Miho stopped a bit as she looked inside a shop's window. In the window she saw a few signs advertising for different products: an electric toothbrush that doubled as a radio, a Bandage Bear key chain, and even an advertisement for the store owner's son who took photos for a living. Miho looked again at the Bandage Bear key chain and then quickly reached for her purse. She sighed sadly as she found that she was short a few cents of getting it. Before she closed her purse, she felt a hand on her shoulder. Turning around showed that it was Miho's sister, Maho. Miho smiled widely, it had been a long time since she had seen her sister ever since the tankery battle they had before. "I'll get it for you." Maho said, anticipating that her younger sister would want something like that. Before Miho could open her mouth, Maho waved dismissively and slightly smiled. "No excuses today, it's your birthday after all. Nothing should keep you from enjoying this time in your life, not even some monetary needs." Miho smiled and hugged her sister. She always remembered that her sister was always so kind to her. She looked behind and expected to see Erika, one of Maho's friends. "Oh, Erika isn't with you?" Miho said as she closed her purse. "No, something caught her eye and she said she would call me later. Come on; let me get you your present." As they looked around the shop for Miho's keychain, Maho turned to her. "Where are your friends? Don't they follow you everywhere?" Miho giggled a little as she put down a small looking trinket. "No, they wanted to go to the school and check if Anzu was still there. I told them to go along without me." Miho picked up another trinket and looked at it for a bit. It was a pink flower with and smiley face in the middle. It seemed that if she pressed the button, it would say something. Miho pressed the smiley face. "I really Lilac you!" Miho laughed a bit, turning to Maho who was smiling. She held up a key chain that looked like the one in the shop window. "Ah, that's the one!"
After paying for the keychain, Maho told Miho that she would see her tonight at the school. Miho waved goodbye as she watched her sister leave. Miho found a small bench that she could sit on and sat down, letting her legs rest from walking around for most of the day. She looked at her phone and saw that it was about three hours before she needed to head for the school. She decided that for a few minutes at least, that she would people watch for a bit before heading over. Miho smiled at a few classmates she recognized who passed her, they smiling in return or waving. Miho looked up at the sky and began to imagine that the clouds were small little bears roaming around before joining into one big bear. She looked down at her phone and found that she had spent a good thirty minutes or so of just sitting on this bench. Miho stood up and fixed her dress, turning towards the direction of the school and beginning to walk. Miho was really excited to see what her friends had in store for her.
"Is it all set up?" Anzu asked Alexander as Katyushka and Nonna walked into the school, greeting Yukari and Saori who were standing next to the door talking to each other. Alexander reached into his coat pocket and pulled out the DVD. "They shouldn't even get past the first five minutes before they're under. Make sure they're all watching the first two minutes or so. It won't work on people who aren't watching it. After that, Panzerlied should come up. They're heads should start bobbing to the rhythm before they go under. After that, they're all under my control." Anzu looked a little concerned. "Wouldn't they notice the change in scenes?" Alexander shook his head. "After the first few minutes, I had them trustful. They'd believe that you're their mother if you told them after the first few minutes. Just proceed like everything is normal up until the DVD." Anzu nodded and crossed her arms. Both she and Alexander broke off of their conversation when they saw Katyushka and Nonna walk up. "Hey there, Anzu. Talking to an older man, I see. Desperate to find a husband so soon?" Anzu suppressed saying anything rude and forced a laugh as Alexander tried to laugh as well. Katyushka grinned and slapped Anzu on the back. "Aw, just messing with ya! Where's the guest of honor now, anyways?" Just then, Miho ran in, huffing and puffing. "S-Sorry, I lost track of time!" Miho stopped a while to catch her breath before looking up at Anzu and frowned. "I'm not late am I?" Anzu shook her head and looked up at the clock. It was barely an hour before the party would start. "Nah, you made it just in time." Miho sighed in relief. "That's good. Oh, Katyushka, when did you get here?" Katyushka turned to face Miho. "Noon, came in with your sister about the same time too." While Miho and Katyushka talked, Anzu looked at the guest list and crossed off Miho's name. "Then that should be everyone. Alexander, prepare the DVD. Stage One of Operation: Anzu's Fun Has Just Begun! This is going to be exciting!" Alexander smirked a bit and took out a pen and a small notebook. "Hour -1:00 Day 1: An hour before testing will begin. I hope that I get positive results." Anzu turned to Alexander and stared at the notebook. "You have your videos for documentation, I have my notebook." Anzu sighed and turned back towards the girls, it was time to unleash her plans.
"Ah! Thank you Kay, it's so cool!" Miho held up a graphic novel that had a bandaged bear pointing to the sky. The title said Bandages Set Me Free. Kay sighed with relief; she found something with the help of Darjeeling and it something that Miho loved. Anzu looked around and saw that that was the last of the presents. As Miho thanked everyone, Alexander walked in and nodded slightly at Anzu who nodded in return. She was caught off guard by Yukari tapping her on the shoulder. "Anzu, who's that anyways? I saw him when I came into the school." Anzu hesitated at first, but calmed herself down. "Oh, that's just a hypnotist I got for free. He just said that he would work for free as long as he was able to attend the party for a bit." Yukari cocked her head a bit. "He likes parties then?" Anzu nodded, trying not to expose even the smallest detail of her plans. "Yeah, he loves them!" Anzu tried to laughed, but made it seem like she was on the verge of freaking out. Yukari smiled awkwardly and stepped back, not knowing what would happen next. Anzu looked over at Alexander who curled up his fist and was chewing the top of his index finger. Anzu sighed and waved dismissively as Alexander nodded, still chewing on his index finger. Anzu clapped her hands to get everyone's attention. "Girls! I got a surprise for you all! It's a good ole movie I found while browsing the store yesterday! It's called the Battle of the Bulge and it has lots of tanks in it, so I thought everyone would enjoy watching it." Some of the girls were excited, others seemed like they were indifferent about it, especially Kay. "I know that it has American tanks in it, but that's not even the best representation of them. I loved Kelly's Heroes, that's with the…"
After a little bit of talking and mingling, Miho and Maho sat together with her friends around the large TV in the president's office. Anzu placed the DVD in the DVD player and pressed play, walking to the back near Alexander. At this point, Alexander was just making sure that there were no distractions as Anzu began to put a large bowl of snacks in the middle of the room, just to make sure that no one would leave. Anzu finally walked over to Alexander and gave him the thumbs up. "Let the magic happen." He whispered to himself. The movie opened with some sort of recon plane flying above. For almost two minutes, Alexander and Anzu held their breaths, hoping that no one would take their eyes off the screen. Then, it happened. The screen flashed a bit before cutting to a scene where many panzer crew members were standing at attention, then it faded black for a bit before going back to the panzer crew. "Yes." This sudden exclamation by all of the girls startled Anzu, causing her to back up into Alexander's crotch very hard. Alexander fought the urge to yell in pain, forcing out bits of air in controlled bursts. He tried to stand up, barely standing straight looking at Anzu with a frustrated face. "Sorry." Anzu said frowning, rubbing the back of her head. All that pain and embarrassment went away in a flash when Panzerlied came on. At first, no one was bobbing their heads, causing Alexander to shake his head and Anzu to sigh. Anzu turned to Alexander as if to say her tried, only to see Alexander smiling a wide smile, pointing to Maho and Kay. They were bobbing their heads to the marching sounds. More and more girls began to join in as Alexander silently screamed towards the heavens as if to proclaim his victory. Anzu quickly pulled out her camcorder and began to record everything. When the commander said for one of the men to sing, they all started to sing in German or at least began to hum the tune. Alexander stood at attention and began to sing with them, smiling the entire way. "Es braust unser panzer im Sturmwind dahin! Attention!" The DVD cut off as the girls all stood up at attention. Alexander was smiling big time at this point. "Turn to face me." Slowly the girls turned, some losing their balance a bit before finding it again. Alexander looked to anzu and smiled proudly. "I knew it would work. I just knew it!" Anzu smiled with Alexander before looking towards the girls. "Alright then, are you all feeling well today?" Some of the girls nodded, others grunted or said yes. Darjeeling tried to nod, but made herself fall over a bit. Alexander seeing this, knew that it was dangerous for some of them to be standing right now. "Sit down now, but keep eye contact with me." Many of the girls plopped down, while some girls carefully sat down. "Let yourself sink deeper and deeper into that comfy place. Deeper and deeper into your sub-consciousness. When I count downwards from ten, you'll feel yourself go into a deep sleep. When I reach one, you'll be right asleep, no control over what you can do. Ten... Nine… Eight…" At this point, Anzu turned the camcorder to Yukari, who was starting to drift away already, almost leaning on Miho for support. Katyushka began to lean back, trying to keep her head level with Alexander. "Seven... Six... Five..." Maho slumped over onto Miho, making Miho slump over as well while. Yukari felt this and tried to roll over to face the TV. Erika and Mako leaned on each other for a moment before Mako slipped and landed on Erika's lap, making Erika slump over on Mako. Most of the girls were already asleep at this point, except for Nonna and Yukari, who was still trying to fight off the urge to sleep. Nonna mumbled something as she petted Katyushka on the head. "Four... Three... Two..." Now Nonna was out cold, leaving Yukari still awake. "One..." Yukari finally closed her eyes and fell asleep. Alexander turned to Anzu after a few seconds of silence. "Now what?" Anzu looked at Alexander and thought a while, crossing her arms and rubbing her chin. Anzu looked at the ground and began to pance. She looked back at Alexander and shrugged. "Never thought I could get this far." Alexander rolled his eyes and looked back at the girls. "Well, you said they were here for spring break, correct?" Anzu nodded. "And we have the whole school grounds to ourselves, correct?" Anzu nodded again. "So, this entire place is our playground in a nutshell... Let's go on an adventure." Anzu's face lit up at the word. "Ah, like those RPG games that people play all the time! Fantasy?" Alexander nodded, smiling as she remembered his old days of playing DnD. "Yeah, but with a twist..."
Demon here, I will stay the course this story. Hopefully, maybe, could have a chapter being written up right now.