Chapter 1

It was a beautiful day aboard the St. Gloriana school ship and the crews were working on cleaning their tanks. As they were cleaning, Darjeeling was starting to get hot in the Churchill. Assam noticed that Darjeeling wasn't doing so well in the heat and suggested they take a break. Once they got out of the tank they noticed Rosehip was in her underwear cleaning the outside of the tank. "Rosehip what are you doing?" Darjeeling asked, startling the unsuspecting redhead. "Uhhh….. Um…. I was hot and needed to cool off. I hung my clothes up so they don't get wrinkled. It won't happen again Miss Darjeeling!" Rosehip struggled to explain after being caught. Darjeeling explained that it was okay and that before she does it again just to let her know. Rukuriri was behind the Crusader, quietly laughing to herself. She also watched as Orange walked past her and flashed her a smile receiving a small blush from Orange.

Once they got back to their dorms, Darjeeling took a quick shower, got a cup of tea and sat on her couch, scrolling through the Senshadou news pages on her phone to see if there was anything going on soon. As she was scrolling she heard a knock on her door. "Who is it?" She asked politely. "It's Assam and I," Orange Pekoe said through the closed door, "We can come back if this is a bad time".

"No it's quite alright, I was looking through the Senshadou news" Darjeeling said as she opened the door seeing the orange haired girl holding a letter and the blonde not surprisingly with her laptop that she kept her data on. "What brings you two here?" She asked.

"I have a letter from Lady Kay asking if we wanted to help some of the new members of their club get used to their tanks" Orange said hoping not to stir up some unhappy memories from Darjeeling who had a somewhat falling out with the American commander.

"I got a call from her asking if you were still pissed at her for what happened," Assam, quite irritated, explained. "You should accept her invite and talk to her."

"I know. I am still mad at her, but unfortunately Assam you are correct. Would you two like some tea?" Darjeeling said moving back to her couch and marking the calendar for the date given on the letter. Orange and Assam came into the room and took a chair and a spot on the couch.

"I'll start the tea," Orange said as Assam opened her laptop to show the current status of their forces. Suddenly the commander's phone rang.

"Who is it?" Assam asked without looking away from the computer.

"That's strange, It's Miho," Darjeeling said as she picked up. "Hello, Miss Nishizumi."

"Hey Darjeeling," Miho said through sobs and sniffles.

"What's wrong? Is everything alright over there?" Darjeeling asked.

"Yukari went on another one of her recon missions… she hasn't made it back in a few days"

"Where did she go?"

"I believe she was going to your school… sorry about that."

"All is forgiven. I understand your efforts to collect intel on your opponents. As I always say- all is fair in love and war."

"Yeah..."

"To answer your concerns, I have seen Yukari. However, we didn't send her back immediately due to weather conditions. We will be in Saunders's port tomorrow and we'll return your energetic friend then. I must say she does remind me of Rosehip at times," Darjeeling said. "Sorry for the inconvenience."

"It's okay, ma'am. Thank you for taking care of her," Miho said, sounding much better than when they started speaking, "We'll see you tomorrow. If I may ask, why are you going to Saunders?"

"Kay asked us for a practice match to help train some new members of theirs."

"Oh, okay. Aren't you still mad at her though?"

"Yes, indeed. How is it that everyone knows about what happened between Kay and I?"

"Sorry, I didn't mean to intrude on personal business... I have to go and let the others know about Yukari."

"Alright, we'll see you all tomorrow."