It had been two days since she blacked out. Her life had returned to normal, and she'd still enjoy it. The days flew by until the day before the Sensha-do Match
"Alright everyone, quiet down!" Kaityln yells into the crowd of Girls. "Tomorrow we will be against West Kureoji Grona Academy. Everyone know that tomorrows match will be a hard one. We don't know what we are up against but we want everyone to try their best!"
The girls all cheer and pump their fists in the air, but Kaitlyn shushes everyone. "One more thing everyone! I got into contact with some outside school, and they have agreed to lend us some tanks for us." With that she walks out of the field, and all of a sudden, another 5 Shermans and Locusts come out of the forest, each blaring "The Caissons Go Rolling along"
Some of the girls snicker at hearing this, but Kaitlyn gives them a death glare, and they instantly shut up.
"I think we can all give thanks after or match to our mysterious supplier!" Kaityln yells, and the girls cheer. Kat smiles, as she hops into the Sherman. There's a small letter inside, and she picks it up and opens it. She begins to read it out.
"Enjoy the tank, Sachi Yorktown." She reads aloud. Amber looks up, and Julia does as well.
"What type of name is Sachi Yorktown?" Julia asks, and Kat shrugs. "Well, if she says whats true, Akina, you're going to have a fun time, its as if it has an easy aim."
Akina breaks into a grin, and sits in the gunners seat. She holds the trigger and looks around. And comments "This is definitely different than our Sherman. Go tell Kaitlyn we claim this." As Julia gives a gasp.
Down in the controllers panel, its more advanced and more of a challenge, something that Julia always wanted. She grins, and begins to flick levers back and forth. She laughs as there she looks across the dashboard and calls up
"I hope y'all are ready for one sweet ride in this match." She says, excitement building up in her voice. "Sachi's tank is gonna fit my style."
"Well, don't drive us off a bridge!" Akina jokes still looking in her gunners lenses. "It would be a shame to end up like Koume!"
"Well these tanks are so much nicer than ours, it makes me wonder where they're from." Amber asks, looking at the clean Armor rack, shiny and new.
Katsumi stands up, and pushes open the hatch again. She takes a clear view around her tank. Its a very nice Sherman, and what looks to be a new paint job. She smiles, and says a small thanks under her breath to Sachi.
"Hey Kaitlyn? I think this tank was made for us!" Katsumi calls out to the school president, who was hooping around the locusts.
"Was it calling out your name?" Kaitlyn jokes back, inspecting the Locusts in and out. "These tanks are so nice."
"Actually, yes it was." Katsumi says back. "It was." She hops back into the tank, and takes it in. Amber is comfortably squatting by the armor racks, Akina was still in the gunner seat and Julia was raving on about the controls, her brown hair flicking back and forth as she looks at the variety of buttons and levers.
A few hours later, Katsumi was standing right side of her dorm room. She looks at her door, and at her reflection on the number plate of her dorm room. Her hair is a bit of a mess and she looks a bit tired.
She yawns and reaches for her keys. Suddenly she gets the shivers. "Wait. Where are my keys." She looks around, but doesn't see them on the ground. "Oh no…" She thinks to herself. She runs down the stairs, and backtracks her steps.
After a bit of searching, she ends up at the parking lot.
"Where are the keys?" She hops into her tank. She spots a small glint, and picks it up. It's her keys, but something else is missing. "Where?" The small locket that held a photo of her and her friends was missing. She musters out a curse, and continues to search for it.
After a bit of searching, she concludes it, the small golden locket. It wasn't anything special, no engravings, no design, not even a name. But this locket meant everything to Katsumi, and she couldn't let that go.
She walks down the now dark and empty streets of her town. The faint hum of the street lamp overhead buzzes,and she stops once again in the middle of the street. She looked towards the sky, the stars shining brightly, and she smiles.
Next Day
Katsumi wakes up with a looks over at her mirror, her hair a mess. Kat stands up,and looks over at her calendar, and a massive pink circle is on the date.
"Welp, here we go." She mutters under her breath. She combs her hair, and put on her Senshado uniform. The light brown jacket, with dark green shirt under, exactly like Saunders uniform. The only difference was they wore jean skirts instead of shorts.
She walked down the street towards the bakery too meet Anka and Akina. Both girls had their hair in ponytails, and were wearing the school uniform.
"Well Kat, I hope your ready for today, its time for us to shine!" Akina says, excitement in her voice, "This ones gonna be an interesting one, I heard that Gloriana and Saunders is going to be there for the 'Copy Cat Fight'"
Kat's face melts into confusion when she hears the mention of St. Gloriana and Saunders is going to be at their tournament. "Wha-... Wha-..." She stutters as the trio walk to their school.
Akina laughs, "Don't worry about it, it'll all turn out fine. We'll win this one for sure." Kat gulps, and butterflies begin in her stomach. "If that is true, put on a show for them, I wanna show 'em that our Kat isn't anything short of the amazing Kay"
"Yeah… I hope" Kat says as thoughts crowd her mind, and her emotions begin to swell.
*Later that day*
Summit's sensha-do club had arrived to the tournament location. And sure enough, on a nearby hill sat Kay, and Darjeeling along with their tank crews. Kat looks in wonder, as if it was a dream, and watches as Kay points to her, and gives a wave. She waves back, and tries to give a smile.
Anka stood proudly behind them, being the Naomi of the group, and looked up. Akina stood there smiling and laughing to her crew. Kay excitedly tapped Darjeeling on the shoulder, and pointed to the other side's commander. Darjeeling just smiles, but doesn't seem to say anything.
As Kat looks in wonder, a loud voice booms over the speakers. "Will the Captains of each school met up in the middle?" Kat looks at her friends, nods, begins a walk towards the announcer. As she gets closer, she meets the gaze of the other commander, and her heart freezes for a second.
The girl was her age, but she looked exactly like Lady Darjeeling. She had the same style, same walk, same posture and was holding a tea cup. This couldn't be possible! Lady Darjeeling was on the hill! Not only that but another girl next to her, was that Assam?
"What the fu-?" Kat thinks to herself, but continues on. The girl seemed to be taken aback as well, but she stood there, her posture perfect, and says snidely "I am West Kureouji's Sensha-do Commander, Kiri Shiratori, a platinum member of Darjeelings fan club. You must have the audacity to think you'll be able to win this coming match."
Kat looks at the girl, a feeling of hatred and annoyance filling her. She hated how she talked and how snide and rude she was. "I am Summits All Girls Academy's Sensha-do Commander, Katsumi." She gives a loud exhale, but doesn't say much after.
"Will both commanders bow and wish each other good luck?" The announcer yells.
Kat does so, and walks back towards her crew. What was it with this other commander, and why did it have to be another look alike of all people. She stood silently among her crew, as they were told to enter their tanks, and to be ready for battle.
"Everyone ready?" Kat asked. Her crew nodded, and she radioed the other teams, getting them ready. Her flag tank was on her right flank, and she radioed everyone, telling them to be ready.
On the hill, both Commander sat down, and got ready for the match.
"Well Darjy, if we win this, you're gonna owe us big time!" Kay says, "Cause we are most definitely going to win this!"
"We will see Kay, we will see." Darjeeling says. She takes another sip of tea and looks over at Kay, who is in a very relaxed position, drinking cola.
"Don't worry, its most in definite!" Kay says enthusiastically, "Saunder is never one to turn down the challenge or lose one!"
As the clock hits 3:00, the tanks on both sides begin to role to their impending battle. "Alright everyone! Be ready, plan bear is in play, lets move!" Kat yells into the radio. She opens the hatch, and sets her sights forward.
Authors Note:
Hai hai! New chapter! Took me a bit to think of a chapter, but the next two should be good!