a look around, Pravda was once again decimated in this next match.
"Looks like we have won again." Pomorie told Erika as she was taking count, out of 100 tanks they sent in, they had lost about 18 of them. Mostly from trying to clean up the encirclement they created and it was another win for them.
"Indeed, our alliance so far is on a roll, Pravda lost both matches so far and it would be up to the school to continue making our exploits present, and Nishizumi Senpai would recognize me." Erika looked over as she counted up the tanks that they knocked out. Pomorie only managed to knock out 2 out of the 100 tanks as she looked up at the sky, it was going to snow again soon.
"Let's get this over with and back onto the ship." Pomorie told Erika to hurry up with the counting before the snow would fall. Erika looked at Pomorie displeased.
"Yeah whatever, I can count at my own speed." Erika told Pomorie to shut up. Pomorie knew she couldn't compete with Erika as she decided to follow along with her words.
"Yeah Pomorie and Solti have it good, Nyaaa." Nekota began. Momoga and Piyotan looked at her as they wanted to get back to their games.
"Human mind can make all the decisions as there are multiple people controlling the tank opposed to one that uses Keyboard and mouse Piyo." Piyotan gave her response as Momoga was the last one to speak.
"What games should we be playing tonight, I want to grind for that event that is coming up Momo." Momoga responded, her friends laughed as the next match concluded.
Snow was beginning to fall an hour later as all the schools were back on their respected ships. Katyusha and Nonna were busy preparing their school for the students' return as Brook and the others walked in with their heads low and eyes heavy. Nonna looked at her as if she was concerned for her.
"How did the match go for you?" Nonna asked Brook as if she was curious about what was going to happen. Brook looked at Nonna as she didn't want to lie about it.
"It was a disaster, even bringing in more T-34/76's and the KV-1's weren't enough to deter them from their plans, I sent tanks around to secure the flanks but the flanks were destroyed and we got half of the team encircled, I lead an attempt to free the tanks encircled but the freshmen's performance was lackluster and eventually knocked out along with everyone else." Brook stated what exactly happened. Katyusha was angry as she walked over to Brook.
"If the hero of Pravda cannot deliver victory like I had been told about, off to the Siberian Mine with her!" Katyusha shouted as she didn't like what was going on. She made her decision clear and straightforward. Nonna walked over as she pushed Katyusha's hand down before she could fully make her decision.
"You can't fully blame Brook on this. She said the freshmen's performance was below average and therefore they couldn't achieve their goals. I wouldn't blame her even if she did everything she could." Nonna told Katyusha to calm herself. Katyusha turned and began walking away as Nonna turned to Brook who still felt down from the disaster she thought she had created. "Brook, I think Katyusha is running the team harshly but you aren't to blame for today's match. A lot of us are tired and the teachers haven't been showing up to help with the matches as of lately. Despite your eagerness to help the team out, you kind of rushed in without a concrete plan. I think you should sit this next match out while I teach you about planning." Nonna knew that she needed to help her friend out but this left one question in the air, with Brook not commanding the entire team, who would be her replacement. Nonna began walking away as she was thinking who would be replacing Brook. Nonna continued to think as she soon found out who. Brook's close friend Klara was on her way over as Nonna looked at her. Nonna approached Klara as she wanted to let her in on this.
"Klara you got a moment?" Nonna asked her. Klara looked at her as she knew she had a minute to spend with the vice commander.
"Добрый вечер, Нонна. О чём ты хочешь поговорить?" Klara responded as Nonna looked at her. Looks like Klara had yet to speak Japanese so Nonna was speaking to her in a language that she could understand.
"Ничего особенного, Клара, но я хотела бы спросить тебя о лидерстве. Ты бы стала хорошим лидером?" Nonna asked her about leadership. Klara looked at her as she wasn't sure.
"Почему ты спрашиваешь? Я думала, Брук - лидер, разве не так?" Klara was still thinking her friend was in charge but she wasn't exactly sure who was going to lead. Nonna looked at Klara.
"Да, этот матч был провальным. Я исключу Брука из команды, чтобы научить её, что место лидера открыто." Nonna gave her reply. Klara began to think about it as she knew she wasn't fit to lead, she looked up at Nonna as she had to fill that spot in.
"Я сделаю всё возможное, но не думаю, что смогу с этим справиться." Klara gave her reply as Nonna looked at her. Klara was beginning to doubt whether this was the right choice or not. Nonna looked at her.
"Ваш лучший выстрел - это ваше все. Неважно, насколько вы хороши в этом, сделайте все возможное. Твой лучший раз - твоё всё. Неважно, насколько у тебя хорошо получается, сделай всё возможное." Nonna gave her reply to Klara. Klara grabbed her friend's hand as she shook it.
"Обещаю, я не подведу тебя, Нонна." Klara gave her reply. Nonna grinned for a moment seeing Klara was definitely going to go and give it her all. Nonna wanted to change the topic to see how Klara was doing as she hadn't seen her for a while.
" Итак, Клара, я слышала, ты учишься говорить по-японски, Госпожа Катюша была бы очень рада услышать." Nonna smiled at her as Klara looked at her friend.
"Да." Klara replied. Nonna nodded with approval as Klara was indeed learning.
"Я бы хотела увидеть, что ты уже выучила? Не хотела бы ты со мной поговорить?" Nonna asked Klara if they wanted to continue the conversation in Japanese. Klara blushed a bit as she knew she wasn't ready for that just yet.
"Я не готова, мой Японский ещё такой неряшливый. Катюша разозлиться, если я напортачу." Klara responded as she was not ready to go through with changing languages in case Katyusha was listening and if she were to make a mistake in the process. Nonna looked at Klara as she understood.
" Хорошо, не торопись. Надеюсь, ты научишься бегло говорить к концу года." Nonna responded as she walked away. She was hoping to get to bed early and fall asleep before Grigori would host another all night party. Maybe she could get some good night sleep before being disturbed. She looked out the window as it was beginning to snow again.
Meanwhile, it took Erwin all day to reach the USS George Washington, mostly due to the fact that they needed to put the carrier locks down on the decks so the two ships didn't separate but he was finally there at last. A blast of steam from the whistle was heard as Erwin was waiting impatiently for the Antitoxin crates to be loaded onto his sled. Alisa and Naomi were carrying the heavy crates as they placed four of them down onto the sled which was big enough to spread the weight evenly.
"I hope you tie those crates down tight." Erwin instructed the Saunders' students to keep the crates still if they were going to be bolted to the sled. They soon put a lantern on top of the sled to serve as a source of light as Erwin prepared for the journey back. "Go Togo go!" Erwin gave the command for the dogs to mush. Togo, Kimi and the others began running as Erwin pushed his foot along to get the cargo going. Alisa and Naomi watched them as they ran off.
"Take care and be careful you hear?" Alisa called out to Erwin as Erwin slowly went off from the outpost.
"Come along, move it up!" Erwin mushed the dogs to get moving before the weather got bad. The dogs barked as they were now handling the heavy cargo. Time was not in anyone's favor.
[A/N]: Boy this took a long time to write since I got some news. First of all AAHW has scaled back most of his support so he's not going to be doing the battles anymore. Looks like I'm flying this plane solo but he said he would still be following me and monitor my progress so I'm going to be given more on my plate on what to do so that means, updates could be coming a bit more frequently depending on what we decide to do.
Also we just passed the 250 view mark which I am happy about but with stiff competition, looks like there will be more battles ahead so I hope I could keep marching with reduced support. Next chapter will be out soon.